The Famalicão manager J. Borges de Sousa attacks this game with the team placed 10th so far. In the visitors dressing room Rio Ave and their manager M. Magalhães da Silva are in 11th place before this match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago.
Famalicão form and stats
Famalicão's first Primeira Liga home game here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.
A strong away win for Famalicão against Belenenses the last match, as Fernando Valenzuela and Riccieli were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Benfica with the scoreline 1-5.
Early season league goal statistics from Famalicão's 1 home game: 1 goal, 5 conceded.
Rio Ave form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Primeira Liga away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Rio Ave's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Milan (after extra-time, 8-9 on penalties) that finished 2-2. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Vitoria Guimaraes.
As mentioned above, Rio drew the match against Milan (after extra-time, 8-9 on penalties). Manager M. Magalhães da Silva brought on Gelson Dala to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rio Ave has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Famalicão won two, Rio Ave won zero and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Famalicão missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Famalicão | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 14% |
| Famalicão | Last season | Rio Ave | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Conceded | C | 13 | 36 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 79% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 62% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 38% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 18% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 15% | ||
| 65% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 455 | 247 | Total Shots | T S | 165 | 372 | ||
| 172 | 92 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 117 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Santa Clara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Nacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Gil Vicente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belenenses | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Famalicão | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Tondela | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Pacos de Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Boavista | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Farense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 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 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 52 | 82 |
| 2 | Benfica | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 45 | 77 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 60 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 55 |
| 6 | Famalicão | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 54 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 50 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 43 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 43 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Boavista | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -16 | 39 |
| 14 | Tondela | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -14 | 36 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 35 |
| 16 | Vitoria Setubal | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 33 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 42 | -44 | 17 |