A story of boom and bust for these squads so far this season, sitting in positions near the midsection of the Liga Portugal table. Here's the Rio Ave - Gil Vicente latest:
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) in Liga Portugal
Rio Ave and Gil Vicente should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have played 11 Liga Portugal games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio do Rio Futebol Clube.
Rio Ave faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting Braga (0-2). Rio Ave's goalkeeper Jhonatan was extremely busy against Sporting Braga, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Chaves in a game that was won 1-0.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 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 noted that a peek at the 14 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The Rio Ave fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. 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 11 matches.
Gil Vicente form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Gil Vicente playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Gil Vicente are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Vicente won their last game, 2-0 versus Maritimo played at home. Andrew (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.41. Andrew topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Porto with the score of 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Gil Vicente in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Gil Vicente, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Gil Vicente find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Gil Vicente rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Gil Vicente have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Rio.The last head to head game ended Gil Vicente - Rio Ave 2-2, earlier this season. The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Navarro 13 goals |   E. Boateng 4 goals |  M. De Souza Costa 4 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Gil Vicente missing players
| Rio Ave | Gil Vicente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 27 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 29 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 73% | 65% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 73% | 48% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 45% | 26% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 73% | 57% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 9% | 22% |
| 39% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 26% |
| 4.1 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 10.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.1 | 13 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 35% | 26% |
| 14.8 | 12.9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.7 | 14.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6 | 5.2 |
- Gil Vicente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gil Vicente have the most points from losing position (14) in Liga Portugal
- Gil Vicente have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gil Vicente haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 62 |
| 2 | Porto | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 54 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 52 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Arouca | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Boavista | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | Vizela | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Chaves | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -18 | 15 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -25 | 12 |
