Desportivo Aves vs Porto match preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 05.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Clube Desportivo das Aves (8560 seats)

The visiting Porto side should be favourites in this visit to Desportivo Aves, as the away team holds a 47 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.

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Desportivo Aves form and stats

With 3 Primeira Liga wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Desportivo Aves, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Primeira Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's been an uphill battle for Desportivo Aves in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Portimonense game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Desportivo Aves to get some points in this home game.

Desportivo Aves are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Sporting CP. Before that game, the home loss against Pacos de Ferreira with the scoreline 1-3.

Desportivo Aves have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Desportivo Aves defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Porto form and stats

Porto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Porto collect 29 points from their 12 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gil Vicente game have they lost an away game, meaning Porto has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.

Porto's last game was the home draw against Rio Ave (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Santa Clara with the score of 2-0.

The Porto manager S. Marceneiro Conceição has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 12 league matches. Porto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Porto - Desportivo Aves 1-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Desportivo Aves, one draw and eight wins for Porto. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

PortoA. Telles
A. Telles
8 goals
Desportivo AvesW. Ferreira dos Santos
W. Ferreira dos Santos
7 goals
Desportivo AvesM. Mohammadi
M. Mohammadi
7 goals

Desportivo Aves missing players

Porto missing players

Desportivo Aves Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
4 3 1 Won W 1 9 19
1 0 0 Drew D 2 2 3
19 9 3 Lost L 0 1 2
23 11 1 Scored S 5 24 50
47 19 7 Conceded C 4 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
58% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 54%
33% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 21%
21% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 12%
54% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 46%
8% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 54%
38% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.6 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.8 6.5
8.1 7.3 8.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 2.8
2.7 3.2 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
236 118 33 Total Shots T S 56 168 376
67 38 8 Shots on Target S O 16 55 123
34% 29% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 44% 41%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (47)
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the first half (18)
  • Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
  • Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-24)
  • Desportivo Aves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Desportivo Aves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Porto has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Desportivo Aves.
  • Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Porto 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 Porto 24 19 3 2 50 16 12 10 1 1 26 6 12 9 2 1 24 10 34 60
2 Benfica 24 19 2 3 52 14 12 9 1 2 28 7 12 10 1 1 24 7 38 59
3 Sporting Braga 24 14 4 6 41 26 12 7 3 2 22 15 12 7 1 4 19 11 15 46
4 Sporting CP 24 13 3 8 37 26 12 8 0 4 19 12 12 5 3 4 18 14 11 42
5 Rio Ave 24 10 8 6 32 23 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 6 3 3 16 11 9 38
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 24 10 7 7 40 25 12 6 2 4 20 10 12 4 5 3 20 15 15 37
7 Famalicao 24 10 7 7 38 40 12 6 3 3 23 21 12 4 4 4 15 19 -2 37
8 Moreirense 24 7 9 8 34 32 12 6 3 3 20 15 12 1 6 5 14 17 2 30
9 Santa Clara 24 8 6 10 19 26 12 4 2 6 9 15 12 4 4 4 10 11 -7 30
10 Gil Vicente 24 7 9 8 25 29 12 4 6 2 15 13 12 3 3 6 10 16 -4 30
11 Boavista 24 7 8 9 19 23 12 3 4 5 11 13 12 4 4 4 8 10 -4 29
12 Vitoria Setubal 24 6 10 8 17 27 12 3 6 3 7 11 12 3 4 5 10 16 -10 28
13 Belenenses 24 7 5 12 19 38 12 4 2 6 9 19 12 3 3 6 10 19 -19 26
14 Tondela 24 6 7 11 20 30 12 1 5 6 7 15 12 5 2 5 13 15 -10 25
15 Marítimo 24 5 9 10 22 32 12 3 5 4 16 16 12 2 4 6 6 16 -10 24
16 Pacos de Ferreira 24 6 4 14 18 34 13 4 2 7 10 14 11 2 2 7 8 20 -16 22
17 Portimonense 24 2 10 12 16 34 11 1 6 4 8 12 13 1 4 8 8 22 -18 16
18 Desportivo Aves 24 4 1 19 23 47 12 3 0 9 11 19 12 1 1 10 12 28 -24 13

Read more about Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.