Primeira Liga match prediction: Little separates Rio Ave and Vitória SC in quality

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Game week two of the Primeira Liga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Rio Ave - Vitória SC preview:

Rio Ave and Vitória SC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Rio Ave form and stats

An away draw last time out for Rio Ave, facing Tondela in a game that ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Borac Banja Luka and winning 2-0.

Ryotaro Meshino was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Tondela after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rio have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.

Last season, Rio Ave's league statistics were 15 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Rio Ave managed 6-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 23 conceded.

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Vitória SC form and stats

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primeira Liga home defeat versus Belenenses with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that, Vitória travelled to Santa Clara and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vitória playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were one Vitória SC win, zero draws and zero defeats.

Let's have a look at how Vitória SC performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 5 with 26/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Rio won two, Vitória SC won seven and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Rio Ave missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Vitória SC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 11
4 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Rio Ave Last season Vitória SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
15 6   Won W   5 13
10 6   Drew D   7 11
9 5   Lost L   5 10
48 27   Scored S   26 53
36 23   Conceded C   23 38
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
68% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 82%
38% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 41%
24% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 26%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
50% 65%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
32% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 32%
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   1.9 2
7 6   Red cards R C   2 5
 
372 207   Total Shots T S   255 523
117 68   Shots on Target S O   84 159
41% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Porto 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Moreirense 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Santa Clara 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Boavista 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Portimonense 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tondela 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Vitória SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 34 26 4 4 74 22 17 15 1 1 44 7 17 11 3 3 30 15 52 82
2 Benfica 34 24 5 5 71 26 17 12 2 3 38 13 17 12 3 2 33 13 45 77
3 Sporting Braga 34 18 6 10 61 40 17 10 4 3 32 20 17 8 2 7 29 20 21 60
4 Sporting CP 34 18 6 10 49 34 17 12 1 4 25 13 17 6 5 6 24 21 15 60
5 Rio Ave 34 15 10 9 48 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 17 9 4 4 21 13 12 55
6 Famalicao 34 14 12 8 53 51 17 7 6 4 28 26 17 7 6 4 25 25 2 54
7 Vitória SC 34 13 11 10 53 38 17 8 4 5 27 15 17 5 7 5 26 23 15 50
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 42 44 17 6 6 5 23 20 17 4 7 6 19 24 -2 43
9 Gil Vicente 34 11 10 13 40 44 17 7 7 3 26 21 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 43
10 Santa Clara 34 11 10 13 36 41 17 6 4 7 18 21 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 43
11 Maritimo 34 9 12 13 34 42 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 39
12 Boavista 34 10 9 15 28 39 17 5 4 8 15 18 17 5 5 7 13 21 -11 39
13 Pacos de Ferreira 34 11 6 17 36 52 17 6 2 9 15 22 17 5 4 8 21 30 -16 39
14 Tondela 34 9 9 16 30 44 17 3 5 9 12 22 17 6 4 7 18 22 -14 36
15 Belenenses 34 9 8 17 27 54 17 5 4 8 13 25 17 4 4 9 14 29 -27 35
16 Vitoria Setubal 34 7 13 14 27 43 17 4 7 6 15 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -16 34
17 Portimonense 34 7 12 15 30 45 17 5 7 5 18 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -15 33
18 Desportivo Aves 34 5 2 27 24 68 17 4 1 12 12 26 17 1 1 15 12 42 -44 17

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 Benfica 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Porto 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Moreirense 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Santa Clara 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Boavista 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Portimonense 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tondela 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Vitória SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sporting Braga 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.