Rio Ave are 17th in the 2026-2027 Liga Portugal after 9 matches — 7 points from a 2-1-6 record, 8 goals scored and 21 conceded. Market-implied expected points say 9.0 — 2.0 fewer than they have banked; on performances alone they would be 14th. The 1:0 against Gil Vicente cost them the most expected points. Form over the last five: LDLWL, 4 points. They average 0.9 goals scored and 2.3 conceded per match; 56% of their matches have cleared 2.5 goals, with 1 clean sheet and 6 blanks in front of goal. Biggest win: 2:0 against Estoril.
Of their 8 goals, the most (2) have come in each of the 30-45 and 46-60 minute bands. None of them have arrived after the 75th minute. The first goal in a Rio Ave match has come before half-time 8 times in 9.
Produced performances worth 2.0 more points than they collected, by market expectations. full table →
Flat-stake ROI of backing them in every match this season. The bookmaker margin usually wins — shown because we publish losers too.
4 points from the last five. Avg 0.9 scored, 2.3 conceded per match.
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All 2026-2027 results
odds are closing 1X2 prices| Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | HT | 1st goal | 1 | X | 2 | Result |
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| 2026-10-25 |  Famalicao | H | 0:4 | 0:0 | 48' | 3.54 | 3.38 | 2.04 | L |
| 2026-10-11 |  Nacional | H | 3:2 | 1:1 | 32' | 2.12 | 3.31 | 3.41 | W |
| 2026-09-19 |  Alverca | A | 1:0 | 1:0 | 3' | 1.75 | 3.67 | 4.42 | L |
| 2026-09-14 |  Estrela | H | 3:3 | 1:1 | 21' | 2.69 | 3.13 | 2.40 | D |
| 2026-09-06 |  Santa Clara | A | 4:0 | 1:0 | 3' | 1.94 | 3.20 | 4.15 | L |
| 2026-08-28 |  Sporting CP | H | 0:4 | 0:4 | 5' | 8.34 | 5.35 | 1.32 | L |
| 2026-08-22 |  Estoril | A | 0:2 | 0:1 | 15' | 1.95 | 3.45 | 3.73 | W |
| 2026-08-15 |  FC Porto | H | 0:2 | 0:1 | 11' | 8.14 | 4.79 | 1.37 | L |
| 2026-08-09 |  Gil Vicente | A | 1:0 | 0:0 | 87' | 2.12 | 3.23 | 3.48 | L |
Goal timing
league-wide chart →When Rio Ave score
8 goals by 15-minute band — busiest: 30-45' (attribution approximated from goal order, as in the league heat map)
First goal in Rio Ave matches
either side scoring — 8 of 9 matches saw a first-half opener; 0 stayed goalless
Match stats
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