Rio Ave 2-0 Boavista: result and report

Rio Ave 2-0 Boavista

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 January 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rio Ave defeated Boavista 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 21 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Hélder Guedes opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Hélder Guedes (14') and Yuri Ribeiro (90+2'). Boavista did not score.

Discipline: Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards; Boavista received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 5th on 30 points from 18 and Boavista 8th on 24 points from 18. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 5th with 51 points, and Boavista 8th with 45.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Boavista in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yuri Ribeiro of Rio Ave (7.8), ahead of Pelé (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 0 draws and 0 for Boavista.

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