Desportivo Aves vs Portimonese Predictions

• Aves have only won 2 of their 7 home games this season.
• Portimonense have only won 1 of their 8 away games this season.
• 2 of the last 4 meetings between these two clubs have ended in stalemates.
• Portimonense have drawn three of their last four competitive matches.

Portimonense have drawn a lot of matches of late

Aves narrowly lost 2-1 away at the league leaders Benfica last time out while Portimonense were held to a goalless draw at home to Pacos Ferreira leaving both teams occupying the two relegation places in the Primeira Liga. Portimonense head into Saturday’s clash as the form favourites with three draws and one win from their last six matches in all competitions but Aves haven’t lost any of their last four games against Saturday’s guests, with the pair drawing twice during that period.

The hosts have only picked up 6pts at home this season while the visitors have secured just 7pts on the road and each side need to be winning more games if they want to avoid relegation. Aves average 0.86 points per home game while Portimonense average 0.88 points per away game, which suggests that the most likely result on Saturday is a draw.

Aves score an average of 1.00 goals per home game and concede an average of 1.29 goals while Portimonense score an average of 0.63 goals per away game and concede an average of 1.38 goals, so you can see why we have backed a final scoreline of 1-1 this weekend. The hosts’ home matches have produced an average of 2.29 total goals while Portimonense’s away games produced an average of 2.00 total goals, adding further weight to our prediction for a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

Aves have secured all of their six points for the season at home

43% of Aves’ home games have produced over 2.5 goals as have 25% of Portimonense’s away games, which is one of the reasons we are expecting a low-scoring match between the pair this weekend. Under 2.5 goals have been scored in three of Aves’ last four matches and in four of Portimonense’s’ last six outings, while the last meeting between the two clubs also produced under 2.5 goals.

Aves have only scored 7 goals at home and Portimonese have netted just 5 times on the road, and we can’t see either side scoring more than once this weekend. Over 1.5 goals have been scored in 75% of Portimonense’s away games this season and 50% of those matches have produced exactly 2 goals, so you can understand why we have backed a final score of 1-1 for Saturday’s clash.

We’re confident that Saturday’s match will end in a draw and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1 between the pair. Aves have not performed well enough at home this season and should be picking up at least a point from Saturday’s match while Portimonense have only managed to win once on the road so far. Both teams head into the game with one win from their last six competitive matches and we can’t see either side doing enough to secure all three points this weekend.