Rio Ave 1-2 Belenenses: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 17 January 2016

Result

Rio Ave 1-2 Belenenses

Liga Portugal · Sunday 17 January 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Rio Ave · Belenenses · Liga Portugal predictions

Rio Ave 1-2 Belenenses: match report

Rio Ave were beaten by Belenenses 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 17 January 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Filipe Ferreira opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rio Ave's goal came from Ukra (25'). Belenenses scored through Filipe Ferreira (12') and Fábio Sturgeon (42').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Belenenses received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 7th on 24 points from 17 and Belenenses 15th on 17 points from 17. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 8th with 47 points, and Belenenses 10th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rio Ave wins, 4 draws and 2 for Belenenses.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Filipe FerreiraBelenenses · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Alhassan WakasoRio Ave
  • 25'Goal · UkraRio Ave · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Fábio SturgeonBelenenses · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Carlos MartinsBelenenses
  • 71'Yellow card · UkraRio Ave
  • 82'Yellow card · André SousaBelenenses
  • 88'Yellow card · Hélder GuedesRio Ave
  • 89'Yellow card · Tiago CaeiroBelenenses
  • 89'Yellow card · Tiago CaeiroBelenenses

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Rio Ave 3, draws 4, Belenenses 2.

Team news

Rio Ave expected line-up

André Kilian, Lionn, Marcelo, Edimar, Joris Kayembe, Renan Bressan, Alhassan Wakaso, Tarantini, Hélder Guedes, Yazalde, Heldon

Belenenses expected line-up (4-3-3)

Hugo Ventura, Filipe Ferreira, João Afonso, Gonçalo Brandão, André Geraldes, Ricardo Dias, Carlos Martins, Rúben Pinto, André Sousa, Fábio Sturgeon, Kuca