Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Porto & Rio Ave face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Porto form and stats
Last season, Porto's League Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.This stadium, Estádio Do Dragão, has been a fortress for Porto in the Primeira Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-0. Porto haven’t lost a league-game in 42 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Pacos de Ferreira, 411 days ago.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Porto, as their goalkeeper Agustin Federico Marchesin has completely shut out the opponents for 234 minutes in the Primeira Liga.
Porto's previous game was a Primeira Liga match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sporting Braga. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Mateus Uribe got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Uribe served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Atletico Madrid with the scoreline 1-3.Porto are traveling soon after this match as the Primeira Liga match at Vizela awaits in four days.
Porto are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (19 goals in 7 games). Defensively Porto have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.3-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rio Ave in their Segunda Liga matches away. Total League Cup statistics for Rio Ave: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Rio failed to get anything from their last game, a Segunda Liga home match vs Mafra that ended with defeat 1-2.
A 0-2 defeat away at Benfica II before that.With the hosts given a winning probability of around 80% by the bookies, any useful result for the visiting team would be a small shock. Checking earlier games with similar odds and Rio as the away team, we found one results. The numbers from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The visitors lost zero of these fixtures by a margin of at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rio manager Batalha Freire as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Casa Pia.
The travelling fans enjoy Rio's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Rio have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: eight wins for Porto, two draws and zero wins for Rio Ave. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Díaz Marulanda 11 goals |  M. Taremi 7 goals |   G. de Souza 5 goals |
Porto missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Porto | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 55 | 33 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 15.4 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santa Clara | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Porto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Porto | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 38 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Estoril | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Arouca | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Tondela | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Boavista | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | Vizela | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Famalicão | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 10 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 8 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Feirense | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Penafiel | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Mafra | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Nacional | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Trofense | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Porto II | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Estrela Amadora | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Farense | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Sporting Covilhã | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 17 | Varzim | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Academica | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 6 |