Estádio do Bessa Século XXI: Boavista vs Desportivo Aves Primeira Liga preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

After the first game it's Boavista - Desportivo Aves 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Primeira Liga game of the season?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Boavista and Desportivo Aves.

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have only played one game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from 17 matches.

Boavista's last game was hosting Desportivo Aves and winning 2-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Casa Pia in the League Cup.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Boavista have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 8 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Early season goal statistics from Boavista's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

Last season, Boavista's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Carioca 1. Over these 34 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Boavista managed 10-1-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 13 conceded.

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Desportivo Aves form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Desportivo Aves had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 5, drew 3 and lost 9. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Desportivo Aves are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Desportivo Aves, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Boavista in the Primeira Liga. A 2-3 defeat away at Gil Vicente before that.

Desportivo Aves are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Desportivo Aves has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Desportivo Aves performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 15/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Boavista - Desportivo Aves 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Boavista, 1 draw and 5 wins for Desportivo Aves. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

Rafael Costa
1 goals
Y. Njie
1 goals

Boavista missing players

Desportivo Aves missing players

Boavista Desportivo Aves
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 8 8
8 8 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 3
5 5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Boavista Last season Desportivo Aves
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
34 17   Played   17 34
13 10   Won   5 10
5 1   Drew   3 6
16 6   Lost   9 18
34 20   Scored   15 35
40 13   Conceded   26 49
91% 94%   Over 0.5   88% 94%
62% 53%   Over 1.5   71% 74%
32% 24%   Over 2.5   35% 44%
15% 12%   Over 3.5   24% 21%
9% 6%   Over 4.5   12% 9%
32% 24%   BTTS   35% 41%
41% 53%   Clean Sheets   35% 26%
35% 29%   Failed To Score   41% 38%
 
4.7 5.7   Corners For (avg)   4.4 5.8
7.3 6.6   Corners Against (avg)   7.3 6.1
3.1 3.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.5 2.3
6 2   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Desportivo Aves have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Boavista
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal Carioca 1 Serie D League Cup Club Friendlies Carioca 1 - Taca Rio
All Home Away
06-05-19 PL Vitória Setúbal 0 - 3 Boavista
11-05-19 PL Boavista 4 - 2 Sporting Braga
18-05-19 PL Marítimo 0 - 1 Boavista
03-08-19 LC Casa Pia 2 - 0 Boavista
11-08-19 PL Boavista 2 - 1 Desportivo Aves
18-08-19 PL Vitória Guimarães 17:30 Boavista
24-08-19 PL Boavista 20:30 Paços de Ferreira
30-08-19 PL Belenenses 20:15 Boavista
15-09-19 PL Boavista 15:00 Sporting CP
22-09-19 PL Gil Vicente 15:00 Boavista
Desportivo Aves
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal League Cup Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-07-19 CF Desportivo Aves 5 - 0 Anadia
20-07-19 CF Desportivo Aves 0 - 0 Académica
24-07-19 CF Desportivo Aves 0 - 1 Famalicão
03-08-19 LC Gil Vicente 3 - 2 Desportivo Aves
11-08-19 PL Boavista 2 - 1 Desportivo Aves
18-08-19 PL Desportivo Aves 15:00 Marítimo
23-08-19 PL Rio Ave 20:15 Desportivo Aves
31-08-19 PL Desportivo Aves 15:30 Famalicão
15-09-19 PL Vitória Guimarães 15:00 Desportivo Aves
22-09-19 PL Paços de Ferreira 15:00 Desportivo Aves

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Benfica 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Famalicão 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Boavista 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Belenenses 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Marítimo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Portimonense 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Sporting CP 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 Desportivo Aves 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Porto 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Santa Clara 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Paços de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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