Rio Ave v Sporting CP — Liga Portugal

Match info

Stage: League
Matchday: 4

Kickoff

Your timeFri, Aug 28, 07:15 PM UTC (UTC)

Venue

Venue TBD

Starting lineups

Rio Ave

4-2-3-1

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

Substitutes

25 Rafael Lobato, 60 Caike, 14 Jakub Brabec, 67 Samuel Alves, 27 Tobias Medina, 30 Roland Galcik, 19 Malik Sellouki, 70 Antoine Wenck, 20 João Tomé, 24 Pedro Amaral, 22 Kevin Chamorro, 79 Miguel Patrício

Sporting CP

4-2-3-1

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

Substitutes

31 Luis Guilherme, 55 Ibrahima Ba, 41 Diego Callai, 21 Pedro Lima, 28 Jesse Derry, 4 Silas Andersen, 50 Rodrigo Dias, 72 Eduardo Quaresma, 13 Georgios Vagiannidis, 7 Fotis Ioannidis, 19 Nestory Irankunda, 9 Rafael Nel

Head-to-head

2

Rio Ave

4

Drawn

13

Sporting CP

19 meetings · 14–38 on aggregate goals. Last: League 2026, Rio Ave 0–4 Sporting CP.

Recent form

Last results in this competition's history.

Rio Ave

1W 1D 3L · 5–12 goals

Sporting CP

3W 2D 0L · 12–4 goals

Head-to-head and form are drawn from this league's past seasons and this season's results. Tune the numbers and odds on the Prediction Arena.

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Model verdict (Rio Ave at home)

90%

Rio Ave 3%Draw 7%Sporting CP 90%

Rio Ave rating

1431

Sporting CP rating

1705

Live formTuned to this season's form — 63 matches in.

Proven on this season's results: about 11% sharper than a coin-flip on log loss. Predictions are guidance, not betting advice.

Most likely scorelines

0–311%
0–410%
0–29%
0–57%
1–37%

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Where they stand

Where they stand
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Form
3Sporting CP	7	4	3	0	+9	15	WWWDD
16Rio Ave	7	1	1	5	-10	4	WLLDL

Head-to-head — 19 meetings: Rio Ave 2 · Draw 4 · Sporting CP 13 · last 0–4 (2026)

If it ends…

Full time — Rio Ave now #16, Sporting CP #3.