Rio Ave v Casa Pia prediction

Primeira Liga · Sun, 06 Dec 2026 16:00 GMT

Updated 16 Oct 2026, 07:53 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Rio Ave · Casa Pia · Head-to-head

TACTIX’s free model pick for Rio Ave v Casa Pia, Primeira Liga on Sun, 06 Dec 2026 16:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Rio Ave host Casa Pia in the Primeira Liga on Sunday 6 December (kick-off 16:00 UK).

The key numbers

Rio Ave have conceded 23 goals, the most of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games).

Three of Casa Pia’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (20%). Both teams scored in three of Casa Pia’s last 15 results in all competitions (20%).

Form and the table

Seven of Rio Ave’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (47%). Both teams scored in five of Rio Ave’s last 15 results in all competitions (33%). At home, Rio Ave have one win, two draws and four defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 0.71 points per game, scoring 1.00 and conceding 2.71. Rio Ave have scored nine goals, the fifth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games).

Away from home, Casa Pia have four wins, two draws and two defeats in their last 8 away matches in all competitions — 1.75 points per game, scoring 0.75 and conceding 0.50. Casa Pia have scored five goals, the second-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games). Casa Pia have conceded 19 goals, the sixth-most (shared) of the 18 clubs.

Rio Ave (16th) and Casa Pia (17th) are level on points, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Casa Pia the stronger side, 90 rating points above Rio Ave (Casa Pia 1469, Rio Ave 1379, after at least 148 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 16 May 2026, finished Casa Pia 1–1 Rio Ave.

Team news

Predicted Rio Ave XI (4-2-3-1): E. van der Gouw, M. Vrousai, A. Ntoi, J. Tomé, F. Petrasso, D. Bezerra, M. Patricío, G. Liavas, S. Clemmensen, D. Nascimento, J. Blesa — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Jalen Blesa (4.3 per match over 10 appearances, three goals and one assist) and Vitor Hugo (4.3 per match over three appearances) have been Rio Ave’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Rio Ave (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Jalen Blesa averages 1.1 shots per 90 over 876 minutes, with a shot in eight of the last 10 appearances. Vitor Hugo averages 3.0 saves per 90 over 270 minutes.

Predicted Casa Pia XI (4-2-3-1): P. Sequeira, Geraldes, P. Rosas, Kaly, D. Sousa, J. Rêgo, L. Ofori, B. Pauwels, M. El Boukammiri, S. Pérez, H. Araújo — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo (5.8 per match over seven appearances, one goal) and Silvi (3.5 per match over nine appearances, one goal) have been Casa Pia’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Casa Pia (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo averages 0.7 key passes per 90 over 601 minutes, with a key pass in four of the last seven appearances. Silvi averages 0.2 key passes per 90 over 560 minutes, with a key pass in one of the last nine appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sun, 06 Dec 2026 16:00 GMT · Primeira Liga
Head-to-head (last 6): Rio Ave 3 · draws 2 · Casa Pia 1 · 3 goals/game
Recent form: Rio Ave 2W 0D 3L · Casa Pia 3W 0D 2L

Rio Ave v Casa Pia (Primeira Liga): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 16 October 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1 / 0.75

Goals

against 2.5 / 1.13 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.14 / 4.14

Corners

against 5.57 / 7.57 · 3 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

3.71 / 3

Shots on target

against 5.71 / 6 · 3 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.14 / 2.43

Cards

against 1.14 / 2.43 · 2 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 1 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 1 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Rio Ave for / against	Line	Casa Pia for / against
Goals scored	1 for · 2.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	0.75 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.14 for · 5.57 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	4.14 for · 7.57 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	8.29 for · 15.71 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	10.71 for · 17.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	3.71 for · 5.71 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	3 for · 6 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.43 for · 12.86 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	12.14 for · 13.14 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.14 for · 1.14 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	2.43 for · 2.43 against n 7 Last 5

Rio Ave

Rio Ave Goalkeeper

Rio Ave — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
E. van der Gouw	7	91639 min	233.2 /90	142 /90	00 /90
Vitor Hugo	3	90270 min	93 /90	00 /90	00 /90

Rio Ave — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
E. van der Gouw n 8	91.1	3.3 8/6
Vitor Hugo n 3	90	3 2/2

Rio Ave Defensive

Rio Ave — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
F. Petrasso	9	82742 min	40.5 /90	50.6 /90	50.6 /90	212.5 /90	101.2 /90	30.4 /90
M. Vrousai	9	54486 min	193.5 /90	132.4 /90	20.4 /90	346.3 /90	71.3 /90	00 /90
G. Liavas	8	89710 min	151.9 /90	121.5 /90	30.4 /90	232.9 /90	91.1 /90	20.3 /90
Gustavo Mancha	6	92549 min	50.8 /90	30.5 /90	40.7 /90	81.3 /90	00 /90	00 /90
João Tomé	5	67337 min	41.1 /90	51.3 /90	10.3 /90	154 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
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Rio Ave — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Blesa n 8	88	0.6 3/1	2.3 7/5	—
Diogo Bezerra n 8	78.6	0.9 3/2	1.3 8/1	—
F. Petrasso n 8	80.4	1.3 4/2	0.6 3/1	—
A. Ntoi n 8	82.6	1.6 5/4	0.8 5/1	—
M. Vrousai n 8	58.6	1.3 5/2	1.5 4/3	—
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Rio Ave — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Blesa n 8	88	1.2 5/4
Diogo Bezerra n 8	78.6	0.1 1/0
F. Petrasso n 8	80.4	0.6 3/1
A. Ntoi n 8	82.6	1.4 6/3
M. Vrousai n 8	58.6	3.6 6/3
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Rio Ave Attacking

Rio Ave — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
J. Blesa	10	88876 min	30.3 /90	10.1 /90	111.1 /90	80.8 /90	101 /90	70.7 /90
Roland Galčík	8	41325 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	51.4 /90	20.6 /90	20.6 /90	00 /90
Tamble Monteiro	7	62431 min	10.2 /90	00 /90	61.3 /90	30.6 /90	10.2 /90	30.6 /90
Diogo Bezerra	10	80802 min	10.1 /90	30.3 /90	131.5 /90	60.7 /90	131.5 /90	151.7 /90
A. Ntoi	9	79708 min	00 /90	00 /90	30.4 /90	00 /90	40.5 /90	60.8 /90
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Rio Ave — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Blesa n 8	88	1 6/2	0.9 5/2
Diogo Bezerra n 8	78.6	1.6 6/3	0.9 4/1
F. Petrasso n 8	80.4	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
A. Ntoi n 8	82.6	0.4 3/0	0 0/0
M. Vrousai n 8	58.6	0.6 3/0	0.2 1/0
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Rio Ave — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Blesa n 8	88	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
Diogo Bezerra n 8	78.6	0.1 1/0	0.4 2/1
F. Petrasso n 8	80.4	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
A. Ntoi n 8	82.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Vrousai n 8	58.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Casa Pia

Casa Pia Goalkeeper

Casa Pia — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded
André Gomes	5	78389 min	112.5 /90	92.1 /90
Ivan Mandić	4	83331 min	133.5 /90	61.6 /90
P. Sequeira	2	90180 min	157.5 /90	00 /90

Casa Pia — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Casa Pia before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
André Gomes n 5	77.8	2.5 4/2
Ivan Mandić n 4	82.8	3.5 2/2
P. Sequeira n 8	90	3.9 8/4

Casa Pia Defensive

Casa Pia — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Geraldes	10	90900 min	90.9 /90	101 /90	30.3 /90	282.8 /90	101 /90	20.2 /90
David Sousa	10	86857 min	212.2 /90	161.7 /90	50.5 /90	677 /90	141.5 /90	40.4 /90
Pedro Rosas	8	80637 min	152.1 /90	71 /90	40.6 /90	304.2 /90	142 /90	20.3 /90
Kaly	7	76535 min	132.2 /90	81.3 /90	71.2 /90	376.2 /90	91.5 /90	40.7 /90
João Goulart	6	65388 min	40.9 /90	61.4 /90	30.7 /90	173.9 /90	20.5 /90	00 /90
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Casa Pia — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Casa Pia before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Geraldes n 8	90	0.8 5/1	0.3 2/0	—
David Sousa n 8	84.6	1.6 8/3	0.3 2/0	—
L. Ofori n 8	84.5	0.7 3/1	1.1 4/2	—
Henrique Araújo n 8	57.3	0.6 2/1	2 6/2	—
Pedro Rosas n 8	79.6	2 6/5	0.3 2/0	—
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Casa Pia — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Casa Pia before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Geraldes n 8	90	1 4/2
David Sousa n 8	84.6	2.7 7/7
L. Ofori n 8	84.5	1.3 5/3
Henrique Araújo n 8	57.3	0 0/0
Pedro Rosas n 8	79.6	2.1 6/4
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Casa Pia Attacking

Casa Pia — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Henrique Araújo	9	61548 min	10.2 /90	10.2 /90	142.3 /90	30.5 /90	81.3 /90	10.2 /90
A. Jatta	5	56280 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	10.3 /90	31 /90
Cassiano	4	34135 min	00 /90	00 /90	21.3 /90	21.3 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90
K. Osundina	2	4997 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	10.9 /90
J. Livolant	2	3875 min	00 /90	00 /90	11.2 /90	11.2 /90	44.8 /90	00 /90
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Casa Pia — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Casa Pia before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Geraldes n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
David Sousa n 8	84.6	0.8 4/1	0.3 2/0
L. Ofori n 8	84.5	0.8 4/2	0.3 1/1
Henrique Araújo n 8	57.3	2.4 6/4	0.4 2/0
Pedro Rosas n 8	79.6	0.7 4/1	0.1 1/0
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Casa Pia — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Casa Pia before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Geraldes n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
David Sousa n 8	84.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Ofori n 8	84.5	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
Henrique Araújo n 8	57.3	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
Pedro Rosas n 8	79.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Rio Ave v Casa Pia — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Rio AveLWWLL

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

Casa PiaWLWWL

Last 5: 3W 0D 2L · 1 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Rio Ave 3 · 2 draws · Casa Pia 1 · 3 goals/game

2026-05-16 Casa Pia 1–1 Rio Ave
2026-01-04 Rio Ave 3–1 Casa Pia
2025-03-29 Casa Pia 2–1 Rio Ave
2025-01-12 Casa Pia 1–3 Rio Ave
2024-11-02 Rio Ave 2–2 Casa Pia
2024-02-11 Rio Ave 1–0 Casa Pia

League standing · 2026/27

Rio Ave#16 pos7 pts10 pl-14 GD

Casa Pia#17 pos7 pts10 pl-14 GD

Goals per game

Rio Ave scored0.9

Casa Pia scored0.5

Rio Ave conceded2.3

Casa Pia conceded1.9

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What is the head-to-head record between Rio Ave and Casa Pia?: In their last 6 meetings, Rio Ave won 3, Casa Pia won 1 and there were 2 draws, averaging 3 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Rio Ave and Casa Pia?: Recent form — Rio Ave 2W 0D 3L; Casa Pia 3W 0D 2L.

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