Rio Ave - Vitória SC: Small difference between teams in Liga Portugal clash

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Look no further! Here's all you should know about the Liga Portugal fixture Rio Ave - Vitória SC!

Insights:
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Rio Ave and Vitória SC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Rio Ave form and stats

Rio Ave have collected 26 points from their Liga Portugal home games so far after 8-2-5.

Rio Ave shared the glory with Marítimo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A disappointing finish for Rio Ave in their match versus Marítimo as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Rio's goalie Jhonatan played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Marítimo with a stunning six saves.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arouca in a game that was won 1-0.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 22 league matches, 17 have produced two goals or less.

The Rio Ave fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. Rio have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vitória SC form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga Portugal matches, Vitória SC have produced an overall stat of 5-2-8 so far.

Vitória SC won their last game, 3-0 versus Vizela played at home. Johnston, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.25. Johnston signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.

Prior to that result Vitória SC won their away game at Marítimo. The scoreline was 2-1.

In the opposite end, Vitória have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Rio Ave have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against Vitória SC.

Rio Ave and Vitória SC have met earlier this season: Vitória SC - Rio Ave 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Vitória SCA. Oliveira Silva
A. Oliveira Silva
6 goals
RioE. Boateng
E. Boateng
5 goals
Vitória SCT. Silva
T. Silva
5 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Rio Ave Vitória SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
10 8 2 Won W 1 5 14
9 2 0 Drew D 1 2 5
12 5 3 Lost L 3 8 12
33 16 6 Scored S 3 15 32
37 11 6 Conceded C 7 24 36
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 87%
55% 40% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 55%
35% 20% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 48%
29% 13% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 16%
10% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
42% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 39%
32% 40% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 39%
32% 27% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 35%
 
4 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.7 5.1
6.1 6.1 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.4 4.8
2.7 3.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.6 4 3.5
6 2 1 Red cards R C 4 7 8
 
10.9 10.9 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 11.5 12.2
3.5 3.5 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.7 3.8
30% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 27%
 
14.8 12.7 16.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 14.5 12
4.5 3.7 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.2 3.6
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 31 26 2 3 72 17 16 14 1 1 45 12 15 12 1 2 27 5 55 80
2 Porto 30 23 4 3 63 19 15 13 0 2 39 10 15 10 4 1 24 9 44 73
3 Sporting Braga 31 23 2 6 66 26 15 11 2 2 32 8 16 12 0 4 34 18 40 71
4 Sporting CP 31 21 4 6 65 28 15 12 1 2 38 9 16 9 3 4 27 19 37 67
5 Arouca 30 13 9 8 33 34 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 4 7 4 12 18 -1 48
6 Vitória SC 31 14 5 12 32 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 15 5 2 8 15 24 -4 47
7 Famalicao 30 13 3 14 34 39 15 9 1 5 18 13 15 4 2 9 16 26 -5 42
8 Casa Pia 31 11 7 13 28 35 16 6 4 6 16 15 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 40
9 Chaves 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 5 5 13 17 -4 40
10 Boavista 31 11 7 13 37 49 16 8 5 3 22 20 15 3 2 10 15 29 -12 40
11 Vizela 31 11 6 14 33 35 15 5 3 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 39
12 Rio Ave 31 10 9 12 33 37 15 8 2 5 16 11 16 2 7 7 17 26 -4 39
13 Portimonense 31 10 4 17 24 40 15 6 3 6 13 14 16 4 1 11 11 26 -16 34
14 Gil Vicente 31 8 7 16 28 39 15 4 6 5 11 13 16 4 1 11 17 26 -11 31
15 Estoril 31 8 4 19 26 46 15 5 2 8 15 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -20 28
16 Marítimo 31 6 5 20 29 58 16 5 3 8 20 23 15 1 2 12 9 35 -29 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 31 5 5 21 23 56 16 2 2 12 10 32 15 3 3 9 13 24 -33 20
18 Santa Clara 31 4 7 20 22 50 16 3 5 8 17 29 15 1 2 12 5 21 -28 19

Read more about Liga Portugal

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.