Rio Ave FC vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2025-26

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Mon 11 May 2026 · 19:15 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave F.C. HT 45' · FT 45'

Diogo Oliveira 12' 1–0

1–1 35' Luis Suarez pen

1–2 42' Gustavo og

1–3 66' Trincao

1–4 90' Geovany Quenda

Diogo Oliveira 13' Y

Y 32' Ousmane Diomande

Y 32' Luis Suarez

Francisco Petrasso 34' Y

Francisco Petrasso 52' YR

Ryan Guilherme 83' Y

Ryan Guilherme 85' YR

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 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joao Goncalves (Portugal)
Assistant 1 Pedro Ribeiro
Assistant 2 Miguel Martins (Portugal)

3 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 13.3 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

Rio Ave FC 15 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sporting Clube de Portugal

Last 5 meetings

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 2024-02-25 Rio Ave FC 3–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

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	Vitória 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

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	Rio Ave FC	A	4–1	W
04 May	Vitória 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
#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' That's the starting whistle at Estadio do Rio Ave F.C.. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Cezary Miszta has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
12' Diogo Oliveira does the damage! The net is bulging and Rio Ave FC surge ahead!
13' Diogo Oliveira picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
18' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jalen Blesa suffering a number of foals already.
23' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Rio Ave FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
28' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rio Ave FC that had 331 games and scored 273 goals.
32' Controversy at the stadium! Ousmane Diomande argues furiously but the card stands.
34' Poor challenge from Francisco Petrasso. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
35' Luis Suarez doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
40' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
42' What a moment for Gustavo! That strike on 42 puts his side firmly in control.
47' Portugal international Trincao has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
52' Francisco Petrasso picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
55' Time for substitution for Rio Ave FC. Tamble Monteiro is replaced by Jakub Brabec.
60' Sporting Clube de Portugal fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
63' Another substitution for Rio Ave FC to replace Marious Vrousai by Joao Tome on 63 minute.
64' A change in the Sporting Clube de Portugal ranks — Hidemasa Morita exits the field as Geovany Quenda enters on 64.
65' Another change for Sporting Clube de Portugal made on 65 minute. Luis Guilherme leaves to be changed by Geny Catamo.
66' Against the run of play, Trincao has scored! This game has turned on its head.
71' named a 4-4-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
72' Antonis Papakanellos is replacing Diogo Oliveira for the Rio Ave FC side.
77' Sporting Clube de Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 77.
82' Sporting Clube de Portugal ring the changes. Pedro Goncalves has done his job and it is now time for Eduardo Felicissimo to step up.
83' It’s a booking for Rio Ave FC player. Ryan Guilherme gets a card.
85' Rio Ave FC player sees a card in front of him.
90' A stunning finish from Geovany Quenda — that came from absolutely nowhere!
90' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Portugal team. Luis Suarez is replaced by Rafael Nel on 90 minute.
It finishes all square. Rio Ave FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal share the spoils 1-4.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

17
Marious Vrousai ↓ Joao Tome 63'
1
Cezary Miszta
18
Dario Spikic ↓ Andreas Ndoj 72'
44
Tamas Nikitscher
6
Nelson Abbey ↓ Omar Richards 72'
9
Tamble Monteiro ↓ Jakub Brabec 55'
11
Jalen Blesa
7
Diogo Oliveira ↓ Antonis Papakanellos 72'
23
Francisco Petrasso
39
Gustavo
8
Ryan Guilherme

Bench

Coach Sotiris Sylaidopoulos

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

8
Pedro Goncalves ↓ Eduardo Felicissimo 82'
1
Rui Silva
5
Hidemasa Morita ↓ Geovany Quenda 64'
97
Luis Suarez ↓ Rafael Nel 90'
17
Trincao
25
Goncalo Inacio
23
Daniel Braganca ↓ Giorgi Kochorashvili 82'
72
Eduardo Quaresma
26
Ousmane Diomande
31
Luis Guilherme ↓ Geny Catamo 65'
20
Maximiliano Araujo

Bench

Coach Rui Borges

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-05-11 Rio Ave FC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2026-05-03 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Gil Vicente FC D 2026-04-25 Vitória SC 2–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-04-17 Rio Ave FC 2–2 AVS D 2026-04-11 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC W 2026-04-04 Rio Ave FC 1–2 FC Alverca L

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 Vitória 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 accuracy

4 / 4

0.82 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

3.19 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC13% Draw16% Sporting Clube de Portugal71%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 4.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

29%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal

87%

Rio Ave FC or Sporting Clube de Portugal

84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC7% Draw30% Sporting Clube de Portugal63%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 3

9.8%

0 – 2

9.6%

1 – 3

7.8%

0 – 4

7.7%

1 – 2

7.5%

1 – 4

Actual

0 – 1

1 – 1

5.4%

0 – 5

4.9%

1 – 5

2 – 3

3.2%

2 – 2

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers
-2.5	0%	—	100%
-2	0%	1%	98%
-1.5	2%	—	98%
-1	2%	4%	94%
-0.5	6%	—	94%
+0.5	18%	—	82%
+1	18%	18%	64%
+1.5	36%	—	64%
+2	36%	21%	44%
+2.5	56%	—	44%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

45% ✓

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