Betting preview: Rio Ave vs Famalicão should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Which team will claim the win when Famalicão travel to Rio Ave? In this pre-match guide you'll find all the relevant info and stats necessary to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Rio are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Famalicão is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rio Ave form and stats

8-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Rio Ave so far this season.

Rio Ave faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paços de Ferreira (1-3). William was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender William scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Vitória SC (0-1).

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 12 games. Rio Ave has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 24 league matches, 18 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Rio Ave are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Rio Futebol Clube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

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Famalicão form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Famalicão so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

Famalicão failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Porto (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Porto was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Rodrigues got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Rodrigues served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Vizela.

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 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 Famalicão wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

In the opposite end, Famalicão have conceded 26 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Famalicão - Rio 0-0, played this season. 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

FamalicãoI. Jaime Pajuelo
I. Jaime Pajuelo
9 goals
Rio AveE. Boateng
E. Boateng
5 goals
FamalicãoJ. Cádiz Fernández
J. Cádiz Fernández
4 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Famalicão missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Famalicão
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 8 2 Won W 2 4 13
9 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
14 6 1 Lost L 1 9 16
34 16 3 Scored S 4 16 37
41 12 2 Conceded C 2 26 45
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 88%
55% 38% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 61%
36% 19% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 52%
30% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 27%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
42% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 45%
30% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 30%
33% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 36%
 
4.2 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 4.5
6.1 6.2 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 5.4
2.6 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.5
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
11.2 11.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.6 12.9
3.7 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 3.7
28% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 30%
 
14.5 12.5 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.7 14.3
4.5 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 4.9
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • 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 33 27 3 3 79 20 16 14 1 1 45 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 59 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 70 22 16 14 0 2 41 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 48 82
3 Sporting Braga 33 24 3 6 72 30 16 12 2 2 37 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 42 75
4 Sporting CP 33 22 5 6 69 31 17 13 2 2 42 12 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 71
5 Vitória SC 33 16 5 12 34 36 17 10 3 4 18 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -2 53
6 Arouca 33 14 9 10 34 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -3 51
7 Chaves 33 12 10 11 34 36 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 6 5 6 15 19 -2 46
8 Famalicão 33 13 4 16 37 45 17 9 1 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 16 26 -8 43
9 Casa Pia 33 11 8 14 31 39 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 41
10 Boavista 33 11 8 14 39 53 17 8 6 3 23 21 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 41
11 Vizela 33 11 7 15 33 36 16 5 4 7 17 17 17 6 3 8 16 19 -3 40
12 Rio Ave 33 10 9 14 34 41 16 8 2 6 16 12 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 39
13 Portimonense 33 10 4 19 25 46 16 6 3 7 14 19 17 4 1 12 11 27 -21 34
14 Gil Vicente 33 9 7 17 31 41 16 5 6 5 14 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -10 34
15 Estoril 33 9 5 19 30 48 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 3 3 11 13 25 -18 32
16 Marítimo 33 7 5 21 31 60 17 6 3 8 21 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -29 26
17 Paços de Ferreira 33 6 5 22 26 59 17 3 2 12 13 33 16 3 3 10 13 26 -33 23
18 Santa Clara 33 5 7 21 26 55 17 4 5 8 18 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -29 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 Benfica 33 27 3 3 79 20 16 14 1 1 45 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 59 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 70 22 16 14 0 2 41 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 48 82
3 Sporting Braga 33 24 3 6 72 30 16 12 2 2 37 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 42 75
4 Sporting CP 33 22 5 6 69 31 17 13 2 2 42 12 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 71
5 Vitória SC 33 16 5 12 34 36 17 10 3 4 18 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -2 53
6 Arouca 33 14 9 10 34 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -3 51
7 Chaves 33 12 10 11 34 36 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 6 5 6 15 19 -2 46
8 Famalicão 33 13 4 16 37 45 17 9 1 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 16 26 -8 43
9 Casa Pia 33 11 8 14 31 39 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 41
10 Boavista 33 11 8 14 39 53 17 8 6 3 23 21 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 41
11 Vizela 33 11 7 15 33 36 16 5 4 7 17 17 17 6 3 8 16 19 -3 40
12 Rio Ave 33 10 9 14 34 41 16 8 2 6 16 12 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 39
13 Portimonense 33 10 4 19 25 46 16 6 3 7 14 19 17 4 1 12 11 27 -21 34
14 Gil Vicente 33 9 7 17 31 41 16 5 6 5 14 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -10 34
15 Estoril 33 9 5 19 30 48 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 3 3 11 13 25 -18 32
16 Marítimo 33 7 5 21 31 60 17 6 3 8 21 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -29 26
17 Paços de Ferreira 33 6 5 22 26 59 17 3 2 12 13 33 16 3 3 10 13 26 -33 23
18 Santa Clara 33 5 7 21 26 55 17 4 5 8 18 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -29 22

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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.