Here's everything we know about the Casa Pia - Rio Ave fixture:

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior (2500 seats)

Look at this absorbing match in the Liga Portugal. Casa Pia is in the 7th spot from playing three matches. They receive Rio Ave who are placed 13th from three games.

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.

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Casa Pia form and stats

Casa Pia's first Liga Portugal home game here at Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.

Casa Pia drew their last game, 1-1 away at Boavista (placed 4th). The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Clayton, having found the net in five games in a row. Midfielder Pablo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Pablo served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Sporting CP that was lost 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Casa Pia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Casa Pia as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Casa Pia has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Casa Pia at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Rio Ave form and stats

Rio Ave have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga Portugal were 2 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats from 17 fixtures.

Rio's previous game was their home loss versus Porto (1-2). Rio Ave were so close to getting something from the game against Porto, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime. Midfielder Ronaldo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Ronaldo hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Estoril's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rio Ave playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Rio wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rio Ave has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Casa Pia one win, one draw and Rio Ave two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CasaClayton
Clayton
3 goals
Casa PiaS. Godwin
S. Godwin
1 goals
Casa PiaP. dos Santos
P. dos Santos
1 goals

Casa Pia missing players

Rio Ave missing players

Casa Pia Rio Ave
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
5 1 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 2 0 Conceded C 2 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
4.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 6
7 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.7
2.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 13.3
5.7 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 4.3
29% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 23%
 
14.3 17 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7 7.7
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3
Casa Pia Last season Rio Ave
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 6   Won W   2 10
8 5   Drew D   7 10
15 6   Lost L   8 14
31 18   Scored S   18 36
40 17   Conceded C   29 43
85% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
56% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 56%
38% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 38%
18% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 32%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
41% 41%   BTTS BTTS   53% 44%
32% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
41% 35%   Failed to Score F T   35% 32%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.3
5.6 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 6.1
2.9 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.7
6 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
11.3 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 11.5
3.4 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.7
26% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 28%
 
13.8 12.7   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 14.4
4.6 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Porto 3 3 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 9
3 Sporting CP 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
4 Boavista 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 7
5 Benfica 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 6
6 Arouca 3 1 2 0 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
7 Casa Pia 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
8 Famalicao 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
9 Gil Vicente 3 1 0 2 8 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
10 Farense 3 1 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
12 Estoril 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 6 0 3
13 Rio Ave 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Estrela Amadora 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
15 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
16 Vizela 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 1
17 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 1
18 Chaves 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -9 0
Last season 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 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.