It's the League Cup: Rio Ave and Farense face off

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Competition: Portugal League Cup
Competition: Tue 13.December
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rio Ave & Farense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Rio Ave form and stats

Rio Ave participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

12 points is a decent return from 6 Liga Portugal games here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube for Rio Ave. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

The Rio Ave goalkeeper Jhonatan Luiz da Siqueira is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Portugal.

The Rio Ave followers got no joy from their last match, a League Cup duel also played here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube: A 0-2 defeat against Sporting CP.

Before that game, a fine away win at Marítimo. A League Cup game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rio have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

The Rio Ave fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Rio have conceded only 5 goals.

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Farense form and stats

Farense was sent out of League Cup in the 2nd round last season.

Farense's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Farense collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Segunda Liga. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

The supporters enjoyed Farense's previous match versus Marítimo, a League Cup win (2-0) played at home.

A loss, in the League Cup away at Sporting CP, before that. Farense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Farense has managed {12 goals} and let in 6 from 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

Rio Ave have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Farense.

Top Goalscorers

RioA. Yakubu
A. Yakubu
6 goals
FarenseL. Ribeiro Firmo
L. Ribeiro Firmo
6 goals
FarenseR. Silva Costa
R. Silva Costa
5 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Farense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Farense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 8   Won W   7 14
5 1   Drew D   2 6
9 4   Lost L   3 5
28 15   Scored S   20 42
29 10   Conceded C   17 31
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
56% 46%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 80%
36% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 60%
24% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 36%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 20%
36% 23%   BTTS BTTS   42% 56%
40% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 36%
28% 31%   Failed to Score F T   17% 16%
 
4.5 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5
5.7 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.9
2.8 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.7
3 1   Red cards R C   0 5
 
10.9 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 9.9
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.7
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 34%
 
13.9 12.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 12.1
4.7 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 6
2 Farense 2 1 0 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 -4 3
3 Rio Ave 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
4 Marítimo 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 13 12 1 0 37 7 7 7 0 0 26 6 6 5 1 0 11 1 30 37
2 Porto 13 9 2 2 31 9 6 5 0 1 19 3 7 4 2 1 12 6 22 29
3 Sporting Braga 13 9 1 3 29 12 6 3 1 2 11 5 7 6 0 1 18 7 17 28
4 Sporting CP 13 8 1 4 26 15 6 5 0 1 16 4 7 3 1 3 10 11 11 25
5 Casa Pia 13 7 2 4 13 10 7 3 1 3 5 4 6 4 1 1 8 6 3 23
6 Vitória SC 13 7 2 4 14 13 7 5 1 1 9 5 6 2 1 3 5 8 1 23
7 Portimonense 13 6 1 6 12 14 7 3 1 3 6 7 6 3 0 3 6 7 -2 19
8 Chaves 13 5 4 4 13 16 6 1 4 1 6 5 7 4 0 3 7 11 -3 19
9 Arouca 13 5 4 4 14 19 7 3 1 3 9 12 6 2 3 1 5 7 -5 19
10 Rio Ave 13 5 3 5 16 18 6 4 0 2 8 5 7 1 3 3 8 13 -2 18
11 Boavista 13 5 2 6 14 23 7 3 2 2 9 12 6 2 0 4 5 11 -9 17
12 Estoril 13 4 4 5 14 18 6 1 2 3 6 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 -4 16
13 Vizela 13 4 3 6 11 13 6 1 1 4 3 6 7 3 2 2 8 7 -2 15
14 Santa Clara 13 3 4 6 11 13 7 2 3 2 9 8 6 1 1 4 2 5 -2 13
15 Famalicao 13 3 2 8 11 18 6 3 0 3 8 7 7 0 2 5 3 11 -7 11
16 Gil Vicente 13 2 3 8 11 21 7 1 2 4 4 8 6 1 1 4 7 13 -10 9
17 Marítimo 13 1 3 9 8 27 6 0 2 4 4 8 7 1 1 5 4 19 -19 6
18 Paços de Ferreira 13 0 2 11 7 26 7 0 1 6 3 14 6 0 1 5 4 12 -19 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moreirense 13 10 2 1 31 14 6 6 0 0 17 6 7 4 2 1 14 8 17 32
2 Farense 13 8 4 1 25 13 7 4 3 0 13 7 6 4 1 1 12 6 12 28
3 Benfica II 13 6 4 3 25 15 7 4 1 2 16 8 6 2 3 1 9 7 10 22
4 Estrela Amadora 13 5 7 1 19 14 7 3 4 0 10 7 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 22
5 Vilafranquense 13 6 3 4 16 14 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 2 21
6 Academico Viseu 13 5 5 3 24 20 7 3 2 2 13 11 6 2 3 1 11 9 4 20
7 Feirense 13 4 7 2 14 9 6 1 4 1 7 7 7 3 3 1 7 2 5 19
8 Leixoes 13 4 7 2 15 11 6 3 2 1 6 2 7 1 5 1 9 9 4 19
9 Porto II 13 5 4 4 14 12 6 2 2 2 4 2 7 3 2 2 10 10 2 19
10 Tondela 13 3 9 1 17 13 7 1 5 1 8 8 6 2 4 0 9 5 4 18
11 Penafiel 13 4 6 3 14 13 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 3 3 1 7 6 1 18
12 Mafra 13 4 4 5 15 20 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 2 1 3 5 10 -5 16
13 Nacional 13 3 4 6 13 17 7 1 2 4 7 9 6 2 2 2 6 8 -4 13
14 UD Oliveirense 13 2 5 6 15 21 6 1 5 0 8 6 7 1 0 6 7 15 -6 11
15 Torreense 13 3 1 9 7 17 7 1 1 5 1 8 6 2 0 4 6 9 -10 10
16 Belenenses 13 2 3 8 20 28 6 0 1 5 8 15 7 2 2 3 12 13 -8 9
17 Trofense 13 2 2 9 9 27 6 1 0 5 5 16 7 1 2 4 4 11 -18 8
18 Sporting Covilha 13 1 3 9 12 27 7 0 1 6 5 15 6 1 2 3 7 12 -15 6

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 6
2 Farense 2 1 0 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 -4 3
3 Rio Ave 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
4 Marítimo 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0

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