The visiting Rio Ave side should be favourites in this visit to Desportivo Aves, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Desportivo Aves form and stats
Desportivo Aves's struggle is real here at Estádio Clube Desportivo das Aves with only 9 points collected from 9 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-0-6.
Happy days for Desportivo Aves in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Marítimo (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Desportivo Aves lost 0-1 at home to Boavista.
Desportivo Aves has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Rio Ave form and stats
Playing away, Rio Ave have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season. Rio Ave love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Rio Ave's last game was the home draw against Famalicão (2-2). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vitória SC at their stadium, the result 2-1.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Famalicão. Rio Ave were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Tarantini scoring the equalizer.
Rio Ave have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rio Ave have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Rio Ave - Desportivo Aves 5-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Desportivo Aves won three, Rio Ave won three and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 7 goals |   M. Taremi 6 goals |  W. Ferreira dos Santos 5 goals |
Desportivo Aves missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Desportivo Aves | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 35 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 63% | 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 63% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 26% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 58% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 32% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 7.8 | 7.3 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 193 | 92 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 75 | 188 |
| 55 | 32 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 17 | 54 |
| 38% | 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 53% | 44% |
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the first half (16)
- Desportivo Aves haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rio Ave has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Rio Ave have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rio Ave have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Benfica | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Famalicão | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Boavista | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Vitória FC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Tondela | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 | Santa Clara | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 23 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Marítimo | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 12 |