This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Beşiktaş at Vodafone Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Rio Ave with it. Read all about the 3rd Qualifying Round match here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primeira Liga. That game was also an away game, at Tondela. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Beşiktaş form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Beşiktaş so far this season.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Antalyaspor in the Super Lig last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Trabzonspor and winning 3-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Beşiktaş have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.
Beşiktaş are traveling soon after this match as the Super Lig match at Konyaspor awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Beşiktaş's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Rio Ave form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Borac Banja Luka in order to reach 3rd Qualifying Round of Europa League. Rio Ave's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round against Jagiellonia Biaystok.Playing away, Rio Ave have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.
Rio Ave has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Tondela for a Primeira Liga game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that game was the away Europa League victory against Borac Banja Luka with the score of 2-0.
The draw against Tondela came from a losing position. The Rio manager M. Magalhães da Silva brought on Ryotaro Meshino as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
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 three wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
A new game in only three days for Rio, the Primeira Liga home match versus Vitoria Guimaraes. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Rio Ave has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Beşiktaş missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Beşiktaş | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 39 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 314 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 142 | 255 | ||
| 130 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 87 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Goztepe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Fatih Karagumruk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Hatayspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Fenerbahce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Kasimpasa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | BB Erzurumspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Kayserispor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Konyaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Genclerbirligi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Denizlispor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Ankaragucu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Porto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Moreirense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Belenenses | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Boavista | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Nacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Pacos de Ferreira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tondela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sporting Braga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Farense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |