About Match
In the standings it is Rio Ave 15th on 3 points, Nacional 11th on 4 — separated by 1. Per game in the league, Rio Ave score 0.4 and conceding 2.2, Nacional 1.2 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game. Victory would move Rio Ave to 6 points and up to 9th, overtaking Nacional, with other results unchanged.
Nacional enter with three losses in a row.
26 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Rio Ave 9, draws 10, Nacional 7, at 2.31 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 42% of the meetings went to the host. The recent trend is more open — 3.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.31 all-time.
The match takes place at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in Vila do Conde (capacity 12,815).