2nd place in the Segunda Liga table for Rio Ave so far this season, a potent achievement. The home team fans hope for more points as 9th-placed Academico Viseu visit Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Academico Viseu have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Segunda Liga
Rio Ave and Academico Viseu 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.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have collected 9 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 3-0-1.
Rio Ave shared the glory with Penafiel in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that, Rio Ave had a Taça De Portugal home game versus Boavista which ended with a victory 4-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Rio home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Rio's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rio defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Academico Viseu form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Impressive finishing from João Vasco secured the home win 1-0 against Varzim in their previous game.
It was a Taça De Portugal defeat before that one as the away game against Paredes wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Academico find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Academico are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. de Souza 5 goals |   P. Ayongo 5 goals |  H. Domingos Gomes 3 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Academico Viseu missing players
| Rio Ave | Academico Viseu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.6 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.8 | 10.7 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 45% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 33% |
- Academico Viseu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Academico Viseu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Academico Viseu have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Segunda Liga
- Academico Viseu have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Academico Viseu have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Academico Viseu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Academico Viseu's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Rio Ave's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Rio Ave have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 II | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Rio Ave | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Feirense | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Estrela Amadora | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Leixoes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Chaves | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Mafra | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Trofense | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Porto II | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Sporting Covilhã | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Varzim | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Farense | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Academica | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 2 |