Thursday , 2 July 2026

CD Santa Clara vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2025-26
CD Santa Clara
0 – 2
Full Time
Rio Ave FC
Sat 11 Apr 2026 · 17:00 UTC Estadio de Sao Miguel 1,565 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 50' Tamas Nikitscher
0–2 61' Sidney Lima og
Y 39' Jakub Brabec
Y 63' Gustavo
Y 70' Tamas Nikitscher
Gabriel Silva 75' Y
Henrique Silva 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

CD Santa Clara vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga at Estadio de Sao Miguel.

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 total

Standings

# 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 Famalicão 34 56
6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50
7 Moreirense FC 34 43
8 FC Arouca 34 42
9 Vitória 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

4
3
5
CD Santa Clara 12 games · Avg 2.2 goals Rio Ave FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-11 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC 2025-11-30 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara 2025-04-18 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara 2024-12-07 CD Santa Clara 1–0 Rio Ave FC 2023-03-17 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

CD Santa Clara
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Vitória SC H 2–0 W
01 Mar CD Tondela A 2–2 D
Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Famalicão 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 history
29% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season
18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

CD Santa Clara are 13th (36 pts). Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CD Santa Clara
0-15
2/1
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/2
46-60
–/1
61-75
1/–
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/3
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/3
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds Estadio de Sao Miguel will turn into a battlefield for CD Santa Clara and Rio Ave FC.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Serginho suffering a number of foals already.
  • 15' Rio Ave FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Tamas Nikitscher scoring 1 goals.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 30' It looks surprising CD Santa Clara does not make any changes. Diogo Oliveira has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Pedro Ferreira made 312 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 39' The referee shows Rio Ave FC player a card on 39.
  • 44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering CD Santa Clara that had 312 games and scored 256 goals.
  • 46' The CD Santa Clara manager makes a substitution. Welinton departs to be replaced by Vinicius.
  • 50' GOAL! Tamas Nikitscher scores on 50. Assisted by Marious Vrousai
  • 55' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Rio Ave FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 57' Time for substitution for CD Santa Clara. Luis Fernando is replaced by Goncalo Paciencia.
  • 61' What a strike from Sidney Lima! The score is 1-1.
  • 63' Gustavo was booked on 63.
  • 68' Rio Ave FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 69' Diogo Calila has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lucas Soares on 69 minute.
  • 70' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Tamas Nikitscher gets a card.
  • 75' The referee shows CD Santa Clara player a card on 75.
  • 76' Ryan Guilherme is replacing Ole Pohlmann for the Rio Ave FC side.
  • 81' Another change for CD Santa Clara made on 81 minute. Pedro Ferreira leaves to be changed by Jose Tavares.
  • 86' Francisco Petrasso is replacing Dario Spikic for the Rio Ave FC side.
  • 87' Henrique Silva was booked on 87.
  • 90' Georgios Liavas is replacing Diogo Oliveira for the Rio Ave FC side.
  • The final score is 0-2.

Lineups

CD Santa Clara Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Petit

Rio Ave FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sotiris Sylaidopoulos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Carlos 4
Mehdi Taremi 2
Carlos Vinicius 2
Carlos Vinicius 2
Fabio Cardoso 2
Ze Manuel 1
Andre Luiz 1
Joao Schmidt 1

Head to Head

2026-04-11 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC 2025-11-30 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara 2025-04-18 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara 2024-12-07 CD Santa Clara 1–0 Rio Ave FC 2023-03-17 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC

CD Santa Clara Form

2026-04-11 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC L 2026-04-03 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–2 CD Santa Clara L 2026-03-21 CD Santa Clara 1–0 Gil Vicente FC W 2026-03-15 AVS 0–1 CD Santa Clara W 2026-03-08 CD Santa Clara 2–0 Vitória SC W 2026-03-01 CD Tondela 2–2 CD Santa Clara D

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-04-11 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC W 2026-04-04 Rio Ave FC 1–2 FC Alverca L 2026-03-22 GD Estoril Praia 1–2 Rio Ave FC W 2026-03-15 Rio Ave FC 2–1 CF Estrela da Amadora W 2026-03-09 CD Tondela 0–1 Rio Ave FC W 2026-03-01 Rio Ave FC 0–0 FC Famalicão D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.98 CD Santa Clara xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.11 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Rio Ave FC or Draw 69% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
CD Santa Clara31% Draw32% Rio Ave FC37%
Actual: Rio Ave FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.09
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
CD Santa Clara21% Draw54% Rio Ave FC25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
14.8%
1 – 1
14.4%
0 – 1
12.5%
1 – 0
10.8%
0 – 2
Actual
1 – 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.