A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Rio Ave U23 fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Vitória Guimarães U23's 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vitória Guimarães U23 are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Rio Ave U23 form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 13 Liga Revelacao U23 games here for Rio Ave U23. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
Rio Ave U23 drew their last game, 0-0 away at Leixoes U23 (placed 10th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Portimonense U23 with a 3-1 scoreline.
A decent goal production from Rio Ave U23 in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Rio Ave U23 have conceded only 11 goals.
Vitória Guimarães U23 form and stats
Vitória Guimarães U23 have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Liga Revelacao U23, after 3-3-7 (13 played).
The Vitória Guimarães U23 goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 276 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Vitória Guimarães U23 won their last game, 2-0 versus Vitoria Setubal U23 played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Leixoes U23.
The attacking power of Vitória Guimarães U23 when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Vitória Guimarães U23 have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Vitória Guimarães U23 - Rio Ave U23 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's {2 Rio Ave U23 victories}, 1 draw and {0 Vitória Guimarães U23 wins}. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Rio Ave U23 missing players
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| Rio Ave U23 | Vitória Guimarães U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 46 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 43 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 70% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 54% | 70% |
| 48% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 41% |
| 26% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 30% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 11% |
| 56% | 62% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| 19% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 37% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 307 | 160 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 105 | 232 |
| 148 | 72 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 36 | 96 |
| 30% | 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 27% |
- Rio Ave U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Rio Ave U23 has the most points from losing position (14)
- Rio Ave U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rio Ave U23 is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Vitória Guimarães U23 has the fewest scored goals (26)
- Vitória Guimarães U23 has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
| 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 U23 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 57 |
| 2 | Rio Ave U23 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting CP U23 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Deportivo Aves U23 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Estoril U23 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| 6 | Belenenses U23 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga U23 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Maritimo U23 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -5 | 34 |
| 9 | Portimonense U23 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Leixoes U23 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal U23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Vitória Guimarães U23 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Cova da Piedade U23 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Academica U23 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 21 |
| 15 | Famalicao U23 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 20 |
| 16 | Feirense U23 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 18 |