Match Report
Rio Ave (11th, 37 pts) visited Vizela (17th, 26 pts) with 11 points between them. Vizela had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Per game in the league, Vizela were scoring 1.06 and conceding 1.94, Rio Ave 1.12 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Vizela had been beaten in five straight games. Defeat had not touched Rio Ave in 8 games. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Vizela against 7/15 for Rio Ave.
Estádio Do Vizela in Caldas de Vizela staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.