Rio Ave vs Sporting CP match stats & report

0–4 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 4 · Estádio do Rio Ave FC, Vila do Conde · Ref Bruno Jose Ribeiro Pires Costa, Portugal

Rio Ave stats & fixtures · Sporting CP stats & fixtures

Rio Ave lost to Sporting CP 0–4 in the Primeira Liga on 28 August 2026. Expected goals finished 0.47–1.66. Sporting CP had 61% of the ball.

Rio Ave vs Sporting CP match statistics

Rio AveSporting CP

39% Ball possession 61%
0.47 Expected goals (xG) 1.66
6 Total shots 14
0 Shots on target 7
5 Shots off target 4
1 Blocked shots 3
3 Shots inside the box 10
2 Corners 3
7 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
388 Passes 613
85% Pass accuracy 90%
3 Goalkeeper saves 0

Goals and cards

5' Goal Flávio Gonçalves (assist I. Doumbia) Sporting CP
19' Goal Geny Catamo (assist Flávio Gonçalves) Sporting CP
26' Goal L. Suárez Sporting CP
37' Goal L. Suárez (assist M. Araújo) Sporting CP
51' Yellow card L. Suárez Sporting CP
60' Yellow card T. Nikitscher Rio Ave

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Rio Ave

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Sotiris Sylaidopoulos

99 E. van der Gouw

17 M. Vrousai 39 Gustavo Mancha 23 F. Petrasso 54 G. Liavas

5 A. Ntoi 44 T. Nikitscher

77 D. Špikić 11 J. Blesa 7 Diogo Bezerra

9 Tamble Monteiro

Bench K. Chamorro , J. Brabec , João Tomé , Pedro Amaral , Caike , M. Sellouki , M. Patricio , A. Wenck , T. Medina , Rafael Lobato , R. Galčík , Samuel

Sporting CP

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Rui Borges

1 Rui Silva

20 M. Araújo 25 Gonçalo Inácio 6 Z. Debast 22 Iván Fresneda

77 I. Doumbia 5 Sergi Altimira

58 Flávio Gonçalves 17 R. Zalazar 10 Geny Catamo

97 L. Suárez

Bench Diego Callai , Eduardo Quaresma , Rodrigo Dias , G. Vagiannidis , I. Ba , S. Andersen , Pedro Lima , Rafael Ferreira Nel , Luis Guilherme , F. Ioannidis , N. Irankunda , J. Derry

Form guide

Rio Ave at home

3–4–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 2.1 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 5.4 per game
Shots on target: 3.9 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sporting CP away

6–4–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.8 per game
Shots on target: 5.3 per game

18% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Rio Ave vs Sporting CP head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
11 May 26	Rio Ave v Sporting CP	1–4
28 Dec 25	Sporting CP v Rio Ave	4–0
18 Jan 25	Rio Ave v Sporting CP	0–3
9 Aug 24	Sporting CP v Rio Ave	3–1
25 Feb 24	Rio Ave v Sporting CP	3–3
25 Sep 23	Sporting CP v Rio Ave	2–0

The full Rio Ave vs Sporting CP head-to-head record