Historic struggle: FC Porto finding it tough in Vila do Conde | OneFootball

53 victories and 16 draws summarize the official encounters between Rio Ave and FC Porto. The Rio Ave team has beaten the blue and whites only three times, the most recent being in the 2022/23 season, at this very stadium, when Luís Freire’s team won 3-1 against Sérgio Conceição’s side.

In the Primeira Liga, 60 matches have been played: 41 victories for the Dragons, three for Rio Ave, and 16 draws.

Only twice has Rio Ave triumphed over FC Porto in the 30 home games against the Invicta club in the Primeira Liga. The Vila do Conde team went 19 years without a home win against FC Porto, until the aforementioned 3-1 victory.

Despite this, FC Porto’s trips to Vila do Conde have not always been easy, even though they have achieved 18 wins in 30 matches. Thirty-three percent of Rio Ave vs FC Porto encounters (10 games) ended in draws, as happened last year (2-2), a match in which center-backs Otávio and Nehuén Pérez put in a performance to forget. 2-2 was also the result in 2018/19, when Nuno Santos prevented a defeat for the Vila do Conde side in the 90th minute.

Interestingly, four of those 10 draws ended with a 2-2 scoreline.

The longest winning streak for the blue and whites in the Primeira Liga was five consecutive victories, between 2013/14 and 2017/18.

The biggest wins recorded in Vila do Conde were the 0-7 imposed by Ivic’s team in 1987/88 and the 5-2 achieved by Vítor Pereira’s side in 2011/12.

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