Rio Ave FC vs CD Santa Clara, Primeira Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2024-25

Rio Ave FC

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CD Santa Clara

Fri 18 Apr 2025 · 14:30 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave F.C. 921 HT 45' · FT 45'

Andre Luiz 25' 1–0

1–1 85' Sidney Lima

Konstantinos Kostoulas 5' Y

Y 8' Guilherme Ramos

Andreas Ndoj 70' Y

Y 89' Matheusinho

Overview

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Rio Ave FC vs CD Santa Clara — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Rio Ave F.C..

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 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

Rio Ave FC 12 games · Avg 2.2 goals CD Santa Clara

Last 5 meetings

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 2022-10-02 Rio Ave FC 1–0 CD Santa Clara 2021-05-11 CD Santa Clara 1–0 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	CD Santa Clara	H	1–1	D
13 Apr	Moreirense FC	A	2–0	W
07 Apr	Boavista FC	H	0–2	L
29 Mar	Casa Pia AC	A	1–2	L
16 Mar	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	2–3	L
10 Mar	FC Famalicão	A	0–1	L

CD Santa Clara

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Rio Ave FC	A	1–1	D
12 Apr	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	0–1	L
05 Apr	Vitória SC	A	0–2	L
30 Mar	CD Nacional	H	1–0	W
15 Mar	Gil Vicente FC	A	1–0	W
09 Mar	Moreirense FC	H	1–1	D

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 history

18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

29% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

CD Santa Clara

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

–/2

46-60

–/1

61-75

1/–

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Rio Ave FC host CD Santa Clara — let the battle begin!
5' Rio Ave FC player sees a card in front of him.
8' It’s a booking for CD Santa Clara player. Guilherme Ramos gets a card.
13' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
18' Wendel, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
23' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
25' A goal from the Brazil international Andre Luiz! He fires home on 25 to make it 1-0!
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
35' Rio Ave FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined CD Santa Clara backline.
40' The travelling CD Santa Clara supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rio Ave FC that had 324 games and scored 268 goals.
46' Vinicius makes way for Ricardinho at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from CD Santa Clara.
51' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
56' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Vasco Matos will be considering his options from the bench.
60' Diogo Calila has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lucas Soares on 60 minute.
65' CD Santa Clara come into this ranked 6 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
70' Andreas Ndoj picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
73' Rio Ave FC make a change. Joao Novais trudges off to be replaced by Marious Vrousai on 73 minutes.
76' Fresh legs for CD Santa Clara! Matheusinho comes on to replace Guilherme Ramos.
81' Martim Neto is replacing Brandon Aguilera for the Rio Ave FC side.
85' Goal! Sidney Lima scores his 5 goal in 312 matches.
89' CD Santa Clara receives a card for a hard tackle on 89.
90' Time for substitution for Rio Ave FC. Andre Luiz is replaced by Karem Zoabi.
The points are shared — Rio Ave FC 1-1 CD Santa Clara. Honours even.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Petit

CD Santa Clara Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

29
Wendel ↑ 60'
35
Serginho ↑ 60'
21
Frederico Venancio
10
Ricardinho ↑ 46'
7
Matheusinho ↑ 76'
2
Diogo Calila ↑ 60'
22
Edney
12
Neneca
41
Daniel

Coach Vasco Matos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos	4
Mehdi Taremi	2
Carlos Vinicius	2
Carlos Vinicius	2
Fabio Cardoso	2
Andre Luiz	1
Joao Schmidt	1
Galeno	1

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2025-04-18 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-04-13 Moreirense FC 0–2 Rio Ave FC W 2025-04-07 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Boavista FC L 2025-03-29 Casa Pia AC 2–1 Rio Ave FC L 2025-03-16 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2025-03-10 FC Famalicão 1–0 Rio Ave FC L

CD Santa Clara Form

2025-04-18 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-04-12 CD Santa Clara 0–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2025-04-05 Vitória SC 2–0 CD Santa Clara L 2025-03-30 CD Santa Clara 1–0 CD Nacional W 2025-03-15 Gil Vicente FC 0–1 CD Santa Clara W 2025-03-09 CD Santa Clara 1–1 Moreirense FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.01 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.08 CD Santa Clara xG

I would bet for: Rio Ave FC or CD Santa Clara 69% + Under 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC35% Draw31% CD Santa Clara34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.09

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	85%	15%
± 1.5	62%	38%
± 2.5	35%	65%
± 3.5	17%	83%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

66%

Draw or CD Santa Clara

65%

Rio Ave FC or CD Santa Clara

69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC22% Draw54% CD Santa Clara24%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

14.7%

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

12%

1 – 0

11.2%

1 – 2

7.1%

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

2 – 2

3.7%

1 – 3

2.6%

0 – 3

2.4%

3 – 1

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	CD Santa Clara covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	19%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	21%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	10%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

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