CD Santa Clara vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
CD Santa Clara vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga at Estadio de Sao Miguel.
- CD Santa Clara 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Miguel Nogueira
- Assistant 1 Paulo Bras (Portugal)
- Assistant 2 Nuno Pires (Portugal)
7 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 3.9 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Porto 34 88 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 82 3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 80 4 Sporting Clube de Braga 34 59 5 FC Famalicao 34 56 6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50 7 Moreirense FC 34 43 8 FC Arouca 34 42 9 Vitoria SC 34 42 10 GD Estoril Praia 34 39 11 FC Alverca 34 39 12 Rio Ave FC 34 36 13 CD Santa Clara 34 36 14 CD Nacional 34 34 15 CF Estrela da Amadora 34 30 16 Casa Pia AC 34 30 17 CD Tondela 34 28 18 AVS 34 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Apr Rio Ave FC H 0–2 L 03 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 2–4 L 21 Mar Gil Vicente FC H 1–0 W 15 Mar AVS A 1–0 W 08 Mar Vitoria SC H 2–0 W 01 Mar CD Tondela A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Apr CD Santa Clara A 2–0 W 04 Apr FC Alverca H 1–2 L 22 Mar GD Estoril Praia A 2–1 W 15 Mar CF Estrela da Amadora H 2–1 W 09 Mar CD Tondela A 1–0 W 01 Mar FC Famalicao H 0–0 D Season Stats
CD Santa Clara Rio Ave FC #13 Position #12 36 Points 36 34 Played 34 9 / 9 / 16 W / D / L 8 / 12 / 14 32 Scored 35 41 Conceded 57 -9 GD -22 1.06 PPG 1.06 26% Win % 24% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this seasonCD Santa Clara are 13th (36 pts). Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
CD Santa Clara0-152/116-30–/231-45–/246-60–/161-751/–76+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededRio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Rio Ave FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Rio Ave FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering CD Santa Clara that had 302 games and scored 219 goals.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Pedro Ferreira needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' CD Santa Clara is showing some good football. However, CD Santa Clara are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' The travelling Rio Ave FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 39' It’s gonna be a card for Jakub Brabec.
- 44' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 44 minutes.
- 46' Vinicius is replacing Welinton for the CD Santa Clara side.
- 50' Goal! Tamas Nikitscher scores his 1 goal in 4 matches.
- 55' CD Santa Clara seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 57' Time for substitution for CD Santa Clara. Luis Fernando is replaced by Goncalo Paciencia.
- 61' GOAL! Sidney Lima scores on 61.
- 63' The referee shows Rio Ave FC player a card on 63.
- 68' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ennio van der Gouw made 231 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 69' Another substitution for CD Santa Clara to replace Lucas Soares by Diogo Calila on 69 minute.
- 70' Rio Ave FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 70.
- 75' The referee calls foul for Gabriel Silva. He receives a card.
- 76' Ryan Guilherme has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ole Pohlmann on 76 minute.
- 81' It is a substitution in CD Santa Clara team. Pedro Ferreira is replaced by Jose Tavares on 81 minute.
- 86' Francisco Petrasso has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dario Spikic on 86 minute.
- 87' CD Santa Clara receives a card for a hard tackle on 87.
- 90' Time for substitution for Rio Ave FC. Diogo Oliveira is replaced by Georgios Liavas.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.
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Lineups
CD Santa Clara Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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- 35
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42
Lucas Soares ↓ Diogo Calila 69'
- 49
- 10
- 77
- 26
- 5
- 23
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8
Pedro Ferreira ↓ Jose Tavares 81'
- 94
Bench
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39
Goncalo Paciencia ↑ 57'
- 21
- 37
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70
Vinicius ↑ 46'
- 64
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2
Diogo Calila ↑ 69'
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11
Brenner ↑ 57'
- 12
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65
Jose Tavares ↑ 81'
Coach PetitRio Ave FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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17
Marious Vrousai ↓ Joao Tome 90'
- 32
- 18
- 44
- 99
- 6
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80
Ole Pohlmann ↓ Ryan Guilherme 76'
- 5
- 9
- 7
- 39
Bench
- 77
- 1
- 63
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20
Joao Tome ↑ 90'
- 11
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19
Antonis Papakanellos ↑ 86'
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23
Francisco Petrasso ↑ 86'
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8
Ryan Guilherme ↑ 76'
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54
Georgios Liavas ↑ 90'
Coach Sotiris Sylaidopoulos -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Carlos 4 Mehdi Taremi 2 Carlos Vinicius 2 Carlos Vinicius 2 Fabio Cardoso 2 Ruben Semedo 1 Tamas Nikitscher 1 Lucas Piazon 1 Head to Head
CD Santa Clara Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.98 CD Santa Clara xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.11 Rio Ave FC xGI would bet for: Rio Ave FC or Draw 69% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Rio Ave FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.09Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
CD Santa Clara or Draw 64%Draw or Rio Ave FC 69%CD Santa Clara or Rio Ave FC 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 14.8%1 – 1 14.4%0 – 1 12.5%1 – 0 10.8%0 – 2 Actual1 – 2 7.2%2 – 1 6.4%2 – 0 5.7%2 – 2 3.7%1 – 3 2.7%0 – 3 2.6%3 – 1 2.1%Asian Handicap — CD Santa Clara
Handicap CD Santa Clara covers Push Rio Ave FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 19% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 21% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 38% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.