Evenly matched teams: Rio Ave vs Casa Pia match preview

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

This is the game, this is Liga Portugal and this is Rio Ave - Casa Pia. Prepare with our full match guide!

Insights:
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Casa Pia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rio Ave form and stats

7 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Rio Ave have to build on here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in the Liga Portugal.

Rio Ave travelled for their previous game, a trip to Portimonense that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Rio Ave in the Portimonense match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. William was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.14 out of 10. The defender William scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

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

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 1 and lost 4.

It should be noted that a peek at the 18 latest league matches reveals that 14 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Rio Ave fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Rio Ave have conceded only 10 goals.

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Casa Pia form and stats

Playing away, Casa Pia have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Liga Portugal this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Casa's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Casa Pia failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sporting CP (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 3-4. A bizarre fixture with lots of goals last time out for Casa Pia, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as much fun? Casa goalkeeper Paes could enjoy a first-rate shift against Sporting CP, but despite registering eight saves the loss could not be helped.

Prior to that match, the Casa Pia manager Martins faced defeat when travelling to Vizela and losing 1-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Casa Pia in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Casa Pia, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

The attacking power of Casa when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Casa Pia have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Casa Pia - Rio Ave 1-0 was the product when these sides previously met, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Rio two wins, zero draws and Casa Pia one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Casa PiaC. Martins de Souza Ladislau
C. Martins de Souza Ladislau
5 goals
Rio AveE. Boateng
E. Boateng
4 goals
Casa PiaClayton
Clayton
4 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Casa Pia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Casa Pia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
9 7 2 Won W 0 5 11
7 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
11 5 1 Lost L 2 6 11
27 14 2 Scored S 1 11 26
31 10 1 Conceded C 4 18 31
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 81%
52% 38% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 56%
33% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 41%
26% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 19%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
37% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 37%
33% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 41%
37% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 41%
 
4.1 3.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.4 4.6
6 6.1 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.9 5.4
2.9 3.2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.2 3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
11.2 10.8 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.4 10.6
3.6 3.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 3.2
28% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 33% 30%
 
14.7 13.2 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 14.5 13.6
4.5 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Casa Pia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 27 23 2 2 68 16 14 12 1 1 43 12 13 11 1 1 25 4 52 71
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 58 18 13 11 0 2 36 9 14 9 4 1 22 9 40 64
3 Sporting Braga 27 20 2 5 60 24 13 9 2 2 27 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 36 62
4 Sporting CP 27 18 3 6 56 26 13 11 0 2 35 7 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 57
5 Arouca 27 12 8 7 31 32 14 8 2 4 20 16 13 4 6 3 11 16 -1 44
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 27 12 5 10 26 31 14 8 3 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 12 21 -5 41
7 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
8 Casa Pia 27 11 5 11 26 31 14 6 3 5 15 13 13 5 2 6 11 18 -5 38
9 Famalicao 27 11 3 13 28 34 13 7 1 5 13 10 14 4 2 8 15 24 -6 36
10 Rio Ave 27 9 7 11 27 31 13 7 1 5 14 10 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 34
11 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
12 Chaves 26 8 8 10 27 33 13 3 5 5 15 17 13 5 3 5 12 16 -6 32
13 Gil Vicente 26 8 6 12 26 32 13 4 5 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 30
14 Portimonense 27 8 3 16 20 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 13 3 0 10 8 21 -15 27
15 Estoril 27 7 4 16 23 43 13 4 2 7 12 22 14 3 2 9 11 21 -20 25
16 Maritimo 27 5 4 18 21 50 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 1 2 11 7 32 -29 19
17 Pacos de Ferreira 27 4 5 18 20 46 14 2 2 10 10 26 13 2 3 8 10 20 -26 17
18 Santa Clara 27 3 6 18 17 42 14 2 4 8 13 26 13 1 2 10 4 16 -25 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 27 23 2 2 68 16 14 12 1 1 43 12 13 11 1 1 25 4 52 71
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 58 18 13 11 0 2 36 9 14 9 4 1 22 9 40 64
3 Sporting Braga 27 20 2 5 60 24 13 9 2 2 27 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 36 62
4 Sporting CP 27 18 3 6 56 26 13 11 0 2 35 7 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 57
5 Arouca 27 12 8 7 31 32 14 8 2 4 20 16 13 4 6 3 11 16 -1 44
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 27 12 5 10 26 31 14 8 3 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 12 21 -5 41
7 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
8 Casa Pia 27 11 5 11 26 31 14 6 3 5 15 13 13 5 2 6 11 18 -5 38
9 Famalicao 27 11 3 13 28 34 13 7 1 5 13 10 14 4 2 8 15 24 -6 36
10 Rio Ave 27 9 7 11 27 31 13 7 1 5 14 10 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 34
11 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
12 Chaves 26 8 8 10 27 33 13 3 5 5 15 17 13 5 3 5 12 16 -6 32
13 Gil Vicente 26 8 6 12 26 32 13 4 5 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 30
14 Portimonense 27 8 3 16 20 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 13 3 0 10 8 21 -15 27
15 Estoril 27 7 4 16 23 43 13 4 2 7 12 22 14 3 2 9 11 21 -20 25
16 Maritimo 27 5 4 18 21 50 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 1 2 11 7 32 -29 19
17 Pacos de Ferreira 27 4 5 18 20 46 14 2 2 10 10 26 13 2 3 8 10 20 -26 17
18 Santa Clara 27 3 6 18 17 42 14 2 4 8 13 26 13 1 2 10 4 16 -25 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.