3rd position in the Liga Revelacao U23 table for Rio Ave U23 so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Belenenses U23 visits Estadio dos Arcos.
It's no vacation for neither Rio Ave U23 nor Belenenses U23 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rio Ave U23 form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Liga Revelacao U23 games here at Estadio dos Arcos for Rio Ave U23. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Rio Ave U23's previous game was a Liga Revelacao U23 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Belenenses U23 (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Vitoria Guimaraes U23 and winning 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Rio Ave U23 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 U23 as a small favourite), we find two games. Rio Ave U23 has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
The Rio Ave U23 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Rio Ave U23 have conceded only 5 goals.
Belenenses U23 form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Revelacao U23.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Belenenses U23, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Rio Ave U23 (placed 3rd). Prior to that result Belenenses U23 won their away game at Portimonense U23. The scoreline was 4-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Belenenses U23 in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Belenenses U23, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Belenenses U23 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Belenenses U23 in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 1 - 1 (Rio Ave U23 wins - draws - Belenenses U23 wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Rio Ave U23 missing players
Belenenses U23 missing players
| Rio Ave U23 | Belenenses U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 46% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 38% |
| 6.8 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Rio Ave U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rio Ave U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rio Ave U23 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rio Ave U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Sporting CP U23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Benfica U23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Rio Ave U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Deportivo Aves U23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | Estoril U23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Belenenses U23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Marítimo U23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Sporting Braga U23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Cova da Piedade U23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Leixoes U23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Vitória Setúbal U23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Vitoria Guimaraes U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 13 | Portimonense U23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Académica U23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Feirense U23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 8 |
| 16 | Famalicao U23 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 5 |