After drawing 3-3 in Braga, Sporting's team was heavily criticized because they were always winning and allowed to draw. Defender Esgaio and striker Paulinho were the players most criticized by the fans. The coach Ruben Amorim gave strong support to the players publicly and that the team will give a better defensive response because offensively the team is doing well.

This game has to be a win because on the next round Sporting will play against FC Porto and cannot lose any more points.

Sporting Lisbon now welcome Rio Ave to the Estadio Jose Alvalade, where they have won all but one of their last seven league games since the start of February, scoring an impressive 17 goals and keeping five clean sheets in that time.

Coach has the team at full strength.

Rio Ave climbed this year to the first division, in the debut of the championship they lost against Vizela despite being the best team on the field but the team offensively has little quality and many difficulties in creating goalscoring opportunities.

Rio ave has practically the same team that played in the second division last year, the team needs more reinforcements because if it doesn't go down again.

Junior Rocha is out and Patrick William is in doubt.

It will be a one-way game, Sporting will exert high pressure until they score and i believe it will be in the first half because they have a lot of quality in attack and Rio Ave doesn't have the quality to stop Sporting's team. I believe that Ruben Amorim will give Paulinho a vote of confidence and he will have to respond with goals. Sporting's goal will be a matter of time and they will win by a comfortable margin.

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在与布拉加3-3战平后，斯廷森的球队受到了严厉的批评，因为他们总是赢球，被允许平局。后卫埃斯盖约和前锋保利尼奥是球迷批评最多的球员。教练鲁本·阿莫里姆在公开场合对球员们给予了强有力的支持，并表示球队会在防守端做出更好的回应，因为球队在进攻端做得很好。

这场比赛必须是一场胜利，因为下一轮竞技将对阵波尔图，不能再丢分了。

里斯本竞技自2月初以来，他们在这里赢得了近7场联赛的全部胜利，打进了令人印象深刻的17球，并保持了5场零封。

里奥阿维是升级球队，在联赛首秀中他们输给了维兹拉，尽管他们是场上最好的球队，但球队进攻质量不高，在创造进球机会方面有很多困难。

里奥阿维几乎和去年参加乙级联赛的球队一样，球队需要更多的援军，因为如果它不再下降的话。

小罗查缺阵，帕特里克·威廉也不确定。

这将是一场单向的比赛，竞技队将会施加巨大的压力直到他们得分，我相信这将会发生在上半场，因为他们在进攻上有很多的质量，而里奥阿维没有能力阻止竞技队。我相信鲁本-阿莫里姆会给保利尼奥投上一票，他必须用进球来回应。里斯本竞技的进球只是时间问题，他们会以轻松的比分取胜。