This season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, ups and downs leading to mid-table places so far. Get set for Rio Ave - Chaves!
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Chaves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both sides have had adequate rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an active fixture!
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have played 10 Liga Portugal games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Freire led his Rio Ave to a defeat away at Porto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube. Costinha (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Costinha hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Estoril in a game that was won 2-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rio Ave have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4.
It should be considered that a glance at the 12 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Rio fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Rio Ave have conceded only 8 goals.
Chaves form and stats
4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chaves in their Liga Portugal matches away.
Home advantage was not enough for Chaves in their previous game as they lost hosting Sporting CP, 2-3. Midfield player Teixeira was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Teixeira scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).
A 0-0 draw at Vizela's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Chaves in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Chaves, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Chaves in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Chaves - Rio Ave 1-1. Previous ten meetings with these squads: Rio won four, Chaves were winners in two and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 7 goals |   H. Hernández Marrero 6 goals |  E. Boateng 4 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Chaves missing players
| Rio Ave | Chaves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 90% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 76% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 38% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 57% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 19% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 10.6 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.5 | 13.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 24% | 23% |
| 14.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 17.4 | 16.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
- Chaves have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chaves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 56 |
| 2 | Porto | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 49 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Arouca | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 8 | Vizela | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Chaves | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Portimonense | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | Boavista | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 15 | Estoril | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -25 | 13 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -22 | 12 |
