Marítimo fights Rio Ave in Primeira Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 13.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Marítimo have their presumed home advantage while Rio Ave are ahead 13 points in the Primeira Liga table.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four days ago.

Marítimo can neither be promoted or relegated from Primeira Liga. Rio Ave are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Marítimo form and stats

5 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Marítimo have to build on here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the Primeira Liga. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Marítimo after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Amir Abedzadeh not having conceded a league goal in 302 minutes.

Marítimo are returning here after visiting Boavista in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Joel Tagueu scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Santa Clara and winning 1-0.

Marítimo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Marítimo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rio Ave form and stats

8-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rio Ave in their Primeira Liga matches away.

Rio Ave had fun at their own home (Estádio dos Barreiros) last time out, beating Portimonense 2-1. Filipe Augusto and Mehdi Taremi scored. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gil Vicente wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visiting Rio have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. Rio Ave are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Rio Ave - Marítimo 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Marítimo won four games, one match ended with a draw and Rio Ave has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Rio AveM. Taremi
M. Taremi
14 goals
MarítimoR. Pereira de Pinho
R. Pereira de Pinho
10 goals
Rio AveD. da Silva Lopes
D. da Silva Lopes
6 goals

Marítimo missing players

Rio Ave missing players

Marítimo Rio Ave
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
9 5 1 Won W 3 8 14
10 6 2 Drew D 0 3 8
12 4 1 Lost L 1 4 9
31 21 5 Scored S 4 19 44
38 18 4 Conceded C 2 13 34
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
65% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 67% 68%
39% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 39%
23% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 23%
6% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 16%
48% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 52%
32% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
29% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 26%
 
4.3 5.3 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.7 4.9
5.3 5.5 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 5
2.8 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 7
 
312 161 27 Total Shots T S 44 149 339
99 57 8 Shots on Target S O 12 42 104
31% 37% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 42%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Marítimo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rio Ave has the most points from losing position (15)
  • 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 Porto 31 24 4 3 65 19 15 13 1 1 36 6 16 11 3 2 29 13 46 76
2 Benfica 31 21 5 5 63 25 15 10 2 3 34 12 16 11 3 2 29 13 38 68
3 Sporting CP 31 18 5 8 48 30 16 12 0 4 25 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 18 59
4 Sporting Braga 31 17 5 9 58 37 15 9 3 3 29 18 16 8 2 6 29 19 21 56
5 Rio Ave 31 14 8 9 44 34 16 6 5 5 25 21 15 8 3 4 19 13 10 50
6 Famalicão 31 13 10 8 46 45 16 7 5 4 26 24 15 6 5 4 20 21 1 49
7 Vitória SC 31 12 10 9 50 34 16 7 4 5 26 15 15 5 6 4 24 19 16 46
8 Moreirense 31 10 12 9 39 35 15 6 5 4 21 17 16 4 7 5 18 18 4 42
9 Gil Vicente 31 10 9 12 34 38 15 6 6 3 20 16 16 4 3 9 14 22 -4 39
10 Santa Clara 31 10 8 13 29 37 15 5 3 7 13 19 16 5 5 6 16 18 -8 38
11 Boavista 31 10 8 13 25 33 16 5 4 7 15 16 15 5 4 6 10 17 -8 38
12 Marítimo 31 9 10 12 31 38 15 5 6 4 21 18 16 4 4 8 10 20 -7 37
13 Paços de Ferreira 31 10 4 17 30 47 16 5 2 9 13 21 15 5 2 8 17 26 -17 34
14 Belenenses 31 8 7 16 25 51 16 4 4 8 12 25 15 4 3 8 13 26 -26 31
15 Tondela 31 7 9 15 25 40 16 2 5 9 11 22 15 5 4 6 14 18 -15 30
16 Vitória FC 31 6 12 13 24 41 15 3 7 5 12 18 16 3 5 8 12 23 -17 30
17 Portimonense 31 5 12 14 25 42 15 3 7 5 14 17 16 2 5 9 11 25 -17 27
18 Desportivo Aves 31 5 2 24 24 59 16 4 1 11 12 22 15 1 1 13 12 37 -35 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.