Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

Primeira Liga · 2025-26
Rio Ave FC
1 – 1
Full Time
CD Santa Clara
Sun 30 Nov 2025 · 15:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Rio Ave FC vs CD Santa Clara — Primeira Liga .

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

5
3
4
Rio Ave FC 12 games · Avg 2.2 goals CD Santa Clara
Last 5 meetings
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 2022-10-02 Rio Ave FC 1–0 CD Santa Clara

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Famalicão A 0–0 D
CD Santa Clara
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Vitória 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 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' The game is set. CD Santa Clara kicks off things out of here…
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

CD Santa Clara Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Carlos 4
Carlos Vinicius 2
Fabio Cardoso 2
Mehdi Taremi 2
Carlos Vinicius 2
Hidemasa Morita 1
Joao Schmidt 1
Ryotaro Meshino 1

Head to Head

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

Rio Ave FC Form

2025-11-30 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-11-08 FC Alverca 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2025-11-01 Rio Ave FC 0–4 GD Estoril Praia L 2025-10-25 CF Estrela da Amadora 1–2 Rio Ave FC W 2025-10-05 Rio Ave FC 3–0 CD Tondela W 2025-09-28 FC Famalicão 0–0 Rio Ave FC D

CD Santa Clara Form

2025-11-30 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-11-08 CD Santa Clara 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2025-11-03 Gil Vicente FC 1–0 CD Santa Clara L 2025-10-25 CD Santa Clara 2–0 AVS W 2025-10-04 Vitória SC 2–1 CD Santa Clara L 2025-09-27 CD Santa Clara 1–2 CD Tondela L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.12 Rio Ave FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.07 CD Santa Clara xG
I would bet for: Rio Ave FC or CD Santa Clara 70% + Under 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Rio Ave FC40% Draw30% CD Santa Clara30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.19
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
Rio Ave FC25% Draw52% CD Santa Clara23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 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.