Liga Portugal preview with statistics: Rio Ave welcomes Porto to Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Mon 28.Aug
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Rio Ave duel Porto for fame and football prosperity.

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

The hosts won their first Liga Portugal game here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rio Ave last season were 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 17 games.

Rio faced defeat in their previous match, away at Estoril (0-2).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Chaves.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Rio Ave have been in this position before, they have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 4 from 5 games. 2 defeats by at least two goals.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rio Ave at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Porto form and stats

Only one away game in the Liga Portugal so far for Porto and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 12 victories, 4 draws and 1 loss from 17 travels.

The club members enjoyed Porto's previous fixture versus Farense (placed 17th), a 2-1 win played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Marcano scored the winning goal ten minutes into stoppage time to defeat Farense. Defender Marcano was the best team player with a rating of 8.64. Marcano scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Moreirense with the score of 2-1.

{2 goals} so far away for Porto, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Rio won one, Porto triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PortoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
2 goals
Rio AveJ. Silva Oliveira
J. Silva Oliveira
1 goals
Rio AveL. Acevedo Ruiz
L. Acevedo Ruiz
1 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Porto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 2 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
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% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 14 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 13.5
3.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4
2.5 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 7 4.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
17 24 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 24
6 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7.5
17% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
 
6.5 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 8.5
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 2
Rio Ave Last season Porto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 8   Won W   12 27
10 3   Drew D   4 4
14 6   Lost L   1 3
36 18   Scored S   29 73
43 14   Conceded C   11 22
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
56% 41%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
38% 24%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 53%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 21%
44% 35%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
29% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 50%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   12% 9%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
6.1 6.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.6
2.7 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
6 2   Red cards R C   1 5
 
11.5 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 15.5
3.7 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.7
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 38%
 
14.4 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 8.7
4.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 2.3

  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 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
2 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Arouca 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Famalicão 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3
8 Casa Pia 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
9 Estoril 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 3
10 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
11 Benfica 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
12 Rio Ave 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Vizela 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Estrela Amadora 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Chaves 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
17 Farense 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Portimonense 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 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

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 Boavista 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
2 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Arouca 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Famalicão 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3
8 Casa Pia 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
9 Estoril 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 3
10 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
11 Benfica 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
12 Rio Ave 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Vizela 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Estrela Amadora 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Chaves 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
17 Farense 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Portimonense 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 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.