Another absorbing fixture in the Primeira Liga. Chaves is in the 6th position from featuring in four games. They host Rio Ave who are placed 14th from four games.
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!
Chaves form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Chaves have to build on here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the Primeira Liga.
It's back home for Chaves, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sporting CP away with the result 2-0. Vitória and Juninho found the net in that victory. Vítor loved the game against Sporting CP. With a stunning nine saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Goalkeeper Vítor got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.15 out of ten. Vítor topped it up with a clean sheet.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Vizela.This is expected to be a close game, with Chaves perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chaves as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Chaves has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Early season league goal statistics from Chaves's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Rio Ave form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Primeira Liga for Rio Ave with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Amaral and Aziz (2) scored in Rio's previous match, the home game against Porto that ended 3-1. That victory felt nice as this side had gone three league games without victory. Goalkeeper Jhonatan was absolutely vital in the Rio Ave victory against Porto, making nine saves. The attacker Aziz got a match rating of 9.03 in that game. Aziz scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Estoril.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rio Ave playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Rio Ave win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rio Ave has managed 2 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Chaves won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Rio Ave got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 3 goals |   J. Teixeira 1 goals |  Bachi 1 goals |
Chaves missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Chaves | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 6.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.2 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10 | 8.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 42% |
| 16.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 15.5 | 17.8 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| Chaves | Last season | Rio Ave | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 47% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 38% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 Braga | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Porto | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Estoril | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Chaves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Boavista | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Arouca | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Vizela | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Sporting CP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rio Ave | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 70 |
| 2 | Casa Pia | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 28 | 68 |
| 3 | Chaves | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 64 |
| 4 | Feirense | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 58 |
| 5 | Benfica II | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 61 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 57 |
| 6 | Nacional | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 51 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 51 |
| 8 | Leixoes | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 48 |
| 9 | Mafra | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 23 | -5 | 43 |
| 10 | Porto II | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -4 | 42 |
| 11 | Farense | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 12 | Vilafranquense | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 41 |
| 13 | Trofense | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 40 |
| 14 | Estrela Amadora | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 29 | -13 | 37 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -18 | 37 |
| 16 | Sporting Covilha | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 36 |
| 17 | Varzim | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 35 |
| 18 | Academica | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 62 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 36 | -27 | 17 |
