Rio Ave 3-1 Arouca: result and report

Rio Ave 3-1 Arouca

Liga Portugal · Saturday 12 December 2015, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rio Ave defeated Arouca 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 12 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.

Rio Ave's goals came from an own goal by Gêgê (1'), Marcelo (57') and João Novais (79'). Arouca scored through Sema Velázquez (71').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Arouca received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 8th on 17 points from 12 and Arouca 6th on 18 points from 12. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 8th with 47 points, and Arouca 5th with 58.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arouca in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aníbal Capela of Rio Ave (8.0), ahead of Bruno Pinto (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 1 draw and 3 for Arouca.

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