Rio Ave are looking to ignore the league table before this match versus Estoril. Here's all you should know pre-match!
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Estoril have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Portugal
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga Portugal game only four days ago.
Rio Ave form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Rio Ave at their home stadium (Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The Rio Ave manager Freire might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Rio played out an unpredictable defeat 0-1 against Sporting CP in their previous match, also played at home. Midfielder Rodrigues was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Rodrigues hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vizela (1-3).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 4, drawn 2 and lost 4.
It should be added that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Rio Ave are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Estoril form and stats
3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Estoril in their Liga Portugal matches away. It's all red in the travel logs of Estoril, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Estoril are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Boavista (placed 9th). Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league games without victory. Midfielder Carvalho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Carvalho hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Vitoria Guimaraes before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Estoril playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Estoril wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 12 of this club's last 15 league rounds have had two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Estoril as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered scoreline featuring both these contenders is the Estoril - Rio 2-2 played previously this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Rio Ave, two draws and three wins for Estoril. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been brutal, having seen 10 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 7 goals |  E. Boateng 4 goals |   T. Antunes Gouveia 4 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
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| Rio Ave | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 50% | 68% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 20% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 10% | 16% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 30% | 37% |
| 32% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 30% | 26% |
| 37% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 37% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.7 | 10.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.1 | 11.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 24% | 27% |
| 14.7 | 12.8 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 14.3 | 13.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5 |
- Estoril have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Portugal
- Estoril have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga Portugal
- Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 53 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 43 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 38 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Arouca | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Boavista | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 10 | Vizela | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Estoril | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Marítimo | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 9 |
