The Rio Ave & Famalicao managers C. Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal and J. Borges de Sousa are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Primeira Liga league table.
The hosts Rio Ave saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primeira Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Vitória SC.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have collected 14 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 4-2-3.
Happy days for Rio Ave in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Vitória SC (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Rio Ave had a home game versus Boavista which ended with a victory 2-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rio Ave handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D6-L2.
Rio Ave are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Rio Ave's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Famalicão form and stats
As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Famalicão have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far.
The manager J. Borges de Sousa was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho. Famalicão suffered a 0-1 loss to Santa Clara (placed 13th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Marítimo.
Famalicão are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of seven matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Famalicão manager J. Borges de Sousa as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Benfica.
Famalicão have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Famalicão have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Rio Ave and Famalicão have met before this season: Famalicão - Rio Ave 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 0 Rio Ave victories, 3 draws and 2 Famalicão wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Oliveira Silva 7 goals |  F. Santos Martins 7 goals |   M. Taremi 6 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Rio Ave | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 33% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 4 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 8.1 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 181 | 106 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 99 | 252 |
| 51 | 34 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 42 | 97 |
| 43% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 32% |
- Famalicão haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rio Ave has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Rio Ave have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 51 |
| 2 | Porto | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Famalicão | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Vitória FC | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Vitória SC | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Boavista | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Tondela | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Marítimo | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 9 |