About Match
Nacional and Rio Ave go into the game level on 4 points, 15th against 16th in the table. On the form table Rio Ave stand 12th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Per game in the league, Nacional 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. If Nacional win, their total rises to 7 and up to 9th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Nacional have lost four in a row.
GioScore's database holds 26 meetings between the two: 7 for Nacional, 9 for Rio Ave and 10 drawn, at 2.31 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win. The recent trend is more open — 3.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.31 all-time.
Estádio da Madeira in Ilha da Madeira stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,132.