S.L. Benfica vs Rio Ave F.C. Prediction 1 March 2021

Benfica and Rio Ave will form one of the pairs of the twenty-first round of Primeira Liga. Will the hosts be able to confirm their favorite status?

Benfica are performing very mediocre this season, taking a humiliating fourth place with 39 points and a goal difference of 33:17. A confident 2 0 win against Famalican, a 0:0 draw with Guimaraes, 1:1 with Moreirense and 0:0 with Farense, as well as a 0:1 defeat from Sporting - these are all the Eagles' achievements recently.

In a similar period of the league season, Rio Ave dealt with Tondela (2:1) and Guimaraes (3:1), played a 0:0 draw with Nacional, losing 0:2 to Porto and 0:1 to Famalican. As a result, the current ninth position, 22 points, goals of 16:23 and a margin of only four points from the relegation zone.

Both teams are not famous for abnormally high performance, so their head-to-head encounter will turn out to be poor in goals. And since the level of Benfica is much higher, then we expect a breakthrough more from them than from Rio Ave.