In a weekend match in week 17, on Sun Jan 22nd, Famalicão hosts Rio Ave at Estádio Municipal 22 De Junho in a Primeira Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 14th placed Famalicão is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Porto. Wenderson Galeno struck first for Porto in the 10th minute on a feed from Toni Martínez, then Wenderson Galeno added another in the 21st minute. Famalicão is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rio Ave recorded a 0-1 loss against Paços de Ferreira. Nigel Thomas scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira in the 34th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Rio Ave couldn’t muster any offence and Paços de Ferreira ran away with the shutout win. Rio Ave is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Emmanuel Boateng and Abdul-Aziz Yakubu are the top scorers for Rio Ave in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Famalicão’s most prolific scorer has been Iván Jaime. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.