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Rio Ave v Sporting CP 0-4 · Primeira Liga
What happened
Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added
Sporting CP beat Rio Ave 4-0 in the Primeira Liga.
F. Goncalves 5', G. Catamo 19' and L. Suarez 26', 37' for Sporting CP.
Rio Ave had 39% of the ball to Sporting CP's 61%; the sides had 6 and 11 shots (0 and 5 on target).
The referee showed 2 yellow cards and no reds.
Key stats
Shots
611
xG
0.501.40
Shots on Target
05
Corners
23
Pass Accuracy
85%90%
Match timeline
- 86’SubstitutionJ. Blesa · On: Caike
- 86’SubstitutionL. Suarez · On: J. Derry
- 86’SubstitutionM. Vrousai · On: M. Patricio
- 81’SubstitutionR. Zalazar · On: N. Irankunda
- 75’SubstitutionD. Spikic · On: R. Galcik
- 75’SubstitutionT. Nikitscher · On: A. Wenck
- 66’SubstitutionDiogo Bezerra · On: M. Sellouki
- 65’SubstitutionG. Catamo · On: Luis Guilherme
- 65’SubstitutionF. Goncalves · On: F. Ioannidis
Team stats comparison
Rio AveSporting CP
- 39Possession61
- 6Shots11
- 0Shots on Target5
- 0.50xG1.40
- 2Corners3
- 1Offsides0
- 1Saves0
- 385Passes600
- 85Pass Accuracy90
- 7Fouls14
- 1Yellow Cards1
Match info
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Referee
- Bruno Jose Ribeiro Pires Costa, Portugal
- Rio Ave coach
- Sotiris Sylaidopoulos
- Sporting CP coach
- Rui Borges
Match record
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Kick-off
- Match ID
cornerflick:match:rio-ave-vs-sporting-cp-primeira-liga-2026-08-28
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Lineups
Confirmed selections
Rio Ave4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- 99Ennio Van Der GouwGK
- 5Andreas NdojDF
- 23Francisco PetrassoDF
- 39Gustavo ManchaDF
- 17Marios VrousaiDF
- 44Tamás NikitscherMF
- 54Georgios LiavasMF
- 7Diogo Bezerra ↓MF
- 11Jalen BlesaMF
- 77Dario ŠpikićMF
- 9Tamblé MonteiroFW
Bench
- 22Kevin Chamorro
- 14Jakub Brabec
- 60Caike
- 20João Tomé
- 24Pedro Amaral
- 70Antoine Wenck
- 25Rafael Lobato
- 79Miguel Patricio
- 19Malik Sellouki
- 30Roland Galčík
- 27Tobias Medina
- 67Samuel da Silva Alves
Coach · Sotiris Sylaidopoulos
- Rio Ave
- Sporting CP
Sporting CP4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- 1Rui SilvaGK
- 22Iván FresnedaDF
- 6Zeno DebastDF
- 25Gonçalo InácioDF
- 20Maximiliano AraújoDF
- 5Sergi AltimiraMF
- 77Issa DoumbiaMF
- 10Geny CatamoMF
- 17Rodrigo ZalazarMF
- 58Flávio GonçalvesMF
- 97Luis Javier SuárezFW
Bench
- 41Diego Callai
- 55Ibrahima Ba
- 13Georgios Vagiannidis
- 72Eduardo Quaresma
- 50Rodrigo Dias
- 21Pedro Lima
- 4Silas Andersen
- 31Luís Guilherme
- 19Nestory Irankunda
- 9Rafael Nel
- 28Jesse Derry
- 7Fotis Ioannidis
Coach · Rui Borges
Primeira Liga table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  FC Porto | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 21 |
| 2 |  Benfica | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +15 | 16 |
| 3 |  Sporting CP | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +9 | 15 |
| 4 |  Santa Clara | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +7 | 15 |
| 5 |  Arouca | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 11 |
| 16 |  Rio Ave | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 4 |
Full timeline
16 events
- 5’F. GoncalvesSporting CP · assist I. Doumbia0–1
- 19’G. CatamoSporting CP · assist F. Goncalves0–2
- 26’L. SuarezSporting CP0–3
- 37’L. SuarezSporting CP · assist M. Araujo0–4
- 51’Yellow cardL. Suarez
- 60’Yellow cardT. Nikitscher
- 65’SubstitutionG. Catamo · On: Luis Guilherme
- 65’SubstitutionF. Goncalves · On: F. Ioannidis
- 65’SubstitutionI. Doumbia · On: S. Andersen
- 66’SubstitutionDiogo Bezerra · On: M. Sellouki
- 75’SubstitutionD. Spikic · On: R. Galcik
- 75’SubstitutionT. Nikitscher · On: A. Wenck
- 81’SubstitutionR. Zalazar · On: N. Irankunda
- 86’SubstitutionJ. Blesa · On: Caike
- 86’SubstitutionL. Suarez · On: J. Derry
- 86’SubstitutionM. Vrousai · On: M. Patricio
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