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

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Primeira Liga · 2025-26

CD Santa Clara

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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.

CD Santa Clara 2 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 2 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Miguel Nogueira
Assistant 1 Paulo Bras (Portugal)
Assistant 2 Nuno Pires (Portugal)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Arouca	2	6
2	FC Porto	2	6
3	CS Marítimo	2	6
4	CD Nacional	2	4
5	CD Santa Clara	2	4
6	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	2	4
7	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
8	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
9	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
10	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
11	Moreirense FC	2	1
12	FC Famalicão	2	1
13	GD Estoril Praia	2	1
14	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
15	FC Alverca	2	1
16	Vitória SC	2	0
17	Rio Ave FC	2	0
18	Casa Pia AC	2	0

Head-to-Head

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

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	Vitória SC	H	2–0	W
01 Mar	CD Tondela	A	2–2	D

Rio Ave FC

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 Famalicão	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

CD Santa Clara		Rio Ave FC
#5	Position	#17
4	Points	0
2	Played	2
1 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 2
3	Scored	0
2	Conceded	3
+1	GD	-3
2.00	PPG	0.00
50%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season

0% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

CD Santa Clara are 5th (4 pts). Rio Ave FC are 17th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CD Santa Clara

0-15

1/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

–/2

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! CD Santa Clara vs Rio Ave FC — let the football do the talking.
5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
10' It’s high time Sotiris Sylaidopoulos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' 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.
20' Luis Fernando is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for CD Santa Clara so far.
25' A quiet spell here at Estadio de Sao Miguel. Rio Ave FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' Ennio van der Gouw is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Rio Ave FC tonight.
35' The travelling Rio Ave FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
39' That looks like a foul for a card for Jakub Brabec.
44' Rio Ave FC come into this ranked 12 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' Vinicius is replacing Welinton for the CD Santa Clara side.
50' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tamas Nikitscher makes it 0-1.
55' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
57' A change in the CD Santa Clara ranks — Luis Fernando exits the field as Goncalo Paciencia enters on 57.
61' What an equalizer from Sidney Lima!
63' The referee calls foul for Gustavo. He receives a card.
68' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His CD Santa Clara side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
69' Diogo Calila is replacing Lucas Soares for the CD Santa Clara side.
70' The referee has no hesitation. Tamas Nikitscher is booked for Rio Ave FC — card on 70.
75' A moment of madness from Gabriel Silva on 75 minutes earns him a card. CD Santa Clara will be frustrated.
76' Time for substitution for Rio Ave FC. Ole Pohlmann is replaced by Ryan Guilherme.
81' It is a substitution in CD Santa Clara team. Pedro Ferreira is replaced by Jose Tavares on 81 minute.
86' Another change for Rio Ave FC made on 86 minute. Dario Spikic leaves to be changed by Francisco Petrasso.
87' CD Santa Clara player sees a card in front of him.
90' Diogo Oliveira makes way for Georgios Liavas at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Rio Ave FC.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

CD Santa Clara Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

1
Gabriel Batista
35
Serginho
42
Lucas Soares ↓ Diogo Calila 69'
49
Welinton ↓ Vinicius 46'
10
Gabriel Silva
77
Klismahn ↓ Brenner 57'
26
Luis Fernando ↓ Goncalo Paciencia 57'
5
Guilherme Romao
23
Sidney Lima
8
Pedro Ferreira ↓ Jose Tavares 81'
94
Henrique Silva

Bench

39
Goncalo Paciencia ↑ 57'
21
Frederico Venancio
37
Darlan Mendes
70
Vinicius ↑ 46'
64
Paulo Victor
2
Diogo Calila ↑ 69'
11
Brenner ↑ 57'
12
Neneca
65
Jose Tavares ↑ 81'

Coach Petit

Rio Ave FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

17
Marious Vrousai ↓ Joao Tome 90'
32
Jakub Brabec
18
Dario Spikic ↓ Francisco Petrasso 86'
44
Tamas Nikitscher
99
Ennio van der Gouw
6
Nelson Abbey
80
Ole Pohlmann ↓ Ryan Guilherme 76'
5
Andreas Ndoj
9
Tamble Monteiro ↓ Antonis Papakanellos 86'
7
Diogo Oliveira ↓ Georgios Liavas 90'
39
Gustavo

Bench

Coach Sotiris Sylaidopoulos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos	4
Fabio Cardoso	2
Mehdi Taremi	2
Carlos Vinicius	2
Carlos Vinicius	2
Italo	1
Guilherme Schettine	1
Vinicius	1

Head to Head

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

1.16 CD Santa Clara xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.66 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: CD Santa Clara or Draw 76% + Under 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

CD Santa Clara43% Draw33% Rio Ave FC24%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes35% 0% No65%

Avg goals/match: 1.82

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	81%	19%
± 1.5	55%	45%
± 2.5	28%	72%
± 3.5	12%	88%
± 4.5	4%	96%

Double Chance

CD Santa Clara or Draw

76%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

57%

CD Santa Clara or Rio Ave FC

67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

CD Santa Clara30% Draw56% Rio Ave FC14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

18.6%

1 – 0

17.5%

1 – 1

13.3%

2 – 0

10.4%

0 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

7.1%

3 – 0

1 – 2

0 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

2.9%

2 – 2

2.5%

4 – 0

1.2%

Asian Handicap — CD Santa Clara

Handicap	CD Santa Clara covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	14%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	26%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	14%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet

52% ✗

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

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