Rio Ave are putting faith in their home fans to assist them to do well in this game versus Moreirense. Who will win at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube?
- Rio Ave have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Liga Portugal
- Moreirense have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Liga Portugal
This should be an action-packed game with lots of action and energy as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Rio Ave form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Portugal, Rio Ave have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
Rio faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting CP (0-2).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Famalicao that ended 1-1.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 10 games. Rio Ave has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The Rio fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.
Moreirense form and stats
Moreirense are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga Portugal, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Moreirense go into this game after a win, the home game against Farense that ended 1-0. Midfield player Alan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Alan scored one goal, hit five key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).
Prior to that match, the Moreirense manager Borges faced defeat when travelling to Sporting CP and losing 0-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Moreirense in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Moreirense, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Moreirense when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Moreirense have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rio have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Moreirense.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Souza Guimarães 2 goals |   Costinha 1 goals |  J. Silva Oliveira 1 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Moreirense missing players
| Rio Ave | Moreirense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 3.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.3 | 12 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 40% |
| 10.2 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.7 | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
- All of Rio Ave's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Moreirense have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Liga Portugal
- Moreirense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rio Ave have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Liga Portugal
- Rio Ave have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Boavista | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Famalicao | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Farense | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Vizela | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Estrela Amadora | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 17 | Estoril | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Chaves | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 1 |
