Neutral parties would believe there's a significant gulf in form between these sides based on the league table so far, with Rio Ave in front of Farense by 16 points.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they played a Segunda Liga fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Academica.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have collected 12 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 4-0-3.
A strong away win for Rio Ave against Academica the last match, as Yakubu were on target. An away draw last time out for Rio, facing Academica in a game that ended 2-1. In their previous game, the manager Freire led his Rio Ave to a defeat away at Academica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rio Ave handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and two defeats.
A decent goal production from Rio in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Farense form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Farense so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
Farense played 0-1 against Leixoes in their previous match. Farense's previous game was their home loss versus Leixoes (0-1). Farense won their last game, 0-1 versus Leixoes played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chaves at their stadium, the result 1-2. A 1-2 draw at Chaves's stadium before that. Prior to that match, the Farense manager Teixeira faced defeat when travelling to Chaves and losing 1-2.Farense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Farense have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Farense struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent logged meeting between these teams is the Farense - Rio 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Rio Ave wins - draws - Farense wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. de Souza 5 goals |  H. Domingos Gomes 4 goals |  P. Lobo Peixoto Mineiro Mendes 4 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Farense missing players
| Rio Ave | Farense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 69% |
| 56% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 50% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 25% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 12.6 | 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.6 | 11.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 32% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.5 | 8.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
- Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Farense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 II | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Feirense | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Nacional | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Porto II | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Estrela Amadora | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Mafra | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Trofense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Academico Viseu | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 15 | Sporting Covilha | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Farense | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Varzim | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Academica | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 8 |
