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Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Rio Ave FC, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2018-19
Sporting Clube de Portugal
3 – 0
Full Time
Rio Ave FC
Sun 7 Apr 2019 · 19:00 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Match Details

  • Referee Luis Godinho
  • Referee Jorge Cruz
  • Referee Vasco Santos
  • Referee Pedro Ramalho
  • Referee Valter Rufo
8 games this season 🟨 4.8/game ⚽ 9.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 11 33
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 28
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 11 24
4 CD Santa Clara 11 21
5 FC Arouca 11 20
6 Académico de Viseu FC 11 20
7 Gil Vicente FC 11 18
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 11 17
9 Moreirense FC 11 14
10 FC Famalicão 11 13
11 FC Alverca 11 12
12 CF Estrela da Amadora 11 10
13 CD Nacional 11 10
14 Vitória SC 11 9
15 CS Marítimo 10 8
16 Casa Pia AC 11 8
17 Rio Ave FC 11 7
18 GD Estoril Praia 10 2

Head-to-Head

11
3
1
Sporting Clube de Portugal 15 games · Avg 3.3 goals Rio Ave FC
Last 5 meetings
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

Sporting Clube de Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Apr Rio Ave FC H 3–0 W
30 Mar GD Chaves A 3–1 W
15 Mar CD Santa Clara H 1–0 W
09 Mar Boavista FC A 2–1 W
03 Mar Portimonense SC H 3–1 W
25 Feb CS Marítimo A 0–0 D
Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 0–3 L
31 Mar CD Aves H 0–2 L
17 Mar CD Nacional A 1–0 W
08 Mar GD Chaves A 1–1 D
03 Mar Sporting Clube de Braga H 1–2 L
24 Feb Boavista FC A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal Rio Ave FC
#3 Position #17
24 Points 7
11 Played 11
7 / 3 / 1 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 8
24 Scored 9
11 Conceded 24
+13 GD -15
2.18 PPG 0.64
64% Win % 18%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
36% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season
9% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (24 pts). Rio Ave FC are 17th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal
0-15
5/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
3/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
3/4
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/4
16-30
–/3
31-45
3/2
46-60
2/5
61-75
2/3
76+
1/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal
Luis Suarez 9 G 1 A
Flavio Goncalves 3 G 1 A
Geny Catamo 2 G 4 A
Fotis Ioannidis 2 G 2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar 2 G 1 A
Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 3 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Estadio Jose Alvalade!
  • 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sporting Clube de Portugal winning 100% of all matches.
  • 10' Marcos Acuna has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
  • 12' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Luiz Phellype makes it 1-0.
  • 17' Fabio Coentrao needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 22' Rio Ave FC have won 276 goals from 332 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 27' 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.
  • 32' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 36' Bruno Fernandes doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Portugal needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 46' The whistle greets Cristian Borja as he departs to be replaced by Jovane Cabral.
  • 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Rio Ave FC that had 332 games and scored 276 goals.
  • 54' What a moment for Wendel! That strike on 54 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 59' Sporting Clube de Portugal are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Rio Ave FC's shape.
  • 61' Rio Ave FC make a change. Galeno trudges off to be replaced by Nikola Jambor on 61 minutes.
  • 66' The Sporting Clube de Portugal bench stirs into life. Marcos Acuna is withdrawn and Bruno Gaspar gets his opportunity.
  • 71' The energy levels are beginning to show. Daniel Ramos might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 73' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Jeremy Mathieu is replaced by Andre Pinto.
  • 78' It looks like no one’s ball. Rio Ave FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 83' Ronan Jeronimo is replacing Bruno Moreira for the Rio Ave FC side.
  • 88' It’s high time Daniel Ramos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • With this win, Sporting Clube de Portugal is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marcel Keizer

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Daniel Ramos

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

2019-04-07 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC 2018-12-03 Rio Ave FC 1–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2019-04-07 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC W 2019-03-30 GD Chaves 1–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2019-03-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 CD Santa Clara W 2019-03-09 Boavista FC 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2019-03-03 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 Portimonense SC W 2019-02-25 CS Marítimo 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal D

Rio Ave FC Form

2019-04-07 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC L 2019-03-31 Rio Ave FC 0–2 CD Aves L 2019-03-17 CD Nacional 0–1 Rio Ave FC W 2019-03-08 GD Chaves 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2019-03-03 Rio Ave FC 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2019-02-24 Boavista FC 1–0 Rio Ave FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
3.29 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.51 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 81% + Over 2.5 goals 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Portugal81% Draw12% Rio Ave FC7%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes39% 0% No61%
Avg goals/match: 3.8
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 71%
29%
± 3.5 51%
49%
± 4.5 32%
68%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw
94%
Draw or Rio Ave FC
19%
Sporting Clube de Portugal or Rio Ave FC
88%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Portugal68% Draw28% Rio Ave FC4%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
3 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
12.5%
4 – 0
10.6%
1 – 0
7.8%
5 – 0
7%
3 – 1
6.6%
2 – 1
6.1%
4 – 1
5.5%
1 – 1
4.2%
6 – 0
3.9%
5 – 1
3.7%
0 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap Sporting Clube de Portugal covers Push Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5 51% — 49%
-2 51% 21% 28%
-1.5 72% — 28%
-1 72% 16% 12%
-0.5 88% — 12%
+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
60% ✓
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
5% ✓

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