Liga Portugal: Vitória SC welcome Rio Ave in what could be an engrossing football match. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Vitória SC form and stats
Vitória SC are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Vitória SC here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Vitória faced defeat in their previous match, away at Vizela (0-3). Midfield player Silva got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Silva hit two key passes and had 75 successful passes (of 85 total).
In the game before, 0-0 away to Boavista (League Cup). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitória SC handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Vitória SC are traveling soon after this match as the Taça De Portugal match at Sporting Braga awaits in four days.
The Vitória SC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Vitória are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Rio Ave form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rio Ave so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Rio Ave's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Maritimo (placed 17th). Midfield player Rodrigues was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.24/10. Rodrigues served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that game, the win at home against Farense in the League Cup (2-1).
Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rio Ave have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Rio struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Rio Ave have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when facing Vitória SC.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 6 goals |  E. Boateng 4 goals |   N. Luz 3 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Vitória SC | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 29% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 43% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 36% |
| 14% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 11.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 36% |
| 11.4 | 7.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 17.7 | 16.1 |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Vizela | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 7 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 2 |
