Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Primeira Liga 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2019-20

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Sat 15 Feb 2020 · 20:30 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube HT 45' · FT 45'

Toni Borevkovic 41' Y

Y 49' Sebastian Coates

Nuno Santos 67' Y

R 71' Sebastian Coates

Y 77' Luis Neto

Mehdi Taremi 90' Y

Overview

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

Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 games · 82 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Fabio Costa
Referee Rui Teixeira
Referee Nuno Pereira
Referee Rui Costa
Referee Hugo Coelho

11 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/game

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 14 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sporting Clube de Portugal

Last 5 meetings

2020-02-15 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2019-08-31 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–3 Rio Ave FC 2019-04-07 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC 2018-12-03 Rio Ave FC 1–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Feb	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	1–1	D
09 Feb	CD Aves	A	4–0	W
31 Jan	FC Famalicão	H	2–2	D
27 Jan	Vitória SC	A	2–1	W
19 Jan	Boavista FC	H	2–0	W
10 Jan	CD Santa Clara	A	1–0	W

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Feb	Rio Ave FC	A	1–1	D
09 Feb	Portimonense SC	H	2–1	W
02 Feb	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	0–1	L
27 Jan	CS Maritimo	H	1–0	W
17 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–2	L
11 Jan	Vitoria FC	A	3–1	W

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 history

18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 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

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

5/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal get this one started.
2' The Brazil Lucas Piazon breaks the deadlock on 2 minutes. 1-0!
7' Rio Ave FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Clube de Portugal backline.
12' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
17' The travelling Sporting Clube de Portugal supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
22' Almoatasembellah Ali has been relatively quiet despite scoring 11 goals in his last 394 appearances.
27' Sporting Clube de Portugal come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
32' Stefan Ristovski is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Rio Ave FC so far.
37' Rio Ave FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
41' The referee calls foul for Toni Borevkovic. He receives a Yellow card.
46' 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.
49' Poor challenge from Sebastian Coates. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
54' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nuno Santos made 324 appearances and scored 36 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
56' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Portugal team. Rafael Camacho is replaced by Jovane Cabral on 56 minute.
61' Luis Neto has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
66' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
67' Rio Ave FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 67.
71' It’s gonna be a Red card for Sebastian Coates.
75' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Idrissa Doumbia is replaced by Rodrigo Battaglia.
77' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Luis Neto.
82' Supporters expect more eagerness from Eduardo, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
84' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jovane Cabral makes no mistake. 1-1!
87' The Rio Ave FC bench stirs into life. Diogo Figueiras is withdrawn and Carlos Mane gets his opportunity.
90' The referee shows Rio Ave FC player a Yellow card on 90.
90' The Rio Ave FC bench stirs into life. Lucas Piazon is withdrawn and Bruno Moreira gets his opportunity.
It finishes all square. Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

89
Yannick Bolasie
4
Sebastian Coates C
13
Stefan Ristovski
37
Wendel
81
Luis Maximiano
14
Luis Neto
26
Cristian Borja
5
Eduardo ↓ Gonzalo Plata 75'
98
Idrissa Doumbia ↓ Rodrigo Battaglia 75'
90
Andraz Sporar
7
Rafael Camacho ↓ Jovane Cabral 56'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Pedro Goncalves	6
Viktor Gyokeres	3
Bruno Fernandes	3
Jovane Cabral	2
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu	2
Luiz Phellype	2
Filipe Augusto	2
Morten Hjulmand	2

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2020-02-15 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2020-02-09 CD Aves 0–4 Rio Ave FC W 2020-01-31 Rio Ave FC 2–2 FC Famalicão D 2020-01-27 Vitória SC 1–2 Rio Ave FC W 2020-01-19 Rio Ave FC 2–0 Boavista FC W 2020-01-10 CD Santa Clara 0–1 Rio Ave FC W

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2020-02-15 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2020-02-09 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 Portimonense SC W 2020-02-02 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2020-01-27 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 CS Maritimo W 2020-01-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2020-01-11 Vitoria FC 1–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

0.97 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.37 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC24% Draw21% Sporting Clube de Portugal55%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

45%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal

76%

Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Portugal

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Rio Ave FC13% Draw38% Sporting Clube de Portugal49%

Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

9.9%

1 – 2

9.3%

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

0 – 3

7.6%

1 – 3

7.3%

0 – 0

4.9%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 4

4.5%

1 – 4

4.4%

2 – 1

3.8%

2 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	9%	87%
-0.5	13%	—	87%
+0.5	33%	—	67%
+1	33%	22%	45%
+1.5	55%	—	45%
+2	55%	20%	25%
+2.5	75%	—	25%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

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