Plenty of loss and gain for these two teams so far this campaign, situated in positions near the center of the Liga Portugal table. Here's the Vizela - Rio Ave latest:
- Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Vizela form and stats
3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Vizela so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Vizela bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, the manager da Silva led his Vizela to a defeat away at Sporting CP. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Do Vizela. Buntić had a busy but productive day in the Sporting CP match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that match, Vizela won a home game hosting Maritimo (3-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vizela handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Vizela has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vizela are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Do Vizela in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Rio Ave form and stats
There's been little loot from Rio Ave's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Liga Portugal. Rio Ave only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws. Visiting Rio has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Rio Ave are looking to quickly end their 315 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Portugal.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Famalicão (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Jhonatan got the top player rating of the team with 8.85/10. Jhonatan saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-1 loss hosting Pacos de Ferreira before that.Rio Ave 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, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
The attacking power of Rio Ave when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Rio have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Rio Ave - Vizela 0-1. Previous five meetings involving these squads: Vizela won two, Rio Ave triumphed in two and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 6 goals |   M. Osmajić 4 goals |  E. Boateng 4 goals |
Vizela missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Vizela | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 88% |
| 59% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 35% |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 6.8 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.5 | 17.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 20% | 18% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 14.7 | 12.2 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 16.7 | 15.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vizela 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 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Porto | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 39 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Arouca | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Vizela | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Chaves | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Boavista | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 13 | Estoril | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Famalicão | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -22 | 6 |
