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Rio Ave v Sporting Lisbon : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 10th May, 01:00 BST, Estadio Dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

The Liga NOS is the focus for both Rio Ave and Sporting Lisbon on Sunday morning, as bosses Sotiris Silaidopoulos and Rui Manuel Gomes Borges battle it out at the Estadio Dos Arcos. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are provided too.


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Win / Draw / Win
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Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Rio Ave
18%
--
Draw
22%
--
S. Lisbon
59%
--
S. Lisbon 1-0
12%
--
S. Lisbon 2-0
11%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
S. Lisbon 2-1
10%
--
S. Lisbon 3-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
S. Lisbon 3-1
6%
--
Rio Ave 1-0
6%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
S. Lisbon 4-0
3%
--
S. Lisbon 4-1
3%
--
S. Lisbon 3-2
3%
--
Rio Ave 2-0
3%
--
Rio Ave 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Home 1st Goal
40%
--
Away 1st Goal
56%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
9%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
26%
--
Home/draw
41%
--
Away/draw
82%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
34%
--
Away DNB
75%
--
Rio Ave win to nil
9%
--
S. Lisbon win to nil
33%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Rio Ave have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 7 and won 1. Rio Ave have conceded 40 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Rio Ave have played 15 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

S. Lisbon lay in 3rd place on 71 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 29 matches. S. Lisbon are unbeaten in 25 games against teams below them in the league and kept 14 clean sheets out of 25 games. S. Lisbon are unbeaten away after 15 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 22, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 70 goals and kept 14 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. S. Lisbon have conceded 13 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

S. Lisbon have played 15 away games, winning 11, drawing 4 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 2.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
S. Lisbon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Porto3025414779 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
2
Benfica3122904775 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
3
S. Lisbon2922525571 
May 10
l
 
4-0A
-
-
4
Braga3016862956 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
5
Famalicao3114981251 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
6
Gil Vicente30121081346 
May 3
d
 
2-2A
May 17
d
 
1-1F
7
V. Guimaraes3112613-542 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
May 4
w
 
1-4F
8
Moreirense3111614-1139 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
9
Alverca3110813-1538 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-4F
10
Estoril3110714-137 
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
11
Arouca3110516-2135 
l
 
0-3A
d
 
3-3A
w
 
6-0F
w
 
1-2F
12
Rio Ave3181013-1934 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
May 10
13
Nacional318716-731 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-4A
14
Santa Clara307815-1129 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-2A
w
 
1-2A
15
Estrela Amadora3061014-1628 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-1F
16
Casa Pia3051114-2526 
w
 
3-1F
May 17
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
17
Tondela304917-2921 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 29
w
 
0-3F
18
AVS3011019-4313 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
6-0F
Apr 26
Win / draw / win form
Rio Ave 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave2 - 2AVS
Rio Ave1 - 2Alverca
Rio Ave2 - 1Estrela Amadora
Rio Ave0 - 0Famalicao
Rio Ave1 - 2Moreirense
Rio Ave0 - 3Arouca
Rio Ave0 - 2Benfica
Rio Ave3 - 1Casa Pia
Rio Ave0 - 1V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
Rio Ave0 - 4Estoril
Rio Ave3 - 0Tondela
Rio Ave0 - 3Porto
Rio Ave2 - 2Braga
Rio Ave1 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
Rio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
Rio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
Rio Ave0 - 2Boavista
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARio Ave0 - 2V. Guimaraes
HRio Ave2 - 2AVS
ARio Ave2 - 0Santa Clara
HRio Ave1 - 2Alverca
ARio Ave2 - 1Estoril
HRio Ave2 - 1Estrela Amadora
ARio Ave1 - 0Tondela
HRio Ave0 - 0Famalicao
ARio Ave0 - 1Porto
HRio Ave1 - 2Moreirense
ARio Ave0 - 3Braga
HRio Ave0 - 3Arouca
ARio Ave0 - 4Nacional
HRio Ave0 - 2Benfica
HRio Ave3 - 1Casa Pia
ARio Ave0 - 4S. Lisbon
ARio Ave2 - 2Gil Vicente
HRio Ave0 - 1V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave2 - 1AVS
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
S. Lisbon 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
15
Draw
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Estrela Amadora0 - 1S. Lisbon
Alverca1 - 4S. Lisbon
Braga2 - 2S. Lisbon
Moreirense0 - 3S. Lisbon
Porto1 - 1S. Lisbon
Arouca1 - 2S. Lisbon
Gil Vicente1 - 1S. Lisbon
V. Guimaraes1 - 4S. Lisbon
Benfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
Santa Clara1 - 2S. Lisbon
Tondela0 - 3S. Lisbon
Estoril0 - 1S. Lisbon
Famalicao1 - 2S. Lisbon
Nacional1 - 4S. Lisbon
Casa Pia0 - 2S. Lisbon
Benfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
Boavista0 - 5S. Lisbon
Santa Clara0 - 1S. Lisbon
Estrela Amadora0 - 3S. Lisbon
Casa Pia1 - 3S. Lisbon
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
15
D
4
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HS. Lisbon1 - 2Benfica
AS. Lisbon1 - 0Estrela Amadora
HS. Lisbon4 - 2Santa Clara
AS. Lisbon4 - 1Alverca
AS. Lisbon2 - 2Braga
HS. Lisbon3 - 0Estoril
AS. Lisbon3 - 0Moreirense
HS. Lisbon1 - 0Famalicao
AS. Lisbon1 - 1Porto
HS. Lisbon2 - 1Nacional
AS. Lisbon2 - 1Arouca
HS. Lisbon3 - 0Casa Pia
AS. Lisbon1 - 1Gil Vicente
HS. Lisbon4 - 0Rio Ave
AS. Lisbon4 - 1V. Guimaraes
HS. Lisbon6 - 0AVS
AS. Lisbon1 - 1Benfica
HS. Lisbon4 - 0Estrela Amadora
AS. Lisbon2 - 1Santa Clara
HS. Lisbon2 - 0Alverca
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Rio Ave since 2015
Rio Ave
S. Lisbon
Goals: Scored
9
17
Games: Scored
5 / 9
9 / 9
Clean sheets
0 / 9
4 / 9
RIO
1
D
2
SCL
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
0 - 3S. Lisbon
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1S. Lisbon
0 - 2S. Lisbon
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3S. Lisbon
0 - 1S. Lisbon
Rio Ave3 - 1
1 - 2S. Lisbon
League games at S. Lisbon since 2016
S. Lisbon
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
21
5
Games: Scored
9 / 10
3 / 10
Clean sheets
7 / 10
1 / 10
RIO
1
D
2
SCL
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT S. Lisbon
S. Lisbon4 - 0
S. Lisbon3 - 1
S. Lisbon2 - 0
S. Lisbon3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3Rio Ave
S. Lisbon3 - 0
S. Lisbon2 - 0
S. Lisbon1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Sporting Lisbon have been consistent in attack of late, scoring in 48 consecutive Liga NOS games. Their PG of 1.9 against Rio Ave on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Rio Ave 12th S. Lisbon 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of Rio Ave scoring 1 goal or less
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that S. Lisbon will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-16
Rio Ave have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted
+18
S. Lisbon have scored 18% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
2.3
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
0.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
S. Lisbon
0.9
1.9
Attack rating
%
better
RIO
SCL
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
RIO
SCL
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Rio Ave v S. Lisbon Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
281059
M Vrousai ClaytonA LuizA Ndoj
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Vrousai  DEF2912
4
1
O Pohlmann MID2911
1
-
A Ndoj DEF2812
9
-
D Spikic FWD2723
1
-
N Abby DEF241
4
-
T. Nikitscher MID2411
5
1
J Brabec DEF2311
4
-
G Liavas MID231
2
-
F. Petrasso DEF21
5
-
C Miszta GLK19
5
-
B Aguilera MID191
4
-
Clayton FWD19104
7
1
A Luiz FWD1975
3
-
A. Papakanellos MID18
1
-
N Athanasiou DEF171
1
-
J Tomé DEF16
2
-
J Panzo DEF14
3
1
O Richards DEF11
2
-
M Gual FWD10
-
J Graça MID8
1
-
J DEF6
1
-
K. Zoabi FWD5
2
-
K Chamorro GLK3
-
E. da Silva Moreira DEF3
-
T. Bakoulas MID3
-
R. Genuino Lobato FWD2
-
T. Medina FWD1
-
S. Lisbon Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28241110
F TrincãoL SuárezF TrincãoM Vilches
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Trincão MID29611
1
-
R Silva GLK27
3
-
L Suárez FWD27244
5
-
G Inácio DEF2613
4
1
H Morita MID2613
3
-
M Hjulmand MID2624
9
-
M Vilches DEF2443
9
1
G Catamo  FWD2463
1
-
I Fresneda DEF231
6
-
P Gonçalves FWD22136
5
-
G Vagiannidis DEF193
4
-
J. Arnauth Barrocas Simões MID181
3
-
A Santos FWD182
-
G. Quenda FWD1514
-
O Diomande DEF14
4
-
Z Debast DEF141
2
-
G Kochorashvili MID141
-
R Mangas DEF1321
3
-
E Quaresma DEF1212
1
-
F Ioannidis FWD123
-
M Reis DEF92
2
D Bragança  MID95
-
J Virgínia GLK2
-
N Santos DEF21
-