Liga Portugal game research: Rio Ave vs Chaves

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

It's clean hands in Liga Portugal - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Rio Ave and Chaves did in their pre-season friendlies!

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Rio Ave form and stats

The season before, Rio Ave's league statistics were 10 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, results that produced 12th place in the Liga Portugal. Over these 34 matches they scored {36 goals} and gave away 43. Performing as the host team in the former season Rio Ave produced 8-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 14 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rio Ave perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rio Ave as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Rio Ave has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Rio Ave have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Rio have scored {5 goals} and conceded 5 times.

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Chaves form and stats

Let's have a look at how Chaves performed last season in the Liga Portugal: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded {40 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 15/19 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Chaves in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Chaves, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Just as the home team, Chaves have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Chaves wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Rio Ave won five games, three matches ended with a tie and Chaves got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The games between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

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Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Chaves
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Rio Ave Last season Chaves
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 8   Won W   6 12
10 3   Drew D   5 10
14 6   Lost L   6 12
36 18   Scored S   15 35
43 14   Conceded C   19 40
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
56% 41%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 71%
38% 24%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 35%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 15%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
44% 35%   BTTS BTTS   41% 50%
29% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 29%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   41% 29%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.8
6.1 6.1   Corners against (avg) C A   7.9 7.2
2.7 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 3.2
6 2   Red cards R C   3 10
 
11.5 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.5
3.7 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.6
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 22%
 
14.4 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 16.3
4.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Casa Pia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Estrela Amadora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Farense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rio Ave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitória SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Vitória SC 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

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 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Casa Pia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Estrela Amadora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Farense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rio Ave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitória SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.