Rio Ave vs Paços de Ferreira: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Struggling Rio Ave will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paços de Ferreira in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primeira Liga. That game was an away game at Marítimo, so at least Rio are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Rio Ave form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Rio Ave at their home stadium (Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Fábio Coentrão was the last player to find the net.

Rio lost their last game at Marítimo (placed 16th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sporting Braga.

Rio aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in the league, with only 11 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Rio Ave are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Paços de Ferreira playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. Bitter travels for Ferreira as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Gil Vicente match. With the Ferreira losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Ferreira have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 406 minutes ago. H. Ferreira was the goal scorer.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Farense with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Boavista's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ferreira as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Ferreira in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Paços de Ferreira - Rio Ave 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rio two wins, five draws and Paços de Ferreira three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paços de FerreiraD. da Silva Souza
D. da Silva Souza
7 goals
RioC. Cardoso Mané
C. Cardoso Mané
5 goals
Paços de FerreiraL. Singh
L. Singh
5 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 5 14 28
6 4 0 Won W 1 4 13
11 5 2 Drew D 2 3 5
11 5 1 Lost L 2 7 10
22 11 0 Scored S 5 12 33
32 12 3 Conceded C 6 18 34
79% 64% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 89%
29% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 29% 39%
11% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
32% 21% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 36% 39%
36% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 29%
54% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.4 2.1
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10 10.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.9 10.8
3.2 3.9 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.1 3.6
24% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 21% 32%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 27 21 6 0 49 13 13 10 3 0 24 7 14 11 3 0 25 6 36 69
2 Porto 27 19 6 2 56 24 13 9 3 1 27 12 14 10 3 1 29 12 32 63
3 Sporting Braga 28 18 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 24 12 14 8 2 4 25 16 21 58
4 Benfica 27 17 6 4 49 19 14 10 2 2 24 10 13 7 4 2 25 9 30 57
5 Paços de Ferreira 28 13 5 10 33 34 14 9 2 3 21 16 14 4 3 7 12 18 -1 44
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 27 11 5 11 31 35 14 6 1 7 17 22 13 5 4 4 14 13 -4 38
7 Santa Clara 28 10 6 12 33 30 14 5 4 5 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 17 3 36
8 Moreirense 28 8 11 9 28 35 14 3 8 3 18 20 14 5 3 6 10 15 -7 35
9 Portimonense 27 9 5 13 31 31 13 6 3 4 18 10 14 3 2 9 13 21 0 32
10 Gil Vicente 27 9 4 14 27 34 13 4 2 7 11 14 14 5 2 7 16 20 -7 31
11 Tondela 27 9 4 14 28 44 13 7 2 4 13 12 14 2 2 10 15 32 -16 31
12 Belenenses 27 6 12 9 17 24 14 4 5 5 12 15 13 2 7 4 5 9 -7 30
13 Rio Ave 28 6 11 11 22 32 14 4 5 5 11 12 14 2 6 6 11 20 -10 29
14 Boavista 28 6 10 12 32 42 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 2 7 5 17 22 -10 28
15 Famalicao 27 6 9 12 27 39 14 2 6 6 13 22 13 4 3 6 14 17 -12 27
16 Marítimo 28 8 3 17 23 40 14 4 2 8 9 20 14 4 1 9 14 20 -17 27
17 Farense 28 6 7 15 26 36 14 3 4 7 15 17 14 3 3 8 11 19 -10 25
18 Nacional 27 5 6 16 24 45 14 3 3 8 16 25 13 2 3 8 8 20 -21 21

Table
  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 27 21 6 0 49 13 13 10 3 0 24 7 14 11 3 0 25 6 36 69
2 Porto 27 19 6 2 56 24 13 9 3 1 27 12 14 10 3 1 29 12 32 63
3 Sporting Braga 28 18 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 24 12 14 8 2 4 25 16 21 58
4 Benfica 27 17 6 4 49 19 14 10 2 2 24 10 13 7 4 2 25 9 30 57
5 Paços de Ferreira 28 13 5 10 33 34 14 9 2 3 21 16 14 4 3 7 12 18 -1 44
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 27 11 5 11 31 35 14 6 1 7 17 22 13 5 4 4 14 13 -4 38
7 Santa Clara 28 10 6 12 33 30 14 5 4 5 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 17 3 36
8 Moreirense 28 8 11 9 28 35 14 3 8 3 18 20 14 5 3 6 10 15 -7 35
9 Portimonense 27 9 5 13 31 31 13 6 3 4 18 10 14 3 2 9 13 21 0 32
10 Gil Vicente 27 9 4 14 27 34 13 4 2 7 11 14 14 5 2 7 16 20 -7 31
11 Tondela 27 9 4 14 28 44 13 7 2 4 13 12 14 2 2 10 15 32 -16 31
12 Belenenses 27 6 12 9 17 24 14 4 5 5 12 15 13 2 7 4 5 9 -7 30
13 Rio Ave 28 6 11 11 22 32 14 4 5 5 11 12 14 2 6 6 11 20 -10 29
14 Boavista 28 6 10 12 32 42 14 4 3 7 15 20 14 2 7 5 17 22 -10 28
15 Famalicao 27 6 9 12 27 39 14 2 6 6 13 22 13 4 3 6 14 17 -12 27
16 Marítimo 28 8 3 17 23 40 14 4 2 8 9 20 14 4 1 9 14 20 -17 27
17 Farense 28 6 7 15 26 36 14 3 4 7 15 17 14 3 3 8 11 19 -10 25
18 Nacional 27 5 6 16 24 45 14 3 3 8 16 25 13 2 3 8 8 20 -21 21

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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.