Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2023-24

Sporting Clube de Portugal

2 – 0

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Rio Ave FC

Mon 25 Sep 2023 · 19:15 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45' · FT 45'

Paulinho 10' 1–0

Marcus Edwards 26' 2–0

Y 18' Aderlan

Y 47' Leonardo Ruiz

Sebastian Coates 48' Y

Y 57' Fabio Ronaldo

Y 73' Ukra

Y 90' Bruno Ventura

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Portugal 2 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 2 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	2	6
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
3	CD Santa Clara	2	4
4	CS Marítimo	1	3
5	FC Arouca	1	3
6	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
7	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
8	Moreirense FC	1	1
9	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1	1
10	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
11	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
12	FC Famalicão	1	1
13	GD Estoril Praia	1	1
14	CD Nacional	1	1
15	FC Alverca	2	1
16	Casa Pia AC	1	0
17	Vitória SC	2	0
18	Rio Ave FC	2	0

Head-to-Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal 14 games · Avg 3.3 goals Rio Ave FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-25 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Rio Ave FC 2023-02-06 Rio Ave FC 0–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2022-08-13 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC 2021-05-05 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2021-01-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–1 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Rio Ave FC	H	2–0	W
21 Sep	SK Sturm Graz	A	2–1	W
17 Sep	Moreirense FC	H	3–0	W
03 Sep	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	1–1	D
27 Aug	FC Famalicão	H	1–0	W
18 Aug	Casa Pia AC	A	2–1	W

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–2	L
16 Sep	FC Famalicão	H	1–1	D
02 Sep	Casa Pia AC	A	1–1	D
28 Aug	FC Porto	H	1–2	L
20 Aug	GD Estoril Praia	A	0–2	L
13 Aug	GD Chaves	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		Rio Ave FC
#2	Position	#18
4	Points	0
2	Played	2
1 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 2
5	Scored	0
4	Conceded	3
+1	GD	-3
2.00	PPG	0.00
50%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

0% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (4 pts). Rio Ave FC are 18th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/3

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Sporting Clube de Portugal are looking to make home advantage count against Rio Ave FC.
5' 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.
10' What composure from Paulinho! The Portugal international strokes it home. 1-0.
15' Ricardo Esgaio is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Rio Ave FC tonight.
18' A moment of madness from Aderlan on 18 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Rio Ave FC will be frustrated.
23' 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 Ousmane Diomande suffering a number of foals already.
26' Marcus Edwards doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
31' Sporting Clube de Portugal are deployed in a 3-4-3 today, looking to exploit space against Rio Ave FC's 3-4-3 shape.
36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Portugal that had 505 games and scored 676 goals.
41' A quiet spell here at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Rio Ave FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
46' It is a substitution in Rio Ave FC team. Savio is replaced by Ze Manuel on 46 minute.
47' Controversy at the stadium! Leonardo Ruiz argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
48' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Sebastian Coates.
48' The Rio Ave FC bench stirs into life. Guga Rodrigues is withdrawn and Bruno Ventura gets his opportunity.
53' Sporting Clube de Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 53.
57' Rio Ave FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
62' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Clube de Portugal and Rio Ave FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
67' Sporting Clube de Portugal make a change. Marcus Edwards trudges off to be replaced by Trincao on 67 minutes.
71' Patrick William makes way for Miguel Nobrega at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Rio Ave FC.
73' A moment of madness from Ukra on 73 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Rio Ave FC will be frustrated.
77' Geny Catamo is replacing Ricardo Esgaio for the Sporting Clube de Portugal side.
78' The Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes a substitution. Nuno Santos departs to be replaced by Matheus Reis.
83' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 83 minutes.
85' Vitor Gomes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Amine Oudrhiri on 85 minute.
90' Luis Neto is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ousmane Diomande at the 90 minute mark.
90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Bruno Ventura.
With this win, Sporting Clube de Portugal is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

10
Marcus Edwards ↓ Trincao 67'
8
Pedro Goncalves
1
Adan
4
Sebastian Coates
11
Nuno Santos ↓ Matheus Reis 78'
5
Hidemasa Morita
47
Ricardo Esgaio ↓ Geny Catamo 77'
20
Paulinho
42
Morten Hjulmand ↓ Daniel Braganca 67'
25
Goncalo Inacio
26
Ousmane Diomande ↓ Luis Neto 90'

Bench

9
Viktor Gyokeres
2
Matheus Reis ↑ 78'
13
Luis Neto ↑ 90'
17
Trincao ↑ 67'
68
Daniel Braganca ↑ 67'
12
Franco Israel
14
Dario Essugo
21
Geny Catamo ↑ 77'
22
Ivan Fresneda

Coach Ruben Amorim

Rio Ave FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

18
Jhonatan
7
Hernani
17
Ukra
70
Ze Manuel ↑ 46'
8
Vitor Gomes ↑ 85'
3
Miguel Nobrega ↑ 71'
11
Bruno Ventura ↑ 48'
21
Joao Graca
36
Julien Lomboto

Coach Luis Freire

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2023-09-25 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Rio Ave FC W 2023-09-21 SK Sturm Graz 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2023-09-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Moreirense FC W 2023-09-03 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2023-08-27 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 FC Famalicão W 2023-08-18 Casa Pia AC 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal W

Rio Ave FC Form

2023-09-25 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 Rio Ave FC L 2023-09-16 Rio Ave FC 1–1 FC Famalicão D 2023-09-02 Casa Pia AC 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2023-08-28 Rio Ave FC 1–2 FC Porto L 2023-08-20 GD Estoril Praia 2–0 Rio Ave FC L 2023-08-13 Rio Ave FC 2–0 GD Chaves W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.57 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.3 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 80% + Under — clean sheet likely 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal80% Draw14% Rio Ave FC6%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes24% 0% No76%

Avg goals/match: 2.87

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

94%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

20%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Rio Ave FC

86%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal62% Draw35% Rio Ave FC3%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 0

15.5%

1 – 0

14.9%

4 – 0

9.8%

0 – 0

7.1%

2 – 1

5.4%

5 – 0

5.1%

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 1

4.5%

4 – 1

3.2%

6 – 0

2.3%

5 – 1

1.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	40%	—	60%
-2	40%	24%	36%
-1.5	64%	—	36%
-1	64%	21%	15%
-0.5	85%	—	15%
+0.5	98%	—	2%
+1	98%	2%	0%
+1.5	100%	—	0%
+2	100%	—	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

74% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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