Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Rio Ave F.C..
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 games · 82 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Joao Goncalves (Portugal)
- Assistant 1 Pedro Ribeiro
- Assistant 2 Miguel Martins (Portugal)
9 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 7.2 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# 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 11 May Sporting Clube de Portugal H 1–4 L 03 May Gil Vicente FC H 0–0 D 25 Apr Vitoria SC A 0–2 L 17 Apr AVS H 2–2 D 11 Apr CD Santa Clara A 2–0 W 04 Apr FC Alverca H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 May Rio Ave FC A 4–1 W 04 May Vitoria SC H 5–1 W 29 Apr CD Tondela H 2–2 D 26 Apr AVS A 1–1 D 19 Apr Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 1–2 L 15 Apr Arsenal FC A 0–0 D Season Stats
Rio Ave FC Sporting Clube de Portugal #12 Position #2 36 Points 82 34 Played 34 8 / 12 / 14 W / D / L 25 / 7 / 2 35 Scored 89 57 Conceded 24 -22 GD +65 1.06 PPG 2.41 24% Win % 74% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this seasonRio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Rio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Clube de Portugal0-152/216-302/131-455/–46-602/–61-755/176+3/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Estadio do Rio Ave F.C. will turn into a battlefield for Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal.
- 5' Sporting Clube de Portugal is showing some good football. However, Sporting Clube de Portugal are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Sporting Clube de Portugal looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Luis Suarez scoring 1 goals.
- 12' What a strike from Diogo Oliveira! The score is 1-0.
- 13' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Diogo Oliveira gets a card.
- 18' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Portugal does not make any changes. Gustavo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 23' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 28' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sporting Clube de Portugal winning 100% of all matches.
- 32' It’s gonna be a card for Ousmane Diomande.
- 34' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Francisco Petrasso gets a card.
- 35' GOAL! Luis Suarez scores on 35.
- 40' Giorgi Kochorashvili needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 42' Goal! Gustavo scores his 1 goal in 266 matches.
- 47' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Portugal that had 504 games and scored 673 goals.
- 52' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Francisco Petrasso gets a card.
- 55' The Rio Ave FC manager makes a substitution. Tamble Monteiro departs to be replaced by Jakub Brabec.
- 60' The travelling Sporting Clube de Portugal supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 63' Another change for Rio Ave FC made on 63 minute. Marious Vrousai leaves to be changed by Joao Tome.
- 64' The Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes a substitution. Hidemasa Morita departs to be replaced by Geovany Quenda.
- 65' Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Geny Catamo is hanging Luis Guilherme on the field on 65 minute.
- 66' What a strike from Trincao! The score is 2-2.
- 71' Sporting Clube de Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
- 72' Antonis Papakanellos is replacing Diogo Oliveira for the Rio Ave FC side.
- 77' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 82' The Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes a substitution. Pedro Goncalves departs to be replaced by Eduardo Felicissimo.
- 83' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Ryan Guilherme gets a card.
- 85' The referee calls foul for Ryan Guilherme. He receives a card.
- 90' Goal! Geovany Quenda scores his 3 goal in 504 matches.
- 90' The whistle greets Luis Suarez as he departs to be replaced by Rafael Nel.
- Another three points for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
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Lineups
Rio Ave FC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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17
Marious Vrousai ↓ Joao Tome 63'
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18
Dario Spikic ↓ Andreas Ndoj 72'
- 44
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6
Nelson Abbey ↓ Omar Richards 72'
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9
Tamble Monteiro ↓ Jakub Brabec 55'
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- 7
- 23
- 39
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Bench
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77
Omar Richards ↑ 72'
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32
Jakub Brabec ↑ 55'
- 99
- 80
- 63
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20
Joao Tome ↑ 63'
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Andreas Ndoj ↑ 72'
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Antonis Papakanellos ↑ 72'
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Coach Sotiris SylaidopoulosSporting Clube de Portugal Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 5
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Luis Suarez ↓ Rafael Nel 90'
- 17
- 25
- 23
- 72
- 26
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Luis Guilherme ↓ Geny Catamo 65'
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Bench
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- 91
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Giorgi Kochorashvili ↑ 82'
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Geny Catamo ↑ 65'
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Geovany Quenda ↑ 64'
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90
Rafael Nel ↑ 90'
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73
Eduardo Felicissimo ↑ 82'
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Coach Rui Borges -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Pedro Goncalves 6 Bruno Fernandes 3 Viktor Gyokeres 3 Morten Hjulmand 2 Paulinho 2 Jovane Cabral 2 Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 2 Luiz Phellype 2 Head to Head
Rio Ave FC Form
Sporting Clube de Portugal Form
2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2026-05-04 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–1 Vitoria SC W 2026-04-29 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 CD Tondela D 2026-04-26 AVS 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2026-04-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-04-15 Arsenal FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.78 Rio Ave FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.94 Sporting Clube de Portugal xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sporting Clube de Portugal winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.72Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 70% 30% ± 3.5 50% 50% ± 4.5 31% 69% Double Chance
Rio Ave FC or Draw 31%Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal 87%Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Portugal 82%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 10.6%0 – 3 10%1 – 2 8%1 – 3 7.7%0 – 4 7.3%0 – 1 7.2%1 – 1 6.2%1 – 4 Actual0 – 5 4.3%0 – 0 3.5%1 – 5 3.4%2 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC
Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push Sporting Clube de Portugal covers -2.5 0% — 100% -2 0% 2% 98% -1.5 2% — 98% -1 2% 5% 93% -0.5 7% — 93% +0.5 21% — 79% +1 21% 19% 60% +1.5 40% — 60% +2 40% 21% 39% +2.5 61% — 39% Clean Sheet
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 6% ✓Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet 46% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.