Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Sunday, March 15, 2026
Estrela WLLDD 1
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Rio Ave LLLDW 2
1st2ndT
EST011
RAFC112
Estádio do Rio Ave · 2,885 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
2
55.5
Possession
44.5
11
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
391
Accurate Passes
296
463
Passes
360
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
52
31
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
9
10
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
15
41
Effective Clearances
22
41
Clearances
22

Head to Head

RAFC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

RAFC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Ennio van der GouwG
  2. 39Gustavo ManchaCD-L
  3. 32Jakub BrabecCD-R
  4. 6Nelson AbbeyLB
  5. 17Marios VrousaiRB
  6. 80Ole PohlmannAM
  7. 5Andreas NtoiLM
  8. 44Tamás NikitscherRM
  9. 11Jalen BlesaF
  10. 18Dario SpikicAM-L
  11. 7Diogo BezerraAM-R

EST · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Renan RibeiroG
  2. 83OtávioCD-L
  3. 30Luan PatrickCD-R
  4. 24Bruno LangaLB
  5. 21Max ScholzeRB
  6. 11Jovane CabralAM
  7. 19Paulo MoreiraLM
  8. 6Kevin Höög JanssonRM
  9. 9Rodrigo PinhoF
  10. 10Ianis StoicaAM-L
  11. 99Abraham MarcusAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Jakub Brabec (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Max Scholze (Estrela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Goal! Rio Ave 1, Estrela 0. Jalen Blesa (Rio Ave) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Dario Spikic with a cross following a fast break.
  4. 45'+1' Olé Pohlmann (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Rio Ave 2, Estrela 0. Jalen Blesa (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dario Spikic.
  6. 54' Substitution, Estrela. Robinho replaces Ianis Stoica.
  7. 54' Substitution, Estrela. Eddy Doué replaces Otávio.
  8. 58' Substitution, Rio Ave. Ryan Guilherme replaces Olé Pohlmann.
  9. 65' Goal! Rio Ave 2, Estrela 1. Rodrigo Pinho (Estrela) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robinho with a cross.
  10. 67' Ennio van der Gouw (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 68' Ryan Guilherme (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 75' Substitution, Rio Ave. João Tomé replaces Dario Spikic because of an injury.
  13. 75' Substitution, Rio Ave. Tamble Monteiro replaces Nelson Abbey because of an injury.
  14. 80' Eddy Doué (Estrela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Substitution, Estrela. Leandro Antonetti replaces Max Scholze.
  16. 88' Substitution, Rio Ave. Georgios Liavas replaces Diogo Bezerra.
  17. 89' Substitution, Rio Ave. Francisco Petrasso replaces Jalen Blesa.
  18. 89' Substitution, Estrela. Yahya Kalley replaces Bruno Langa.
  19. 89' Substitution, Estrela. Tom Moustier replaces Luan Patrick.

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