About Match
Rio Ave go into the game 16th in the table on 4 points; Gil Vicente sit 9th on 7 — a 3-point gap. Rio Ave have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Rio Ave run at 0.83 scored and 2.33 conceded, Gil Vicente at 0.8 and 0.8. If Rio Ave win, their total rises to 7 and up to 9th, overtaking Gil Vicente, assuming the rest of the results stand.
22 meetings are on record — 7 won by Rio Ave, 6 by Gil Vicente, 9 drawn, at 1.82 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 41% of the wins in this matchup. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 32% of the meetings.
The match takes place at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in Vila do Conde (capacity 12,815).