Porto vs Rio Ave stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Sun, 18 Feb 2018

PortoHome

50Full time, half-time 3–0

Rio AveAway

Porto won by 5 goals.

WWWWWLeague form, oldest to newestDLWDW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Estádio do Dragão. Photo: Edgar Jiménez from Porto, Portugal, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Porto have 11 scored home results and Rio Ave 11 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Porto at home: 2.82 points per match (11 measured matches); Rio Ave away: 1.27 points per match (11 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Porto scored 3.09 per home match (11 measured matches); Rio Ave scored 1.18 away (11). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.36 per club appearance across 402 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 12 of 22 pooled club appearances (54.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Porto: 1 wins; Rio Ave: 0 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half30

Second half20

The match in numbers

PortoRio Ave

12Shots5
7Shots on target4
9Corners4
25Fouls12
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Porto

Shots12
On target7
Goals5

58% of shots on target, 71% of those scored.

Rio Ave

Shots5
On target4
Goals0

80% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Porto wins

Draws

Rio Ave wins

Goals / meeting

3.00

3 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Porto clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Rio Ave clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

6.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

10.00

1 with card data · small sample

Rio Ave v PortoSun, 17 Sept 2017 · Primeira Liga 2017-181–2HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Porto at homeWWWWWW

Sun, 20 Septv Benfica3–1C 3–3 · Y 3–4
Fri, 4 Septv Moreirense2–1C 9–1 · Y 1–3
Sun, 23 Augv Arouca2–0C 12–2 · Y 1–0
Sun, 9 Augv Alverca2–0C 7–9 · Y 0–4
Sat, 16 Mayv Santa Clara1–0C 8–5 · Y 0–0
Sat, 2 Mayv Alverca1–0C 5–4 · Y 1–4

Rio Ave awayLDLWLL

Sat, 19 Sept@ Alverca0–1C 3–8 · Y 2–2
Sun, 6 Sept@ Santa Clara0–4C 2–8 · Y 1–1
Sat, 22 Aug@ Estoril2–0C 3–6 · Y 1–1
Sun, 9 Aug@ Gil Vicente0–1C 2–5 · Y 4–1
Sat, 16 May@ Casa Pia1–1C 0–9 · Y 0–1
Sat, 25 Apr@ Guimaraes0–2C 5–3 · Y 4–4

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Porto at home, Rio Ave away

47%
Both teams scored
League 49%
17 + 17 matches
91%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
17 + 17 matches
79%
Over 1.5 goals
League 74%
17 + 17 matches
62%
Over 2.5 goals
League 51%
17 + 17 matches
35%
Over 3.5 goals
League 27%
17 + 17 matches
24%
Over 4.5 goals
League 15%
17 + 17 matches
3.1
Avg total goals
League 2.70
17 + 17 matches
82%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
17 + 17 matches
41%
1st half over 1.5
League 34%
17 + 17 matches
10.6
Corners per match
League 10.36
17 + 17 matches
68%
Corners over 8.5
League 69%
17 + 17 matches
65%
Corners over 9.5
League 55%
17 + 17 matches
47%
Corners over 10.5
League 43%
17 + 17 matches
4.6
Cards per match
League 4.88
17 + 17 matches
71%
Cards over 3.5
League 73%
17 + 17 matches
44%
Cards over 4.5
League 57%
17 + 17 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Porto at home, Rio Ave away

Porto (home)		Rio Ave (away)
1	Position	5
WWWWW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LLLLD
17	Played	17
2.88	Points per match	0.88
94%	Win %	24%
3.06	Scored / match	0.82
0.59	Conceded / match	1.76
3.65	Avg total goals	2.59
47%	Both scored	47%
53%	Clean sheets	18%
6%	Failed to score	47%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

PortoRio Ave

1.651st half scored / match0.47
0.411st half conceded / match0.76
1.412nd half scored / match0.35
0.182nd half conceded / match1.00
76%Leading at half-time35%
88%1st half over 0.577%
53%1st half over 1.529%
82%2nd half over 0.577%
41%2nd half over 1.535%
71%Scored in both halves24%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Porto at home, Rio Ave away, this season.

Goals

PortoRio Ave

3.06Scored / match0.82
0.59Conceded / match1.76
3.65Match total / match2.59
94%Scored 1+53%
88%Scored 2+24%
47%Conceded 1+82%
12%Conceded 2+41%
88%Match over 1.571%
71%Match over 2.553%
47%Match over 3.524%

Shots and xG

PortoRio Ave

14.18Shots for7.18
6.00Shots against9.06
7.18On target for2.94
2.59On target against4.88
22%Shot conversion12%

Corners

PortoRio Ave

7.59Corners for4.59
3.88Corners against5.18
11.47Match total9.76
94%Over 7.571%
77%Over 8.559%
71%Over 9.559%
53%Over 10.541%
41%Over 11.535%

Cards

PortoRio Ave

1.06Cards for2.82
2.41Cards against2.94
3.47Match total5.76
71%Over 2.594%
53%Over 3.588%
24%Over 4.565%
12%Over 5.547%
15.18Fouls committed14.47

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Porto	34	64	88
2	Benfica	34	58	81
3	Sp Lisbon	34	39	78
4	Sp Braga	34	45	75
5	Rio Ave	34	-2	51
6	Chaves	34	-8	47
7	Maritimo	34	-13	47

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