Monday's Primeira Liga predictions including Chaves vs. Rio Ave

Boavista vs. Pacos de Ferreira (Monday, 7.00pm)

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On a run of four defeats in their opening four games of the new Primeira Liga campaign, Pacos de Ferreira visit the Estadio do Bessa to face Boavista on Monday.

While the visitors will be seeking to get their campaign up and running, Os Axadrezados are unbeaten in each of the last 10 meetings between the sides and will aim to extend their dominance in this fixture.

We say: Boavista 2-1 Pacos de Ferreira

Pacos de Ferreira have endured a horrid start to the new campaign and will be desperate to end their losing streak. However, they face a Boavista side who have been dominant in the recent history of this fixture, claiming six wins and four draws from their last 10 encounters. We are backing the hosts to extend this solid record and come away with a slender history, heaping more misery on the floundering Pacenses.

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Chaves vs. Rio Ave (Monday, 9.15pm)

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Round five of the Portuguese Primeira Liga comes to an end at the Estadio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira where Chaves and Rio Ave go head to head on Monday.

This will be the first meeting between two of the three newly-promoted sides this season and we anticipate an end-to-end contest with both teams taking the game to each other in search of the bragging rights.

We say: Chaves 1-1 Rio Ave

Chaves and Rio Ave picked up one win apiece in their two meetings in the Segunda Liga last term, so we can expect another close contest on Monday. Both sides head into the game off the back of impressive wins and we predict they will cancel each other out and settle for a point.

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