Rio Ave vs Vitoria Guimaraes Predictions

• Four successive Rio Ave home games have seen both teams score
• Vitoria Guimaraes have not kept a clean sheet in nine outings on the road
• Seven of those fixtures have resulted in both teams netting

Rio Ave put unbeaten home record to the test

Rio Ave have accumulated 15 points so far this season, and nine of them have been collected at home, where they have registered three wins and three victories.

The last four of those outings have seen both teams score, with Luís Freire’s side conceding twice in three of them, including a pair of 2-2 draws.

Indeed, it is just one clean sheet in nine at all venues for ‘Vilacondenses,’ who have also only won twice during that period – once on the road and once at Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.

Can Vitoria Guimaraes tighten up?

Their visitors, Vitoria Guimaraes, are another team struggling at the back this season, despite conceding just 12 times in 13 games in the league.

Across their last nine away fixtures in all competitions, they have failed to keep a single clean sheet, with seven of those matches seeing both teams score.

That includes a 1-1 stalemate against Casa Pia and 2-2 stalemate with Estrela, who, ahead of this round, are the two teams directly below Ria Ave in the table.

I predict that both teams will score in this game, selecting a 2-2 draw as the correct score prediction.