Rio Ave vs Sporting CP match stats & report

1–4 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 33 · Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, Vila do Conde · Ref J. Goncalves

Rio Ave stats & fixtures · Sporting CP stats & fixtures

Rio Ave lost to Sporting CP 1–4 in the Primeira Liga on 11 May 2026. Expected goals finished 0.70–1.58. Sporting CP had 64% of the ball.

Rio Ave vs Sporting CP match statistics

Rio AveSporting CP

36% Ball possession 64%
0.70 Expected goals (xG) 1.58
12 Total shots 16
3 Shots on target 5
6 Shots off target 6
3 Blocked shots 5
9 Shots inside the box 11
5 Corners 6
9 Fouls 7
5 Yellow cards 2
2 Red cards 0
299 Passes 535
82% Pass accuracy 91%
2 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

12' Goal Diogo Bezerra (assist Tamble Monteiro) Rio Ave
13' Yellow card Diogo Bezerra Rio Ave
32' Yellow card L. Suárez Sporting CP
32' Yellow card O. Diomande Sporting CP
34' Yellow card F. Petrasso Rio Ave
35' Penalty scored L. Suárez Sporting CP
42' Own goal Gustavo Mancha Sporting CP
52' Yellow card F. Petrasso Rio Ave
52' Red card F. Petrasso Rio Ave
66' Goal Trincão (assist O. Diomande) Sporting CP
83' Yellow card Ryan Guilherme Rio Ave
85' Yellow card Ryan Guilherme Rio Ave
85' Red card Ryan Guilherme Rio Ave
90' Goal Geovany Tcherno Quenda (assist M. Araújo) Sporting CP

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

1 C. Miszta

6 Nelson Abbey 39 Gustavo Mancha 23 F. Petrasso 17 M. Vrousai

8 Ryan Guilherme 44 T. Nikitscher

18 D. Špikić 11 J. Blesa 7 Diogo Bezerra

9 Tamble Monteiro

Bench E. van der Gouw , J. Brabec , O. Richards , G. Liavas , Ole Pohlmann , João Tomé , A. Ntoi , J. Lomboto Lompombi , A. Papakanellos

Sporting CP

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Rui Borges

1 Rui Silva

20 M. Araújo 25 Gonçalo Inácio 26 O. Diomande 72 Eduardo Quaresma

5 H. Morita 23 Daniel Bragança

8 Pote 17 Trincão 31 Luis Guilherme

97 L. Suárez

Bench João Virgínia , G. Kochorashvili , Geny Catamo , S. Faye , Rafael Ferreira Nel , Eduardo Felicíssimo , Ricardo Mangas , Geovany Tcherno Quenda , Salvador Blopa

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
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
6 Feb 23	Rio Ave v Sporting CP	0–1

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