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 34 games · 82 pts (2025/26)
Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	34	88
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	34	82
3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	34	80
4	Sporting Clube de Braga	34	59
5	FC Famalicão	34	56
6	Gil Vicente FC	34	50
7	Moreirense FC	34	43
8	FC Arouca	34	42
9	Vitória SC	34	42
10	GD Estoril Praia	34	39
11	FC Alverca	34	39
12	Rio Ave FC	34	36
13	CD Santa Clara	34	36
14	CD Nacional	34	34
15	CF Estrela da Amadora	34	30
16	Casa Pia AC	34	30
17	CD Tondela	34	28
18	AVS	34	21

Head-to-Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal 14 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	Vitória SC	A	4–1	W
13 Dec	AVS	H	6–0	W
09 Dec	FC Bayern München	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	Vitória 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
#2	Position	#12
82	Points	36
34	Played	34
25 / 7 / 2	W / D / L	8 / 12 / 14
89	Scored	35
24	Conceded	57
+65	GD	-22
2.41	PPG	1.06
74%	Win %	24%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 pts). Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

5/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Rio Ave FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/3

46-60

3/–

61-75

–/3

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
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
Bruno Fernandes	3
Viktor Gyokeres	3
Filipe Augusto	2
Morten Hjulmand	2
Paulinho	2
Jovane Cabral	2
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu	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 Vitória SC 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2025-12-13 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6–0 AVS W 2025-12-09 FC Bayern München 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 Vitória 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

3.6 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.61 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 81% + Over 2.5 goals 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal81% Draw12% Rio Ave FC7%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 4.21

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

93%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

19%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Rio Ave FC

88%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal70% Draw25% Rio Ave FC5%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

11.8%

4 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

10.3%

5 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

4 – 1

6.2%

2 – 1

5.9%

1 – 0

5.9%

5 – 1

4.6%

6 – 0

4.5%

1 – 1

3.8%

6 – 1

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	55%	—	45%
-2	55%	20%	26%
-1.5	74%	—	26%
-1	74%	14%	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

55% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

3% ✓

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