The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Juniors OÖ are in the 8th position while the guesting Grazer AK worry at 13th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Juniors and Grazer AK.
Juniors OÖ form and stats
Juniors OÖ have collected 13 points from their Erste Liga home games so far after 4-1-4.
Juniors OÖ manager G. Scheiblehner and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Austria Lustenau (placed 7th) in the Erste Liga. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wacker Innsbruck in a game that was won 2-1.
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Rio Ave form and stats
When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Rio Ave have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Rio Ave lost their last game at Porto (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Santa Clara with the scoreline 1-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rio have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost four.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tondela are coming to town in four days.
Rio has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Rio have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Nacional form and stats
There's been little loot from Nacional's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Primeira Liga. Nacional only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Nacional's previous game versus Famalicão (placed 15th), a Primeira Liga 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Benfica that ended 1-1.
Nacional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and seven defeats. From a total of nine matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nacional manager L. Batalha Freire as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Boavista.
The attacking power of Nacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Nacional have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rio-Nacional H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rio Ave four wins, Nacional two wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Riascos Valencia 4 goals |   R. Meshino 3 goals | B. Rochez Mejia 3 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Nacional missing players
| Rio Ave | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 20 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 81% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 31% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 6% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 31% | 29% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 38% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 25% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8.4 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 21% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 26% |
- Nacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Sporting CP | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 42 |
| 2 | Porto | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | Benfica | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Tondela | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Marítimo | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Nacional | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Famalicão | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Boavista | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 17 | Gil Vicente | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Farense | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 12 |