Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this fixture if the league table is to be believed. The Rio Ave fans are confident that the gap between 4th and Sporting Covilhã's 15th spot in the table will be visible on the playing field.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Covilhã have the fewest scored goals (10) in Segunda Liga
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.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have collected 12 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 4-0-3.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Belenenses (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) in the Taça De Portugal last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that match, a Segunda Liga win away at Casa Pia.The Rio fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Rio Ave have conceded 11 from these games.
Sporting Covilhã form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting Covilhã's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Segunda Liga. Sporting Covilhã only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Covilhã are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Covilhã won their last game, 1-0 versus Varzim played at home.
It was a League Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Benfica wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Covilhã as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Sporting Covilhã have conceded 15 goals in these games. Sporting Covilhã has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous two meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Rio Ave, zero draws and zero wins for Sporting Covilhã. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  G. de Souza 5 goals |   J. Batista Santos 5 goals | H. Domingos Gomes 4 goals |
Rio Ave missing players
Sporting Covilhã missing players
| Rio Ave | Sporting Covilhã | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 80% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 73% |
| 53% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 47% |
| 20% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 7% |
| 13% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 27% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 47% |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 13.3 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 34% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 17% | 18% |
| 8.7 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 5 |
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rio Ave have scored more than double the goals of Sporting Covilhã.
- Rio Ave haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Covilhã have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Covilhã have the fewest scored goals (10) in Segunda Liga
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Feirense | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Casa Pia | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Rio Ave | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Porto II | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Nacional | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Chaves | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Mafra | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Estrela Amadora | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Trofense | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Academico Viseu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Sporting Covilhã | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Farense | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Academica | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Varzim | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 7 |
