Portimonense - Rio Ave: Small difference between teams in Liga Portugal clash

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

Portimonense have some points to catch up on from their 14th place, and the first chance is versus Rio Ave. Read more!

Insights:
  • Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Portimonense and Rio Ave should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Portimonense form and stats

5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Portimonense so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Portimonense with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Maritimo game, 48 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Portimonense are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 450 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Junior).

In their previous game, the manager Brito led his Portimonense to a defeat away at Porto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão.

Preceding that match was the home game against Vizela that was lost 0-1.

It should be added that a glance at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portimonense here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). From these home matches, Portimonense have conceded only 12 goals.

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Rio Ave form and stats

There's been little loot from Rio Ave's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Liga Portugal. Rio Ave only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

Rio Ave's previous game was their home loss versus Benfica (0-1). Midfield player Rodrigues was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Rodrigues hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 48 total).

Prior to that result Rio won their away game at Santa Clara. The scoreline was 2-0.

A tale of few goals? 15 of this team's last 17 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Rio Ave when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Rio Ave in these games.

Head 2 Head

Rio Ave have won at least one point in the last 9 fixtures (6-3-0) against Portimonense.

The previous head to head encounter ended Rio Ave - Portimonense 1-0, earlier this season. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PortimonenseW. Ferreira dos Santos
W. Ferreira dos Santos
4 goals
Rio AveE. Boateng
E. Boateng
4 goals
Rio AveF. Costa Conceição
F. Costa Conceição
3 goals

Portimonense missing players

Rio Ave missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portimonense Rio Ave
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 3 13 26
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 9
2 2 0 Drew D 2 5 6
16 6 3 Lost L 0 6 11
18 10 3 Scored S 6 11 25
33 12 4 Conceded C 4 19 29
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
46% 46% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 50%
35% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 31%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 31% 23%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
27% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 35%
23% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 35%
54% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 46% 38%
 
5.4 5.8 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.5 4.2
5.7 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.8 5.9
2.9 3.4 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.7 2.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
12.1 13.3 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 11 10.9
3.4 3.7 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 3.4 3.4
20% 21% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 25% 28%
 
15.5 13.6 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 16 14.6
5.7 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.9 4.4
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • 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 26 23 2 1 67 14 13 12 1 0 42 10 13 11 1 1 25 4 53 71
2 Porto 26 19 4 3 56 17 13 11 0 2 36 9 13 8 4 1 20 8 39 61
3 Sporting Braga 26 19 2 5 56 23 12 8 2 2 23 6 14 11 0 3 33 17 33 59
4 Sporting CP 25 17 2 6 52 23 13 11 0 2 35 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 29 53
5 Vitória SC 26 12 5 9 25 29 14 8 3 3 14 10 12 4 2 6 11 19 -4 41
6 Arouca 25 10 8 7 29 32 13 7 2 4 19 16 12 3 6 3 10 16 -3 38
7 Casa Pia 26 11 5 10 23 27 13 6 3 4 12 9 13 5 2 6 11 18 -4 38
8 Vizela 26 10 5 11 30 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 13 5 3 5 15 14 2 35
9 Rio Ave 26 9 6 11 25 29 13 7 1 5 14 10 13 2 5 6 11 19 -4 33
10 Famalicao 25 10 3 12 25 32 12 7 1 4 13 9 13 3 2 8 12 23 -7 33
11 Chaves 26 8 8 10 27 33 13 3 5 5 15 17 13 5 3 5 12 16 -6 32
12 Boavista 26 8 6 12 30 44 13 5 5 3 16 17 13 3 1 9 14 27 -14 30
13 Gil Vicente 25 8 5 12 26 32 12 4 4 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 29
14 Portimonense 26 8 2 16 18 33 13 5 2 6 10 12 13 3 0 10 8 21 -15 26
15 Estoril 26 7 4 15 22 39 13 4 2 7 12 22 13 3 2 8 10 17 -17 25
16 Maritimo 26 5 4 17 21 49 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 1 2 10 7 31 -28 19
17 Pacos de Ferreira 26 4 5 17 19 43 13 2 2 9 9 23 13 2 3 8 10 20 -24 17
18 Santa Clara 26 3 6 17 17 41 13 2 4 7 13 25 13 1 2 10 4 16 -24 15

Table
  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 26 23 2 1 67 14 13 12 1 0 42 10 13 11 1 1 25 4 53 71
2 Porto 26 19 4 3 56 17 13 11 0 2 36 9 13 8 4 1 20 8 39 61
3 Sporting Braga 26 19 2 5 56 23 12 8 2 2 23 6 14 11 0 3 33 17 33 59
4 Sporting CP 25 17 2 6 52 23 13 11 0 2 35 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 29 53
5 Vitória SC 26 12 5 9 25 29 14 8 3 3 14 10 12 4 2 6 11 19 -4 41
6 Arouca 25 10 8 7 29 32 13 7 2 4 19 16 12 3 6 3 10 16 -3 38
7 Casa Pia 26 11 5 10 23 27 13 6 3 4 12 9 13 5 2 6 11 18 -4 38
8 Vizela 26 10 5 11 30 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 13 5 3 5 15 14 2 35
9 Rio Ave 26 9 6 11 25 29 13 7 1 5 14 10 13 2 5 6 11 19 -4 33
10 Famalicao 25 10 3 12 25 32 12 7 1 4 13 9 13 3 2 8 12 23 -7 33
11 Chaves 26 8 8 10 27 33 13 3 5 5 15 17 13 5 3 5 12 16 -6 32
12 Boavista 26 8 6 12 30 44 13 5 5 3 16 17 13 3 1 9 14 27 -14 30
13 Gil Vicente 25 8 5 12 26 32 12 4 4 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 29
14 Portimonense 26 8 2 16 18 33 13 5 2 6 10 12 13 3 0 10 8 21 -15 26
15 Estoril 26 7 4 15 22 39 13 4 2 7 12 22 13 3 2 8 10 17 -17 25
16 Maritimo 26 5 4 17 21 49 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 1 2 10 7 31 -28 19
17 Pacos de Ferreira 26 4 5 17 19 43 13 2 2 9 9 23 13 2 3 8 10 20 -24 17
18 Santa Clara 26 3 6 17 17 41 13 2 4 7 13 25 13 1 2 10 4 16 -24 15

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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.