17th- against 12th spot might not seem all that tempting to look into. Fear not: Tipsway has the facts and figures that makes Paços de Ferreira - Rio Ave (even) more absorbing!
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest scored goals (23) in Liga Portugal
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Ferreira are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rio Ave is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
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.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira's results here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the Liga Portugal have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats. With Paços de Ferreira having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager da Silva.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ferreira's attacking players as they have now played 237 minutes without scoring in a league game. Bernardo was their last goal scorer.
The club members are hoping that Paços de Ferreira will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Chaves (placed 7th). The talented striker Gaitán outdid all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.73 out of 10. Gaitán hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Sporting CP (0-4).This is expected to be a close game, with Paços de Ferreira perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paços de Ferreira as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Paços de Ferreira has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Paços de Ferreira aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, with only {10 goals} from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Rio Ave form and stats
There's been little loot from Rio Ave's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the Liga Portugal. Rio Ave only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 7 draws.
Rio's previous game was their home loss versus Vitória SC (0-1). Defender William was the best team player with a rating of 7.12. William hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Maritimo that ended 2-2.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 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Rio Ave wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 18 of this side's last 23 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
Rio have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Rio Ave struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Ferreira have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Rio Ave.The latest H2H encounter ended Rio Ave - Paços de Ferreira 0-1, earlier this season. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Butzke Benavides 6 goals |   E. Boateng 5 goals |  O. Gaitán 3 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 23 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | 33 |
| 58 | 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 26 | 38 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 53% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 50% | 34% |
| 25% | 25% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 44% | 28% |
| 6% | 6% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 47% | 44% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 50% | 41% |
| 9% | 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 31% |
| 47% | 50% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 34% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.8 | 13.4 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 21% | 16% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 14.6 | 13.4 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 16.8 | 14.7 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest points (8) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest scored goals (23) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the most conceded goals (32) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-22) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-35) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 59 | 83 |
| 2 | Porto | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 46 | 79 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 71 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 42 | 74 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 38 | 70 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -3 | 50 |
| 6 | Arouca | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 48 |
| 7 | Chaves | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 46 |
| 8 | Famalicão | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Vizela | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 40 |
| 11 | Boavista | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -14 | 40 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 34 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | Estoril | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 28 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 37 | -30 | 23 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -35 | 20 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 26 | -30 | 19 |
