Tondela will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Rio Ave.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Tondela form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Tondela have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Estádio João Cardoso.
Tondela are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 259 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by P. Sampaio).
Tondela faced defeat in their previous match, away at Santa Clara (0-1). Before that, Tondela drew at home versus Marítimo.
The lack of attacking qualities in Tondela means that they have only scored 5 goals in 10 league home games, less than half a goal per match. On the other hand, Tondela have conceded 12 goals.
Rio Ave form and stats
As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Rio Ave have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Rio Ave on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Rio Ave's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sporting CP that finished 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Desportivo Aves with the score of 4-0.
Rio Ave are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Rio Ave are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rio Ave - Tondela 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Tondela three wins, four draws and Rio Ave two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 7 goals |  D. da Silva Lopes 5 goals |  B. Castro Moreira 3 goals |
Tondela missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Tondela | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 81% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 67% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 29% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 30% | 43% |
| 33% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 195 | 111 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 88 | 216 |
| 63 | 32 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 23 | 66 |
| 29% | 16% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 57% | 44% |
- Rio Ave has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rio Ave have scored at least twice as many goals away as Tondela have scored home.
- Rio Ave have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tondela has the fewest points (7) at home
- Tondela has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Tondela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Tondela have won significantly more corners at 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 | Benfica | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 31 | 53 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Boavista | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Vitória SC | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 28 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Tondela | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 13 | Marítimo | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 13 |