Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Sporting CP DWDWW 2
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Rio Ave DDLDD 0
1st2ndT
SCP112
RAFC000
Estádio do Rio Ave

Match Report

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Unbeaten Sporting edge closer to Portuguese title

Sporting moved ever closer to winning a first Portuguese league title in 19 years after comfortably winning 2-0 away to Rio Ave on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
50
Possession
50
17
SHOTS
5
5
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
341
Accurate Passes
364
426
Passes
433
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
49
23
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
11
8
Effective Clearances
24
8
Clearances
24

Head to Head

SCP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RAFC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Pawel KieszekG
  2. 33Aderlan SantosCD-L
  3. 6Toni BorevkovicCD-R
  4. 5Filipe AugustoDM
  5. 24Pedro AmaralLB
  6. 25Ivo PintoRB
  7. 16GugaCM-L
  8. 11Francisco GeraldesCM-R
  9. 7Gelson DalaLM
  10. 17Fábio CoentrãoRM
  11. 9JuninhoF

SCP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Antonio AdánG
  2. 4Sebastián CoatesCD
  3. 3Zouhair FeddalCD-L
  4. 52Gonçalo InácioCD-R
  5. 17João MárioCM-L
  6. 6João PalhinhaCM-R
  7. 5Nuno MendesLM
  8. 27João PereiraRM
  9. 21PaulinhoF
  10. 11Nuno SantosCF-L
  11. 28Pedro GonçalvesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Nuno Mendes (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting CP 1. Pedro Gonçalves (Sporting CP) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 38' Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Zouhair Feddal (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Rio Ave. Carlos Mané replaces Pedro Amaral.
  7. 54' Substitution, Sporting CP. Matheus Nunes replaces Nuno Santos.
  8. 62' Tarantini (Rio Ave) is shown the red card.
  9. 63' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Sporting CP 2. Paulinho (Sporting CP) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 65' Fábio Coentrão (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, Rio Ave. Gabrielzinho replaces Francisco Geraldes.
  12. 74' João Palhinha (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 76' Substitution, Sporting CP. Jovane Cabral replaces João Mário.
  14. 79' Substitution, Rio Ave. Pelé replaces Filipe Augusto.
  15. 83' Substitution, Sporting CP. Daniel Bragança replaces Pedro Gonçalves.
  16. 84' Substitution, Sporting CP. Luís Neto replaces João Pereira.
  17. 90' Substitution, Rio Ave. Sávio replaces Guga.
  18. 90'+3' Luís Neto (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+4' Júnior Brandão (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+4' Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) is shown the yellow card.

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