Can Casa Pia defeat Rio Ave in Estádio Nacional clash?

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 30.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

It's looking great for Casa Pia so far, with the 5th spot in the Liga Portugal table and looking forward to facing Rio Ave (who are placed 12th).

Insights:
  • Casa Pia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga Portugal
  • Rio Ave have yet to win a game away.

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!

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Casa Pia form and stats

2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Casa Pia so far this season.

Casa Pia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting CP (1-3). Casa Pia's goalkeeper Batista was extremely busy against Sporting CP, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Godwin, an attacker, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Godwin served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the game before, a fine away victory at AR Sao Martinho. A Taça De Portugal game. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Casa handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Casa Pia here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Casa have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.

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Rio Ave form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Portugal travels is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Boateng scored in Rio Ave's previous match, the home game against Portimonense that ended 1-0. Samaris got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Samaris served one assist, hit one key pass and had 60 successful passes (of 63 total).

A loss, in the Taça De Portugal away at Oliveira Hospital (after extra-time), before that.

Rio Ave have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. For Rio, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings involving these teams: Casa Pia won zero, Rio Ave triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rio AveA. Yakubu
A. Yakubu
5 goals
Rio AveE. Boateng
E. Boateng
3 goals

Casa Pia missing players

Rio Ave missing players

Casa Pia Rio Ave
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 3
3 2 0 Lost L 2 2 4
10 3 2 Scored S 2 7 14
8 2 0 Conceded C 7 12 17
80% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 20% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
30% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
30% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 60%
50% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
40% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 20%
 
4.6 6.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.8 4.3
5.8 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.2 6.3
3.2 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10 9.6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 9.8 9.7
2.8 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.3
36% 19% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 42%
 
13.3 10.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 27 20.4 18.3
3.9 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 7 6.1
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • All of Rio Ave's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Casa Pia have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Casa Pia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga Portugal
  • Casa Pia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rio Ave have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rio Ave have scored at least twice as many goals away as Casa Pia have scored home.
  • Rio Ave have yet to win a game away.
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 9 1 0 24 5 5 5 0 0 18 5 5 4 1 0 6 0 19 28
2 Sporting Braga 10 7 1 2 26 10 5 3 1 1 11 4 5 4 0 1 15 6 16 22
3 Porto 10 7 1 2 22 7 5 4 0 1 15 3 5 3 1 1 7 4 15 22
4 Sporting CP 10 6 1 3 21 13 5 4 0 1 13 4 5 2 1 2 8 9 8 19
5 Casa Pia 10 5 2 3 10 8 5 2 1 2 3 2 5 3 1 1 7 6 2 17
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 10 5 2 3 10 8 5 3 1 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 17
7 Boavista 10 5 1 4 11 16 5 3 1 1 6 6 5 2 0 3 5 10 -5 16
8 Estoril 10 4 3 3 11 9 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 2 15
9 Chaves 10 4 3 3 11 10 5 1 3 1 6 5 5 3 0 2 5 5 1 15
10 Portimonense 10 5 0 5 8 10 5 3 0 2 4 4 5 2 0 3 4 6 -2 15
11 Arouca 10 3 4 3 12 18 5 2 1 2 8 11 5 1 3 1 4 7 -6 13
12 Rio Ave 10 3 3 4 14 17 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 0 3 2 7 12 -3 12
13 Vizela 10 3 2 5 7 10 5 1 1 3 3 5 5 2 1 2 4 5 -3 11
14 Famalicao 10 3 1 6 8 13 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 0 1 4 1 8 -5 10
15 Gil Vicente 10 2 3 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 6 10 -6 9
16 Santa Clara 10 2 2 6 7 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 1 0 4 2 5 -4 8
17 Pacos de Ferreira 10 0 2 8 7 19 5 0 1 4 3 11 5 0 1 4 4 8 -12 2
18 Maritimo 10 0 2 8 7 26 5 0 1 4 4 8 5 0 1 4 3 18 -19 2

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.