About Match
Rio Ave (16th, 4 pts) visit Marítimo (10th, 7 pts) with 3 points between them. Rio Ave's recent output outruns their position: 12th on form over five rounds, 16th in the table. Per game in the league, Marítimo score 1.17 and conceding 1.83, Rio Ave 0.83 and 2.33, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game. Marítimo would climb to 10 points with a win and up to 5th (other results held equal).
Defeat has followed defeat for Marítimo — three in succession.
27 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Marítimo 10, draws 9, Rio Ave 8, at 1.81 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 30% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Estádio do Marítimo in Ilha da Madeira, capacity 10,932, hosts the game.