Match Report
Rio Ave (16th, 4 pts) visited Estoril (17th, 2 pts) with 2 points between them. Rio Ave had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Estoril were scoring 0.33 and conceding 1.33, Rio Ave 0.83 and 2.33, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Estoril's winless run stood at 5.
The sides have met 21 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Estoril, 4 draws and 9 for Rio Ave, at 2.95 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 24% of the meetings went to the host.
With 81 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, C. Fernandes Macedo was the man in the middle. The match was played at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rio Ave led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Rio Ave: Jalen Blesa (15'), Tamble Monteiro (72')
Key stats
Possession: Estoril 55% · Rio Ave 45% · Total shots: 18-3 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 6-3