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 11 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 11 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

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	Academico 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 Famalicao	11	13
11	FC Alverca	11	12
12	CF Estrela da Amadora	11	10
13	CD Nacional	11	10
14	Vitoria SC	11	9
15	CS Maritimo	10	8
16	Casa Pia AC	11	8
17	Rio Ave FC	11	7
18	GD Estoril Praia	10	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	#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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Clube de Portugal and Rio Ave FC get this one started.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Clube de Portugal players.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Pedro Goncalves	6
Luis Suarez	3
Bruno Fernandes	3
Viktor Gyokeres	3
Filipe Augusto	2
Morten Hjulmand	2
Paulinho	2
Jovane Cabral	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

3.8 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.65 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 82% + Over 2.5 goals 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal82% Draw11% Rio Ave FC7%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 4.45

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	62%	38%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

93%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

18%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Rio Ave FC

89%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal72% Draw24% 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

9.2%

5 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

6.9%

4 – 1

6.5%

2 – 1

5.6%

5 – 1

1 – 0

6 – 0

4.9%

1 – 1

3.5%

6 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	57%	—	43%
-2	57%	19%	24%
-1.5	76%	—	24%
-1	76%	13%	11%
-0.5	89%	—	11%
+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

53% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

3% ✓

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