Rio Ave can be found currently in 7th position in the ranking of the Primeira Liga, managed to collect 11 points after 8 rounds.
The hosts undergoing a very poor with only one point earned in the last 3 games of the championship. The previous round, they drew at Moreirense on the ground, with the score 1-1.
Portuguese H. Guedes team’s leading scorer this season with two goals in the championship.
Rio Ave will not evolve in Portuguese Cup, after suffering a defeat in a penalty shootout on the ground at Santa Clara.
On the other side, Chaves ranks 6th in the Primeira Liga standings with 12 points accumulated in 8 matches of the championship.
The guests seemed to take on an upward slope, 6 points obtained in 3 stages. Recently, however, Chaves suffered a defeat on the ground at Braga 1-0.
Brazil’s Perdigao is the best scorer of the team in Primeira Liga, it has 2 goals in 8 stages.
In the middle of this month, Chaves was able to advance further in the Portuguese Cup after defeated U. Madeira 1-0.