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Rio Ave vs Nacional: result 3-3 and analysis

Primeira LigaRegular Season - 9Kick-off on November 5, 2018 at 07:00 PM (UTC)Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, Vila do Conde

Rio Ave
3-3
Nacional

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What was the result of Rio Ave vs Nacional?

Rio Ave and Nacional drew 3-3 on November 5, 2018.

Goalscorers

  • 7′Diego LopesRio Ave
  • 24′K. GorréNacional
  • 45′Carlos ViníciusRio Ave (pen.)
  • 67′Carlos ViníciusRio Ave
  • 79′B. RóchezNacional (pen.)
  • 89′WitiNacional

Official lineup for Rio Ave vs Nacional

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Rio Ave

4-2-3-1
  1. 90Galeno
  1. 95Carlos Vinícius
  2. 10Diego Lopes
  3. 15João Schmidt
  1. 8Tarantini
  2. 6T. Borevković
  1. 2Matheus Reis
  2. 22Nadjack
  3. 5Jonathan Buatu
  4. 17Fábio Coentrão
  1. 20Léo Jardim

Nacional

4-1-4-1
  1. 11K. Gorré
  1. 19João Camacho
  2. 9Okacha Hamzaoui
  3. 26A. Paločević
  4. 80Vítor Gonçalves
  1. 21Sérgio Marakis
  1. 22Kalindi Alves de Souza
  2. 44Júlio César
  3. 2Nuno Campos
  4. 37Felipe Lopes
  1. 13Daniel Martins Guimarães
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Rio Ave have 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats; Nacional have 4, 5 and 6.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Rio Ave
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Oct 27, 2018Chaves(home)1-0Primeira Liga
Oct 21, 2018Torreense(away)5-1Taça de Portugal
Oct 6, 2018SC Braga(away)1-1Primeira Liga
Sep 29, 2018Boavista(home)2-1Primeira Liga
Sep 22, 2018Santa Clara(away)3-1Primeira Liga
Nacional
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Oct 26, 2018Portimonense(home)0-1Primeira Liga
Oct 21, 2018Lusitano FCV(away)3-4Taça de Portugal
Oct 5, 2018Tondela(away)1-1Primeira Liga
Sep 30, 2018Santa Clara(home)0-3Primeira Liga
Sep 23, 2018Feirense(away)0-0Primeira Liga

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 3 Rio Ave wins, 2 draws, 1 Nacional win.

DateScoreCompetition
Apr 29, 2017Nacional 0-2 Rio AvePrimeira Liga
Dec 18, 2016Rio Ave 2-1 NacionalPrimeira Liga
Mar 13, 2016Nacional 1-0 Rio AvePrimeira Liga
Nov 1, 2015Rio Ave 1-0 NacionalPrimeira Liga
Mar 9, 2015Rio Ave 1-1 NacionalPrimeira Liga
Oct 5, 2014Nacional 0-0 Rio AvePrimeira Liga

Last archived meeting: Nacional vs Rio Ave on Apr 29, 2017

How many goals should we expect?

Rio Ave score 1.7 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Nacional score 1.2 and concede 1.7.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Rio Ave1.71.1310/158/15
Nacional1.21.748/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Rio Ave sit 14th in Primeira Liga (7 points from 8 matches) and Nacional sit 16th (4 points from 8 matches).

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
14Rio Ave82158177
16Nacional81169184

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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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