Sunday , 11 October 2026

Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Primeira Liga 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2026-27
Rio Ave FC
0 – 4
Full Time
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Fri 28 Aug 2026 · 19:15 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave F.C. 4,664 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 5' Flavio Goncalves
0–2 19' Geny Catamo
0–3 26' Luis Suarez
0–4 37' Luis Suarez
Y 51' Luis Suarez
Tamas Nikitscher 60' Y

Overview

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Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Rio Ave F.C..

Match Details

  • Referee Bruno Costa (Portugal)
  • Assistant 1
  • Assistant 2 Joao Morte (Portugal)
3 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 8.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 8 24
2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 18
3 CD Santa Clara 8 18
4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 16
5 Academico de Viseu FC 8 14
6 FC Arouca 7 11
7 Gil Vicente FC 7 11
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 7 11
9 CF Estrela da Amadora 7 10
10 Moreirense FC 8 8
11 FC Alverca 7 8
12 CS Maritimo 8 8
13 FC Famalicao 7 7
14 Vitoria SC 7 5
15 CD Nacional 7 4
16 Rio Ave FC 7 4
17 Casa Pia AC 8 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 8 2

Head-to-Head

1
3
11
Rio Ave FC 15 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sporting Clube de Portugal
Last 5 meetings
2026-08-28 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC 2025-01-18 Rio Ave FC 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2024-08-09 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Aug Sporting Clube de Portugal H 0–4 L
22 Aug GD Estoril Praia A 2–0 W
15 Aug FC Porto H 0–2 L
09 Aug Gil Vicente FC A 0–1 L
16 May Casa Pia AC A 1–1 D
11 May Sporting Clube de Portugal H 1–4 L
Sporting Clube de Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Aug Rio Ave FC A 4–0 W
22 Aug FC Alverca H 3–1 W
14 Aug Vitoria SC H 3–2 W
08 Aug CF Estrela da Amadora A 2–2 D
16 May Gil Vicente FC H 3–0 W
11 May Rio Ave FC A 4–1 W

Season Stats

Rio Ave FC Sporting Clube de Portugal
#16 Position #2
4 Points 18
7 Played 8
1 / 1 / 5 W / D / L 5 / 3 / 0
5 Scored 20
15 Conceded 9
-10 GD +11
0.57 PPG 2.25
14% Win % 63%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
14% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season
25% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Sporting Clube de Portugal
0-15
4/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
3/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
1/3
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 2 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Luis Suarez 7 G 1 A
Flavio Goncalves 3 G 1 A
Fotis Ioannidis 2 G 2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar 2 G 1 A
Maximiliano Araujo 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' A goal from the France international Flavio Goncalves! He fires home on 5 to make it 0-1!
  • 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Marious Vrousai made 96 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 15' The 22-year-old Ivan Fresneda has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 19' The deadlock is broken! Geny Catamo gets on the scoresheet on 19 minutes.
  • 20' GOAL! Geny Catamo scores on 20.
  • 25' Rio Ave FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 26' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Luis Suarez makes no mistake. 0-4!
  • 31' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 36' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Portugal needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 37' Magnificent from Luis Suarez! That is 67 goals in 366 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 42' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sporting Clube de Portugal winning 100% of all matches.
  • 47' The home supporters are growing impatient. Rio Ave FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 51' Sporting Clube de Portugal player sees a card in front of him.
  • 56' Rio Ave FC is showing some good football. However, Rio Ave FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 60' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Tamas Nikitscher gets a card.
  • 65' Luis Guilherme is ready to make an impact after coming on for Geny Catamo at the 65 minute mark.
  • 66' Another substitution for Rio Ave FC to replace Diogo Oliveira by Malik Sellouki on 66 minute.
  • 71' Luis Guilherme has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 33 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 74' Time for substitution for Rio Ave FC. Tamas Nikitscher is replaced by Antoine Wenck.
  • 75' Rio Ave FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Roland Galcik is hanging Dario Spikic on the field on 75 minute.
  • 80' Rio Ave FC are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Clube de Portugal's 4-2-3-1 shape.
  • 81' The supporters are chanting for Nestor Irankunda. He replaces Rodrigo Zalazar on 81 minute.
  • 86' The Rio Ave FC manager makes a substitution. Jalen Blesa departs to be replaced by Caike.
  • 87' The Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes a substitution. Luis Suarez departs to be replaced by Jesse Derry.
  • Full Time. Sporting Clube de Portugal beats Rio Ave FC

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Pedro Goncalves 6
Bruno Fernandes 3
Viktor Gyokeres 3
Luis Suarez 3
Jovane Cabral 2
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 2
Luiz Phellype 2
Filipe Augusto 2

Head to Head

2026-08-28 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC 2025-01-18 Rio Ave FC 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2024-08-09 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 Rio Ave FC

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-08-28 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2026-08-22 GD Estoril Praia 0–2 Rio Ave FC W 2026-08-15 Rio Ave FC 0–2 FC Porto L 2026-08-09 Gil Vicente FC 1–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-05-16 Casa Pia AC 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal L

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2026-08-28 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2026-08-22 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 FC Alverca W 2026-08-14 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–2 Vitoria SC W 2026-08-08 CF Estrela da Amadora 2–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2026-05-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Gil Vicente FC W 2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.59 Rio Ave FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
3.69 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG
I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 79% + Over 2.5 goals 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Rio Ave FC9% Draw12% Sporting Clube de Portugal79%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 4.28
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 77%
23%
± 3.5 59%
41%
± 4.5 40%
60%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw
21%
Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal
91%
Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Portugal
88%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Rio Ave FC4% Draw25% Sporting Clube de Portugal71%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 3
11.9%
0 – 4
Actual
0 – 2
10.2%
0 – 5
7.8%
1 – 3
6.8%
1 – 4
6.2%
1 – 2
5.7%
0 – 1
5.7%
0 – 6
4.9%
1 – 5
4.7%
1 – 1
3.6%
1 – 6
3%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push Sporting Clube de Portugal covers
-2.5 0% — 100%
-2 0% 1% 99%
-1.5 1% — 99%
-1 1% 2% 97%
-0.5 3% — 97%
+0.5 10% — 90%
+1 10% 14% 76%
+1.5 24% — 76%
+2 24% 19% 57%
+2.5 43% — 57%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
3% ✓
Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet
56% ✓

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