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

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Primeira Liga · 2025-26

Sporting Clube de Portugal

4 – 0

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Rio Ave FC

Sun 28 Dec 2025 · 20:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga .

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

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	Academico 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 Maritimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	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	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	2

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2023-09-25 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Rio Ave FC	H	4–0	W
23 Dec	Vitoria SC	A	4–1	W
13 Dec	AVS	H	6–0	W
09 Dec	FC Bayern Munchen	A	1–3	L
05 Dec	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	1–1	D
30 Nov	CF Estrela da Amadora	H	4–0	W

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–4	L
20 Dec	Gil Vicente FC	A	2–2	D
13 Dec	Vitoria SC	H	0–1	L
06 Dec	AVS	A	2–1	W
30 Nov	CD Santa Clara	H	1–1	D
08 Nov	FC Alverca	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		Rio Ave FC
#3	Position	#16
15	Points	4
7	Played	7
4 / 3 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 5
17	Scored	5
8	Conceded	15
+9	GD	-10
2.14	PPG	0.57
57%	Win %	14%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

14% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (15 pts). Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

4/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

3/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

–/3

76+

1/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Rio Ave FC

Jalen Blesa	2 G	1 A
Tamble Monteiro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Sporting Clube de Portugal get us underway at .
It finishes all square. Sporting Clube de Portugal and Rio Ave FC share the spoils 4-0.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC W 2025-12-23 Vitoria SC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2025-12-13 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6–0 AVS W 2025-12-09 FC Bayern Munchen 3–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2025-12-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2025-11-30 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 CF Estrela da Amadora W

Rio Ave FC Form

2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC L 2025-12-20 Gil Vicente FC 2–2 Rio Ave FC D 2025-12-13 Rio Ave FC 0–1 Vitoria SC L 2025-12-06 AVS 1–2 Rio Ave FC W 2025-11-30 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-11-08 FC Alverca 1–1 Rio Ave FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.9 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.63 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 83% + Over 2.5 goals 80%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal83% Draw11% Rio Ave FC6%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 4.53

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

93%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

17%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Rio Ave FC

89%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal73% Draw23% Rio Ave FC4%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

11.1%

4 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

5 – 0

8.1%

3 – 1

6.8%

4 – 1

6.6%

2 – 1

5.4%

6 – 0

5.3%

5 – 1

5.2%

1 – 0

4.7%

6 – 1

3.4%

1 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	59%	—	41%
-2	59%	18%	23%
-1.5	77%	—	23%
-1	77%	13%	10%
-0.5	90%	—	10%
+0.5	97%	—	3%
+1	97%	2%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

54% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

3% ✓

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