Primeira Liga fixture preview: Estoril against Rio Ave

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 19.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (8000 seats)

Let's look at this exciting fixture in the Primeira Liga. Estoril is in the 7th place after featuring in two matches. They welcome Rio Ave who are placed 17th after two matches.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Estoril form and stats

The hosts won their first Primeira Liga game here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Estoril last season were 4 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses from 17 games.

No payout for Estoril in their previous match, an away game at Vitoria Guimaraes that ended in defeat 0-1. Álvaro was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Álvaro won 7 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Estoril won a home game hosting Famalicao (2-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Estoril handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

At Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Rio Ave form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primeira Liga ended in defeat. Last season Rio Ave had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 8, drew 6 and lost 3.

Rio Ave aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Mane was the last player to find the net.

Rio Ave are travelling again after losing away to Sporting CP in their previous match (0-3). Midfielder Rodrigues was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.01. Rodrigues dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Vizela.

Rio Ave have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Estoril wins - draws - Rio Ave wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilF. de Oliveira Geraldes
F. de Oliveira Geraldes
1 goals
EstorilA. Gomes Lourenço
A. Gomes Lourenço
1 goals

Estoril missing players

Rio Ave missing players

Estoril Rio Ave
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
4 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3.5
3.5 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 7
4.5 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 4.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 5
3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 0.5
33% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11.5 13 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 23 18
5 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 7
Estoril Last season Rio Ave
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 4   Won W   8 21
12 8   Drew D   6 7
13 5   Lost L   3 6
36 21   Scored S   23 52
43 21   Conceded C   16 31
85% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
71% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
44% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 47%
26% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 15%
6% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
50% 59%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
32% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 38%
32% 24%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
4.4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6 5.4
5.6 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.3
3 3.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.3
8 5   Red cards R C   3 6
 
11 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 11.3
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.4
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%
 
15 14.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.1
4.1 4.1   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 Porto 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Boavista 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Sporting Braga 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Sporting CP 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4
7 Estoril 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Vizela 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
11 Casa Pia 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
12 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
16 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
17 Rio Ave 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
18 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 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 Porto 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26
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

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.