Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Rio Ave
Match Time & Date:
17 August 2025
15:30
Prediction: 1-0
Nacional
Rio Ave play host to Nacional at their Estadio do Rio Ave in the opening match of their Primeira Liga campaign. Os Rioavistas were having their ups and downs in preseason, but it has to be noted that boss Sotiris Silaidopoulos used friendly games to test as many players as possible. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Clayton, who joined the club from Vasco da Gama (€3.00m) earlier this term.
Os Alvinegros, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 2-0 loss to Gil Vicente at the weekend and given their difficulties on the road, we predict that Rio Ave are going to pick up all three points from Sunday’s encounter. Nacional Miguel Baeza remains on the sidelines with a muscle injury, but there are no fresh injury worries in the visiting team ahead of the trip to Vila do Conde.
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Highlighted Team (Rio Ave):
Nicknamed Rio Grande, Rio Ave are a Portuguese club that compete in Primeira Liga. Rio Ave were founded back in 1939 and they welcome their rivals at Estadio dos Arcos, the stadium which can hold up to 12,815 people.
The team’s home shirt is green with white stripes, whilst the colour of their shorts is green. Rio Ave wear white shirts and white shorts when playing on the travels. The club’s biggest success came in the 2014/2015 season when they represented Portugal in the Europa League group stages. Rio Ave finished the process in the last position in Group J, but they did well to record their first ever win in the competition, with the team beating Danish club Aalborg 2-0 at their Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.
Former Real Madrid full-back Fabio Coentrao is considered one of the club’s most notable footballers. Manchester City first-choice goalkeeper Ederson played for Rio Ave in the past as well.
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