Wednesday , 30 September 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)
4 games this season 🟨 4.5/game ⚽ 12.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 7 21
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 16
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 15
4 CD Santa Clara 7 15
5 FC Arouca 7 11
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 6 11
7 Académico de Viseu FC 7 11
8 CF Estrela da Amadora 7 10
9 Moreirense FC 7 8
10 Gil Vicente FC 6 8
11 CS Marítimo 7 8
12 FC Alverca 7 8
13 FC Famalicão 7 7
14 Vitória SC 7 5
15 CD Nacional 7 4
16 Rio Ave FC 7 4
17 Casa Pia AC 7 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 7 2

Head-to-Head

5
3
5
CD Santa Clara 13 games · Avg 2.3 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
#4 Position #16
15 Points 4
7 Played 7
4 / 3 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 1 / 5
11 Scored 5
4 Conceded 15
+7 GD -10
2.14 PPG 0.57
57% Win % 14%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
57% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season
14% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

CD Santa Clara are 4th (15 pts). Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

CD Santa Clara
Goncalo Paciencia 5 G 1 A
Brenner 2 G
Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 2 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Estadio de Sao Miguel. Ninety minutes of football awaits between CD Santa Clara and Rio Ave FC.
  • 5' CD Santa Clara are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Rio Ave FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
  • 10' Ole Pohlmann needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' Brazil international Sidney Lima has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Welinton, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio de Sao Miguel with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CD Santa Clara needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 35' Rio Ave FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
  • 39' A moment of madness from Jakub Brabec on 39 minutes earns him a card. Rio Ave FC will be frustrated.
  • 44' It’s high time Sotiris Sylaidopoulos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 46' Welinton makes way for Vinicius at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from CD Santa Clara.
  • 50' GOAL! Tamas Nikitscher fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 55' The home supporters are growing impatient. CD Santa Clara must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 57' Another change for CD Santa Clara made on 57 minute. Luis Fernando leaves to be changed by Goncalo Paciencia.
  • 61' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sidney Lima makes it 1-1.
  • 63' Gustavo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 68' 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 Francisco Petrasso suffering a number of foals already.
  • 69' Diogo Calila is replacing Lucas Soares for the CD Santa Clara side.
  • 70' Tamas Nikitscher was booked on 70.
  • 75' Gabriel Silva picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 76' Another change for Rio Ave FC made on 76 minute. Ole Pohlmann leaves to be changed by Ryan Guilherme.
  • 81' A change in the CD Santa Clara ranks — Pedro Ferreira exits the field as Jose Tavares enters on 81.
  • 86' The whistle greets Dario Spikic as he departs to be replaced by Francisco Petrasso.
  • 87' CD Santa Clara receives a card for a hard tackle on 87.
  • 90' The supporters are chanting for Georgios Liavas. He replaces Diogo Oliveira on 90 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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
Carlos Vinicius 2
Fabio Cardoso 2
Vinicius 2
Mehdi Taremi 2
Carlos Vinicius 2
Emmanuel Boateng 1
Leonardo Ruiz 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
3 / 4
1.72 CD Santa Clara xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.8 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong
CD Santa Clara51% Draw27% Rio Ave FC22%
Actual: Rio Ave FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.52
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 46%
54%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

CD Santa Clara or Draw
78%
Draw or Rio Ave FC
49%
CD Santa Clara or Rio Ave FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
CD Santa Clara40% Draw47% Rio Ave FC13%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
13%
1 – 1
11.9%
2 – 0
11.5%
0 – 0
10%
2 – 1
9.2%
3 – 0
6.5%
0 – 1
5.5%
3 – 1
5.3%
1 – 2
4.3%
2 – 2
3.7%
4 – 0
2.8%
0 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — CD Santa Clara

Handicap CD Santa Clara covers Push Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 18% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 25% 42%
-0.5 58% — 42%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 11% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet
45% ✓
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.