Vitória SC vs Rio Ave FC prediction | 27 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Vitória SC
Ranking: #154 overall, #6 in Portugal

66.8 → 68.7 (+1.9 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-1 11 May Casa Pia (H) 66.5 -0.5
2-0 16 May Nacional (A) 66.7 +0.2
0-1 08 Aug Arouca (H) 67.5 +0.8
3-2 14 Aug Sporting CP (A) 68.1 +0.6
1-0 23 Aug Nacional (H) 68.7 +0.6
Rio Ave FC
Ranking: #348 overall, #16 in Portugal

62.4 → 61.2 (-1.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 16 May Casa Pia (A) 62.1 -1.1
1-0 09 Aug Gil Vicente (A) 61.6 -0.5
0-2 15 Aug Porto (H) 61.4 -0.2
0-2 22 Aug Estoril (A) 61.4 0.0
0-4 28 Aug Sporting CP (H) 61.2 -0.2

Vitória SC vs Rio Ave FC: by the numbers

Rio Ave FC trail Vitória SC by 194 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 10 in Portugal.

Vitória SC arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +1.9 rating points over their last 10 matches against Rio Ave FC's -1.2.

Last time these teams played, on 25 Apr 2026, Rio Ave FC lost 0.3 rating points.

Vitória SC first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 73.7 on 1 Mar 2025.

Rio Ave FC first climbed to joint #111 in our European rankings on 20 Sep 2020.