Rio Ave FC vs CD Santa Clara, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Rio Ave FC vs CD Santa Clara — Primeira Liga .
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- CD Santa Clara 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
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 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 30 Nov CD Santa Clara H 1–1 D 08 Nov FC Alverca A 1–1 D 01 Nov GD Estoril Praia H 0–4 L 25 Oct CF Estrela da Amadora A 2–1 W 05 Oct CD Tondela H 3–0 W 28 Sep FC Famalicao A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Nov Rio Ave FC A 1–1 D 08 Nov Sporting Clube de Portugal H 1–2 L 03 Nov Gil Vicente FC A 0–1 L 25 Oct AVS H 2–0 W 04 Oct Vitoria SC A 1–2 L 27 Sep CD Tondela H 1–2 L Season Stats
Rio Ave FC CD Santa Clara #12 Position #13 36 Points 36 34 Played 34 8 / 12 / 14 W / D / L 9 / 9 / 16 35 Scored 32 57 Conceded 41 -22 GD -9 1.06 PPG 1.06 24% Win % 26% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season29% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this seasonRio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts). CD Santa Clara are 13th (36 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Rio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededCD Santa Clara0-152/116-30–/231-45–/246-60–/161-751/–76+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Rio Ave FC and CD Santa Clara has kicked off!
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Rio Ave FC Lineups
CD Santa Clara Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Carlos 4 Carlos Vinicius 2 Carlos Vinicius 2 Fabio Cardoso 2 Mehdi Taremi 2 Hidemasa Morita 1 Joao Schmidt 1 Ryotaro Meshino 1 Head to Head
Rio Ave FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.12 Rio Ave FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.07 CD Santa Clara xGI would bet for: Rio Ave FC or CD Santa Clara 70% + Under 2.5 goals 63%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.19Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 64% 36% ± 2.5 37% 63% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
Rio Ave FC or Draw 70%Draw or CD Santa Clara 60%Rio Ave FC or CD Santa Clara 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 13.6%1 – 0 11.3%0 – 1 10.7%2 – 1 7.2%1 – 2 6.9%2 – 0 6.7%0 – 2 6.2%2 – 2 4%3 – 1 2.7%1 – 3 2.5%3 – 0 2.5%Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC
Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push CD Santa Clara covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 20% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 19% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 35% ✓CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

