Portimonense know they face a strenuous journey to Rio Ave and their Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube. This preview has all the data you need ahead of the match.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have collected 6 points from their Liga Portugal home games so far after 2-0-2.
The club members hope that Rio will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away defeat in the Taça De Portugal fixture against Oliveira Hospital.
Prior to that, an away loss at Benfica in the Liga Portugal.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 Ave have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 4.
A decent goal production from Rio in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Rio Ave have conceded 5 goals.
Portimonense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Portugal travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Portimonense seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Portimonense have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 251 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Portimonense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Vilaverdense in the Taça De Portugal.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Porto.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portimonense playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 6 Portimonense wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
An interesting fact for sports gamblers considering a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 6 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.
As opposed to that, Portimonense have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Rio Ave have won or drawn the last 8 matches (5-3-0) against Portimonense.The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 5 goals |  G. Rodrigues 2 goals |  E. Boateng 2 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Rio Ave | Portimonense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 6.8 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 45% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 24% | 24% |
| 19.1 | 17.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17.2 | 16.1 |
| 6.6 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Benfica | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Boavista | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | Estoril | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chaves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Arouca | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Vizela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 2 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 1 |
