The season is still fairly new and the Primeira Liga table has to be read with caution. So far Rio Ave find themselves in 10th position and Moreirense are placed 5th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Primeira Liga games here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.
Happy days for Rio Ave in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Farense (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Benfica that was lost 0-3.
Early season league goal statistics from Rio Ave's 2 home games: 0 goals, 3 conceded.
Moreirense form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Primeira Liga for Moreirense with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Felipe Pires and Pedro Nuno scored in Moreirense's previous match, the home game against Marítimo that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Belenenses that ended 0-0.
It's early days yet, but Moreirense has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Rio victories, two draws and three Moreirense wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Fernandes Ferreira 2 goals |   A. de Jesus Santos 1 goals |  C. Cardoso Mané 1 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Moreirense missing players
| Rio Ave | Moreirense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 11 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 13 | 57 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- Moreirense have failed to score a single goal away.
- Moreirense have yet to win a game away.
- Rio Ave have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Rio Ave have yet to win a game at home.
| Rio Ave | Last season | Moreirense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 74% | ||
| 38% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 38% | ||
| 24% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 15% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 50% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 65% | ||
| 32% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 24% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 372 | 207 | Total Shots | T S | 174 | 381 | ||
| 117 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 118 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Nacional | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Marítimo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Boavista | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Farense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |