An important duel in the bottom section of the Primeira Liga, with both Portimonense and Desportivo Aves experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 18th place.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Portimonense are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Desportivo are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Portimonense form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Portimonense at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Portimão) is 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Portimonense will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Paços de Ferreira (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Portimonense won a home game hosting Boavista (2-1).
Portimonense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Portimonense have conceded 18 goals.
Desportivo Aves form and stats
Desportivo Aves, who have the most conceded goals (66) in Primeira Liga, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-1-14 (16 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Desportivo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Famalicão.
Desportivo Aves are looking to quickly end their 266 minutes long goal drought in the Primeira Liga.
Desportivo Aves might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Benfica proved too strong as Desportivo slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Clube Desportivo das Aves. A 0-3 defeat away at Santa Clara before that.
Desportivo lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Desportivo goalkeeper Dimitar Sheytanov had a great day against Benfica, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Desportivo Aves's match history for similar games we find four matches. The home team won four of these as expected, four of them by at least two goals. Desportivo Aves managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
The attacking power of Desportivo when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Desportivo's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 40 goals in 16 travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Desportivo Aves - Portimonense 3-0. Portimonense-Desportivo Aves H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portimonense two wins, Desportivo Aves five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Mohammadi 8 goals |  D. Gomes Clemente 5 goals | A. Boa Morte 4 goals |
Portimonense missing players
Desportivo Aves missing players
| Portimonense | Desportivo Aves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 28 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 45 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 40 | 66 |
| 88% | 81% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 67% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 70% |
| 42% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 55% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 30% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 15% |
| 58% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 18% | 25% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 36% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 52% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 383 | 204 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 151 | 316 |
| 116 | 69 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 38 | 87 |
| 24% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 28% |
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest points (4) away
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest scored goals (24)
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (40) away
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (66)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the second half (40)
- Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-28) away
- Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-42)
- Desportivo Aves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Desportivo Aves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Desportivo Aves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Desportivo Aves haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 53 | 82 |
| 2 | Benfica | 33 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 44 | 74 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 60 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 57 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 53 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 52 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 49 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -1 | 43 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 42 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 11 | Boavista | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -9 | 39 |
| 12 | Marítimo | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 38 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -16 | 38 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -25 | 35 |
| 15 | Tondela | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -15 | 33 |
| 16 | Vitória FC | 33 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 31 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 33 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 30 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 33 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 40 | -42 | 17 |