Paços de Ferreira 3-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 May 2023

Result

Paços de Ferreira 3-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 May 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Paços de Ferreira 3-1 Rio Ave: match report

Paços de Ferreira defeated Rio Ave 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 21 May 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nigel Thomas opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Paços de Ferreira's goals came from Nigel Thomas (1'), an own goal by Aderllan Santos (48') and Alexandre Guedes (85', penalty). Rio Ave scored through Patrick William (3').

Discipline: Paços de Ferreira received 3 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paços de Ferreira were 18th on 20 points from 32 and Rio Ave 12th on 39 points from 32. Paços de Ferreira went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Rio Ave 12th with 40.

Paços de Ferreira lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick William of Rio Ave (8.1), ahead of Guga (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Paços de Ferreira wins, 2 draws and 0 for Rio Ave.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Nigel ThomasPaços de Ferreira · 1-0
  • 3'Goal · Patrick WilliamRio Ave · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Renato PantalonRio Ave
  • 48'Own goal · Aderllan SantosPaços de Ferreira · 2-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Jordan HolsgrovePaços de Ferreira
  • 79'Yellow card · André PereiraRio Ave
  • 80'Yellow card · CostinhaRio Ave
  • 85'Penalty goal · Alexandre GuedesPaços de Ferreira · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Rui PiresPaços de Ferreira
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Tiago RibeiroPaços de Ferreira

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Paços de Ferreira 2, draws 2, Rio Ave 0.

Team news

Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marafona, Juan Antonio Delgado Baeza, Nuno Lima, Maracás, Vitorino Antunes, Jordan Holsgrove, Rui Pires, Nigel Thomas, Nico Gaitán, Uilton Silva, Adrián Butzke Benavides

Rio Ave line-up (3-4-3)

Magrão, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Vitor Gomes, Guga, Paulo Vitor, Miguel Baeza, Hernâni, Leonardo Ruiz