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

Primeira Liga · 2019-20
Rio Ave FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Sporting Clube de Portugal
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

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Fabio Costa
  • Referee Rui Teixeira
  • Referee Nuno Pereira
  • Referee Rui Costa
  • Referee Hugo Coelho
3 games this season 🟨 6.0/game ⚽ 8.0 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 7 21
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 16
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 15
4 CD Santa Clara 7 15
5 FC Arouca 7 11
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 6 11
7 Académico de Viseu FC 7 11
8 CF Estrela da Amadora 7 10
9 Moreirense FC 7 8
10 Gil Vicente FC 6 8
11 CS Marítimo 7 8
12 FC Alverca 7 8
13 FC Famalicão 7 7
14 Vitória SC 7 5
15 CD Nacional 7 4
16 Rio Ave FC 7 4
17 Casa Pia AC 7 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 7 2

Head-to-Head

1
3
11
Rio Ave FC 15 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Marítimo 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
#16 Position #3
4 Points 15
7 Played 7
1 / 1 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 3 / 0
5 Scored 17
15 Conceded 8
-10 GD +9
0.57 PPG 2.14
14% Win % 57%

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
29% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (15 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
–/3
76+
1/4
■ 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 6 G 1 A
Flavio Goncalves 3 G 1 A
Fotis Ioannidis 2 G 2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar 1 G 1 A
Maximiliano Araujo 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube that hosts another battle between Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal.
  • 2' Lucas Piazon doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 7' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 12' Cristian Borja is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Rio Ave FC so far.
  • 17' Over 17 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 22' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 27' Rio Ave FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Diego Lopes made 328 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 37' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 41' Rio Ave FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 41.
  • 46' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rio Ave FC that had 328 games and scored 270 goals.
  • 49' Sebastian Coates picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 54' Jovane Cabral has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 56' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Portugal — Jovane Cabral on, Rafael Camacho off on 56 minutes.
  • 61' Sporting Clube de Portugal is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 67' Rio Ave FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 71' Sporting Clube de Portugal receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 71.
  • 75' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Portugal — Rodrigo Battaglia on, Idrissa Doumbia off on 75 minutes.
  • 77' Controversy at the stadium! Luis Neto argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 82' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 84' Jovane Cabral adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Clube de Portugal lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 87' The crowd applauds Diogo Figueiras as he leaves the pitch. Carlos Mane steps in for Rio Ave FC.
  • 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Mehdi Taremi.
  • 90' Rio Ave FC ring the changes. Lucas Piazon has done his job and it is now time for Bruno Moreira to step up.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

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 Marítimo 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
1 Rio Ave FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.62 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Rio Ave FC23% Draw20% Sporting Clube de Portugal57%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 3.62
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 29%
71%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw
43%
Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal
77%
Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Portugal
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Rio Ave FC12% Draw36% Sporting Clube de Portugal52%
Actual: Rio Ave FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
9.2%
1 – 2
8.9%
0 – 3
7.8%
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 3
7.7%
0 – 1
6.8%
1 – 4
5.1%
0 – 4
5.1%
2 – 2
4.4%
0 – 0
3.9%
2 – 3
3.9%
2 – 1
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push Sporting Clube de Portugal covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 8% 88%
-0.5 12% — 88%
+0.5 30% — 70%
+1 30% 21% 50%
+1.5 50% — 50%
+2 50% 20% 30%
+2.5 70% — 30%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
8% ✓
Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet
37% ✓

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