Segunda Liga preview: Can Rio Ave edge out victory against Leixões?

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube (9065 seats)

Leixões have come here for an appealing duel against the hosting Rio Ave. Prepare for the match with this in-depth Segunda Liga preview!

Insights:
  • Rio Ave have the most scored goals (9) in Segunda Liga

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Rio Ave form and stats

Rio Ave have only played one Segunda Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches.

Rio Ave are returning here after visiting Varzim in a Segunda Liga game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Gabrielzinho, Gonçalo Rodrigues and Joca scored the goal(s).

1-1 away at Farense before that.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Rio Ave's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rio Ave at home in the league. 5 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Leixões form and stats

One match played away so far in the Segunda Liga for Leixões and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from 17 games.

The supporters enjoyed Leixões's previous game versus Academica (placed 17th), a Segunda Liga 2-1 win played at home. Kiki Silva came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Academica last time out, making the manager J. Ferreira da Mota feel like a tactical genius.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chaves that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Leixões playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Leixões have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings between these contenders: Rio won three, Leixões were winners in three and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Rio AveG. de Souza
G. de Souza
2 goals
LeixõesA. Oluwafemi Sapara
A. Oluwafemi Sapara
2 goals
Rio AveJ. da Costa
J. da Costa
1 goals

Rio Ave missing players

Leixões missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rio Ave Leixões
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 5 0 Scored S 0 1 6
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.3 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.7
6.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.3
1.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 9
5.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
53% 83% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 55%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Rio Ave have the most scored goals (9) in Segunda Liga
  • Rio Ave have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Segunda Liga
Rio Ave Last season Leixões
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
7 4   Won W   3 10
13 6   Drew D   6 10
14 7   Lost L   8 14
25 12   Scored S   14 35
40 18   Conceded C   21 43
79% 71%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
68% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
29% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 38%
9% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 21%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
32% 24%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 26%
56% 59%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
5.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.4
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.7
2.1 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
6 5   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.5 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   8 9.4
3.4 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 3.5
22% 20%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 29%

  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 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Rio Ave 3 2 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 7
3 Leixões 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
4 Sporting Covilha 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
5 Mafra 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 6
6 Feirense 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
7 Penafiel 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
8 Estrela Amadora 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
9 Nacional 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 -1 4
10 Casa Pia 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
11 Academico Viseu 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
12 Trofense 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
13 Chaves 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 2
14 Porto II 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
15 Varzim 3 0 2 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
16 Farense 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 1
17 Academica 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 1
18 Vilafranquense 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 1
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 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25
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 Estoril 34 20 10 4 55 26 17 10 6 1 33 15 17 10 4 3 22 11 29 70
2 Vizela 34 18 12 4 59 35 17 11 5 1 29 15 17 7 7 3 30 20 24 66
3 Arouca 34 19 8 7 45 25 17 10 4 3 22 11 17 9 4 4 23 14 20 65
4 Academica 34 17 11 6 46 30 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 8 7 2 23 13 16 62
5 Feirense 34 17 7 10 48 33 17 9 3 5 23 16 17 8 4 5 25 17 15 58
6 Chaves 34 16 9 9 46 36 17 7 6 4 19 16 17 9 3 5 27 20 10 57
7 Penafiel 34 12 10 12 42 42 17 6 6 5 21 18 17 6 4 7 21 24 0 46
8 Benfica II 34 12 8 14 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 18 17 3 4 10 22 25 9 44
9 Casa Pia 34 10 13 11 41 46 17 6 5 6 21 23 17 4 8 5 20 23 -5 43
10 Leixões 34 10 10 14 35 43 17 7 4 6 21 22 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 40
11 Sporting Covilha 34 8 13 13 36 42 17 5 7 5 21 21 17 3 6 8 15 21 -6 37
12 Cova Piedade 34 8 13 13 39 48 17 4 7 6 19 22 17 4 6 7 20 26 -9 37
13 Mafra 34 9 10 15 35 48 17 6 6 5 21 24 17 3 4 10 14 24 -13 37
14 Academico Viseu 34 9 9 16 32 45 17 5 4 8 15 23 17 4 5 8 17 22 -13 36
15 Varzim 34 9 6 19 26 44 17 4 3 10 12 23 17 5 3 9 14 21 -18 33
16 Porto II 34 7 11 16 45 52 17 5 3 9 29 29 17 2 8 7 16 23 -7 32
17 Vilafranquense 34 5 16 13 34 54 17 2 10 5 14 21 17 3 6 8 20 33 -20 31
18 UD Oliveirense 34 7 10 17 25 49 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 3 4 10 11 29 -24 31

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 II 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 9
2 Rio Ave 3 2 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 7
3 Leixões 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
4 Sporting Covilha 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
5 Mafra 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 6
6 Feirense 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
7 Penafiel 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
8 Estrela Amadora 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
9 Nacional 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 -1 4
10 Casa Pia 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
11 Academico Viseu 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
12 Trofense 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
13 Chaves 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 2
14 Porto II 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
15 Varzim 3 0 2 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
16 Farense 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 1
17 Academica 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 1
18 Vilafranquense 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 1

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The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.