Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Friday, August 28, 2026
Sporting CP WLDWW 4
–
Rio Ave LDLLW 0
1st2ndT
SCP404
RAFC000
Estádio do Rio Ave

Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
3
61.1
Possession
38.9
14
SHOTS
6
7
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
553
Accurate Passes
328
613
Passes
388
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
1
12
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
41
Long Balls
48
21
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
19
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
7
Interceptions
17
14
Effective Clearances
15
14
Clearances
15

Head to Head

SCP leads series 5-0

Lineups

RAFC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Ennio van der GouwG
  2. 39Gustavo ManchaCD-L
  3. 23Francisco PetrassoCD-R
  4. 17Marios VrousaiLB
  5. 54Georgios LiavasRB
  6. 11Jalen BlesaAM
  7. 5Andreas NtoiLM
  8. 44Tamás NikitscherRM
  9. 9Tamble MonteiroF
  10. 77Dario SpikicAM-L
  11. 7Diogo BezerraAM-R

SCP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rui SilvaG
  2. 25Gonçalo InácioCD-L
  3. 6Zeno DebastCD-R
  4. 20Maxi AraújoLB
  5. 22Iván FresnedaRB
  6. 17Rodrigo ZalazarAM
  7. 77Issa DoumbiaLM
  8. 5Sergi AltimiraRM
  9. 97Luis SuárezF
  10. 58Flávio GonçalvesAM-L
  11. 10Geny CatamoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Lisbon 1. Flávio Gonçalves (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Issa Doumbia with a through ball.
  2. 19' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Lisbon 2. Geny Catamo (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Flávio Gonçalves following a fast break.
  3. 26' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Lisbon 3. Luis Suárez (Sporting Lisbon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 37' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting Lisbon 4. Luis Suárez (Sporting Lisbon) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maxi Araújo.
  5. 51' Luis Suárez (Sporting Lisbon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Tamás Nikitscher (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 65' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Silas Andersen replaces Issa Doumbia.
  8. 65' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Fotis Ioannidis replaces Flávio Gonçalves.
  9. 65' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Luís Guilherme replaces Geny Catamo.
  10. 66' Substitution, Rio Ave. Malik Sellouki replaces Diogo Bezerra.
  11. 74' Substitution, Rio Ave. Antoine Wenck replaces Tamás Nikitscher.
  12. 74' Substitution, Rio Ave. Roland Galcík replaces Dario Spikic.
  13. 81' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Nestory Irankunda replaces Rodrigo Zalazar.
  14. 86' Substitution, Rio Ave. Caike replaces Jalen Blesa.
  15. 86' Substitution, Rio Ave. Miguel Patrício replaces Marios Vrousai.
  16. 86' Substitution, Sporting Lisbon. Jesse Derry replaces Luis Suárez.

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