Porto 2-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Porto 2-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 23 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Porto · Rio Ave · Liga Portugal predictions

Porto beat Rio Ave 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 23 December 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Carlos Vinícius opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Porto's goals came from Y. Brahimi (16') and Moussa Marega (26'). Rio Ave scored through Carlos Vinícius (12').

Discipline: Porto received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Porto were 1st on 33 points from 12 and Rio Ave 9th on 19 points from 13. Porto went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Rio Ave 7th with 42.

Porto lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesús Corona of Porto (7.7), level with Yacine Brahimi (7.7).

Going into the match Porto's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Rio Ave's D-L-L-L-D.