Primeira Liga· Season 2025
Match Summary
Sporting CP defeated Rio Ave 4:1. The match was played in Primeira Liga 2025. Goals were scored by Diogo Bezerra 12′, L. Suarez 35′ (pen.), Gustavo Mancha 42′ (o.g.), Trincao 66′, G. Quenda 90′. 7 yellow cards were shown, 2 red cards. Rio Ave had 36% possession while Sporting CP held 64%. Rio Ave had 12 shots (3 on target) compared to 16 (5 on target) for Sporting CP. Expected goals: Rio Ave 0.70 — Sporting CP 1.58. Rio Ave made 5 substitutions, Sporting CP made 5.
Match Events
Key match events between Rio Ave and Sporting CP — 5 goals and 9 cards recorded during the match.
assist: T. Monteiro
Penalty
Own Goal
assist: O. Diomande
assist: M. Araujo
Rivalry since 2010
Rio Ave vs Sporting CP Head to Head Results· 34
Rio Ave and Sporting CP have met 34 times — Rio Ave won 5, Sporting CP won 23, with 6 draws. Their rivalry dates back to 2010. Sporting CP leads the head-to-head with 23 victories from 34 meetings. A combined 92 goals have been scored across these fixtures, averaging 2.71 per match (28 for the home side, 64 for the visitors). Both teams scored in 16 matches (47%). Over 2.5 goals landed in 17 games (50%), making it a fixture that tends to produce goals. Sporting CP are currently unbeaten in the last 13 meetings. The highest-scoring encounter finished 5–2 in 2018.
Bookmaker Odds
Best price
Rio Ave
16.00
1xBet
Draw
8.65
1xBet
Sporting CP
1.22
Betano
Statistics are for informational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
API data: 17 May 2026