Rio Ave look forward to challenge Famalicão in this Liga Portugal match. Everything you must know about the game is found right here!
- Famalicão have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Liga Portugal
This should be an intriguing game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Rio Ave form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Rio Ave's two home games in the Liga Portugal so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.
Rio Ave drew their last game, 1-1 away at Casa Pia (placed 9th). Midfield player Ronaldo got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Ronaldo hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Porto (1-2).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 9 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Rio Ave has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Famalicão form and stats
Things could have gone better for Famalicão in their Liga Portugal away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Famalicão go into this game after a win, the home game against Farense that ended 1-0. Cádiz came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Farense last time out, making the manager de Sousa feel like a tactical genius. Moura was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Moura served one assist, hit four key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Sporting CP's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Famalicão playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Famalicão wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
{2 goals} so far away for Famalicão, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Rio Ave victory, six draws and three Famalicão wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Costinha 1 goals |  J. Silva Oliveira 1 goals |  L. Acevedo Ruiz 1 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Rio Ave | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 11.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- Famalicão have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Liga Portugal
| Rio Ave | Last season | Famalicão | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 43 | 14 | Conceded | C | 28 | 47 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 41% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 62% | ||
| 38% | 24% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 44% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 47% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 29% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 35% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11.5 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 14.4 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boavista | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Porto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Benfica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Famalicão | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Arouca | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Moreirense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Vizela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Estrela Amadora | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Farense | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Estoril | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Chaves | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 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 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 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 | Famalicão | 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 |
