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Rio Ave vs Sporting: match report

Rio Ave hosted Sporting CP at Estádio do Rio Ave on Friday 28 August 2026, in the Liga Portugal (round 4). Bruno José Costa is the referee, averaging 4.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.

Result and scorers

Rio Ave 0-4 Sporting. Goals: Flávio Gonçalves 5' for Sporting; Geny Catamo 19' for Sporting; Luis Suárez 26' for Sporting; Luis Suárez 37' for Sporting.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Goal: Flávio Gonçalves (Sporting) 0-1
  • 19' Goal: Geny Catamo (Sporting) 0-2
  • 26' Goal: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 0-3
  • 37' Goal: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 0-4
  • 51' Yellow card: Luis Suárez (Sporting)
  • 60' Yellow card: Tamás Nikitscher (Rio Ave)
Match stats (contains the result)
38.9%Possession61.1%
6Shots14
0Shots on target7
2Corners3
7Fouls14
1Offsides0
3Saves0
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Rio Ave 4-2-3-1

Coach: Sotiris Sylaidopoulos

  1. 99 Ennio van der Gouw GK
  2. 5 Andreas-Richardos Ntoi MID
  3. 23 Francisco Petrasso DEF
  4. 39 Gustavo Mancha DEF
  5. 17 Marios Vrousai MID
  6. 44 Tamás Nikitscher MID
  7. 54 Giorgos Liavas MID
  8. 7 Diogo Bezerra FWD
  9. 11 Jalen Blesa FWD
  10. 77 Dario Spikic FWD
  11. 9 Tamble Monteiro FWD

Bench

  • 19 Malik Sellouki MID
  • 70 Antoine Wenck MID
  • 30 Roland Galcík FWD
  • 60 Caike DEF
  • 79 Miguel Patricio MID
  • 22 Kevin Chamorro GK
  • 14 Jakub Brabec DEF
  • 24 Pedro Amaral DEF
  • 20 João Tomé MID
  • 27 Tobías Medina MID
  • 25 Rafael Lobato FWD
  • 67 Samuel Alves FWD

Sporting 4-2-3-1

Coach: Rui Borges

  1. 1 Rui Silva GK
  2. 22 Iván Fresneda DEF
  3. 6 Zeno Debast DEF
  4. 25 Gonçalo Inácio DEF
  5. 20 Maxi Araújo DEF
  6. 5 Sergi Altimira MID
  7. 77 Issa Doumbia MID
  8. 10 Geny Catamo FWD
  9. 17 Rodrigo Zalazar FWD
  10. 58 Flávio Gonçalves FWD
  11. 97 Luis Suárez FWD

Bench

  • 4 Silas Andersen MID
  • 7 Fotis Ioannidis FWD
  • 31 Luís Guilherme FWD
  • 19 Nestory Irankunda MID
  • 28 Jesse Derry FWD
  • 41 Diego Callai GK
  • 72 Eduardo Quaresma DEF
  • 13 Georgios Vagiannidis DEF
  • 55 Ibrahima Ba DEF
  • 50 Rodrigo Dias DEF
  • 21 Pedro Lima MID
  • 9 Rafael Nel FWD
Previous meetings
  • Monday 11 May 2026: Rio Ave 1-4 Sporting CP
  • Sunday 28 December 2025: Sporting CP 4-0 Rio Ave
  • Tuesday 22 April 2025: Rio Ave 1-2 Sporting CP
  • Thursday 3 April 2025: Sporting CP 2-0 Rio Ave
  • Saturday 18 January 2025: Rio Ave 0-3 Sporting CP