Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Saturday, August 23, 2025
Rio Ave WDDLD 3
–
Arouca DDWWL 3
1st2ndT
RAFC033
FCA123
Estádio Municipal de Arouca · 1,733 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
44.5
Possession
55.5
15
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
332
Accurate Passes
411
393
Passes
474
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.1
59
Long Balls
48
19
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
5
30
Effective Clearances
17
30
Clearances
17

Head to Head

RAFC leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

FCA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1João ValidoG
  2. 3José FontánCD-L
  3. 5Boris PopovicCD-R
  4. 44Amadou DanteLB
  5. 78Alex PintoRB
  6. 14Lee Hyun-JuAM
  7. 21Taichi FukuiLM
  8. 89Pedro SantosRM
  9. 17Ivan MartínezF
  10. 7Näis DjouahraAM-L
  11. 19Alfonso TrezzaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8David SimãoSUB
  2. 16Arnau SolàSUB
  3. 28Tiago EsgaioSUB
  4. 46Mateo FloresSUB
  5. 9Vladislav MorozovSUB
  6. 4Matías RochaSUB
  7. 11Miguel PucheSUB
  8. 24Brian MansillaSUB
  9. 58Nico MantlSUB

RAFC · 3-4-3

  1. 1Cezary MisztaG
  2. 4Jonathan PanzoCD
  3. 6Nelson AbbeyCD-L
  4. 5Andreas NtoiCD-R
  5. 10Brandon AguileraCM-L
  6. 8Theofanis BakoulasCM-R
  7. 3Nicolaos AthanasiouLM
  8. 17Marios VrousaiRM
  9. 9ClaytonF
  10. 80Ole PohlmannCF-L
  11. 11André LuizCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 63Julien LombotoSUB
  2. 28Marc GualSUB
  3. 54Georgios LiavasSUB
  4. 23Francisco PetrassoSUB
  5. 19Antonis PapakanellosSUB
  6. 18Dario SpikicSUB
  7. 22Kevin ChamorroSUB
  8. 7João NovaisSUB
  9. 20João ToméSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Lee Hyun-Ju (Arouca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! Arouca 1, Rio Ave 0. José Fontán (Arouca) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  3. 34' Barbero (Arouca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 36' Nelson Abbey (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Andreas Ntoi (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 40' José Fontán (Arouca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 48' Goal! Arouca 1, Rio Ave 1. Clayton (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by André Luiz.
  8. 60' Substitution, Arouca. Tiago Esgaio replaces Barbero.
  9. 60' Substitution, Arouca. Mateo Flores replaces Pedro Santos.
  10. 61' Substitution, Rio Ave. Georgios Liavas replaces Olé Pohlmann.
  11. 61' Substitution, Rio Ave. Dario Spikic replaces Theofanis Bakoulas.
  12. 64' Goal! Arouca 1, Rio Ave 2. Dario Spikic (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Clayton.
  13. 72' Substitution, Arouca. Brian Mansilla replaces Alex Pinto.
  14. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. Antonis Papakanellos replaces André Luiz.
  15. 75' Goal! Arouca 2, Rio Ave 2. Alfonso Trezza (Arouca) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  16. 76' Goal! Arouca 2, Rio Ave 3. Clayton (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nikolaos Athanasiou.
  17. 80' Substitution, Arouca. David Simão replaces Amadou Dante.
  18. 80' Substitution, Arouca. Arnau Solà replaces Taichi Fukui.
  19. 85' Substitution, Rio Ave. Francisco Petrasso replaces Clayton.
  20. 85' Substitution, Rio Ave. Marc Gual replaces Nikolaos Athanasiou.
  21. 90'+3' Goal! Arouca 3, Rio Ave 3. Naïs Djouahra (Arouca) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lee Hyun-Ju.

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