Historic struggle: FC Porto have found it tough going in Vila do Conde | OneFootball

53 victories and 16 draws summarize the official matches between Rio Ave and FC Porto. Only three times have the Rio Ave team defeated the blue and whites, the most recent being in the 2022/23 season, at this same stadium, when Luís Freire's team won 3-1 against Sérgio Conceição's team.

In the Primeira Liga, 60 games were 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 matches against the Invicta club in the Primeira Liga. The Vila do Conde team went 19 years without winning at home against FC Porto until the aforementioned 3-1.

Despite this, FC Porto's trips to Vila do Conde have not always been easy, even though they achieved 18 victories in 30 matches. Thirty-three percent of the Rio Ave vs. FC Porto encounters (10 games) ended in a draw, as it did last year (2-2), a match where central defenders Otávio and Nehuén Pérez put on a performance to forget. 2-2 was also the result in 2018/19, when Nuno Santos prevented the defeat of the Vila do Conde team in the 90th minute.

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

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

The most significant results 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 team in 2011/12.

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