Betting preview: Rio Ave vs Arouca should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Both these participants are doing all right, Arouca holding a 13 point advantage on Rio Ave in the league table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Rio Ave form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Portugal, Rio Ave have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.

Rio Ave faced defeat in their previous match, away at Boavista (2-3). Midfield player Costinha got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Costinha served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Casa Pia.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rio have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 20 league games, 16 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Rio Ave has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Rio Ave have conceded only 11 goals.

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Arouca form and stats

4 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Arouca playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season.

Sylla scored in Arouca's previous match, the home game against Vizela that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper de Arruabarrena was absolutely vital in the Arouca victory against Vizela, making eight saves. de Arruabarrena (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.81. Arruabarrena saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Arouca travelled to Sporting CP and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arouca playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Arouca wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats.

Observe: 8 of the last 10 league matches featuring this side have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 17 goals have been conceded by Arouca in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Arouca - Rio 0-1 was the outcome when these contenders formerly met, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Rio Ave won five games, one match ended with a draw and Arouca managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
8 goals
AroucaO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
7 goals
Rio AveE. Boateng
E. Boateng
5 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Arouca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
9 7 1 Won W 2 4 13
8 2 0 Drew D 3 7 9
12 5 3 Lost L 0 3 7
30 15 5 Scored S 4 12 33
35 11 6 Conceded C 1 17 33
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 86% 93%
55% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 71% 66%
34% 21% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 21% 31%
28% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
41% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 38%
31% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 36% 45%
34% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 24%
 
4.1 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.3
5.9 6.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.6 6.9 6.8
2.8 3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 2.4
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11 10.8 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.9 10.4
3.6 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.6
29% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 32%
 
14.4 12.8 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 16.2 13.8
4.4 3.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.7
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 29 24 2 3 69 17 15 13 1 1 44 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 52 74
2 Porto 29 22 4 3 62 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 43 70
3 Sporting Braga 29 22 2 5 62 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 15 12 0 3 34 17 38 68
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 29 13 9 7 33 33 15 9 2 4 21 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 0 48
6 Famalicao 29 13 3 13 33 37 15 9 1 5 18 13 14 4 2 8 15 24 -4 42
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
8 Vizela 29 11 6 12 32 30 14 5 3 6 16 15 15 6 3 6 16 15 2 39
9 Casa Pia 29 11 6 12 27 33 15 6 3 6 15 14 14 5 3 6 12 19 -6 39
10 Chaves 29 9 10 10 29 34 14 4 5 5 16 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -5 37
11 Boavista 29 10 7 12 36 48 15 7 5 3 21 20 14 3 2 9 15 28 -12 37
12 Rio Ave 29 9 8 12 30 35 14 7 2 5 15 11 15 2 6 7 15 24 -5 35
13 Portimonense 29 10 3 16 22 35 15 6 3 6 13 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -13 33
14 Gil Vicente 29 8 7 14 26 34 14 4 6 4 11 11 15 4 1 10 15 23 -8 31
15 Estoril 29 7 4 18 23 45 14 4 2 8 12 23 15 3 2 10 11 22 -22 25
16 Maritimo 29 6 4 19 26 54 14 5 2 7 17 19 15 1 2 12 9 35 -28 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 29 4 5 20 21 51 15 2 2 11 10 28 14 2 3 9 11 23 -30 17
18 Santa Clara 29 3 7 19 19 45 15 2 5 8 14 27 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 16

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 29 24 2 3 69 17 15 13 1 1 44 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 52 74
2 Porto 29 22 4 3 62 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 43 70
3 Sporting Braga 29 22 2 5 62 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 15 12 0 3 34 17 38 68
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 29 13 9 7 33 33 15 9 2 4 21 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 0 48
6 Famalicao 29 13 3 13 33 37 15 9 1 5 18 13 14 4 2 8 15 24 -4 42
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
8 Vizela 29 11 6 12 32 30 14 5 3 6 16 15 15 6 3 6 16 15 2 39
9 Casa Pia 29 11 6 12 27 33 15 6 3 6 15 14 14 5 3 6 12 19 -6 39
10 Chaves 29 9 10 10 29 34 14 4 5 5 16 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -5 37
11 Boavista 29 10 7 12 36 48 15 7 5 3 21 20 14 3 2 9 15 28 -12 37
12 Rio Ave 29 9 8 12 30 35 14 7 2 5 15 11 15 2 6 7 15 24 -5 35
13 Portimonense 29 10 3 16 22 35 15 6 3 6 13 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -13 33
14 Gil Vicente 29 8 7 14 26 34 14 4 6 4 11 11 15 4 1 10 15 23 -8 31
15 Estoril 29 7 4 18 23 45 14 4 2 8 12 23 15 3 2 10 11 22 -22 25
16 Maritimo 29 6 4 19 26 54 14 5 2 7 17 19 15 1 2 12 9 35 -28 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 29 4 5 20 21 51 15 2 2 11 10 28 14 2 3 9 11 23 -30 17
18 Santa Clara 29 3 7 19 19 45 15 2 5 8 14 27 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 16

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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.