Rio Ave 2-1 Nacional: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 December 2016
Result
Rio Ave 2-1 Nacional
Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 December 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rio Ave 2-1 Nacional: match report
Rio Ave won against Nacional 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Roderick Miranda opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Roderick Miranda (49') and Filip Krovinovic (50'). Nacional scored through Willyan (71').
Discipline: Rio Ave received 1 yellow card; Nacional received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 7th on 20 points from 13 and Nacional 15th on 11 points from 13. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and Nacional 18th with 21.
Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nacional in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionn of Rio Ave (8.1), ahead of André Kilian (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rio Ave wins, 4 draws and 3 for Nacional.
Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Nacional's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Rui Correia
- 43'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 49'Goal · Roderick Miranda
- 50'Goal · Filip Krovinovic
- 56'Yellow card · Nuno Sequeira
- 71'Goal · Willyan
- 80'Yellow card · Nelson Bonilla
- 85'Yellow card · Willyan
Head-to-head
Team news
Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
André Kilian, Lionn, Roderick Miranda, Marcelo, Rafa Soares, Tarantini, Filip Krovinovic, Heldon, Alhassan Wakaso, Gil Dias, Hélder Guedes
Nacional line-up (4-3-3)
Rui Silva, Víctor García, César Martins, Nuno Sequeira, Rui Correia, Ali Ghazal, Washington, Tiago Rodrigues, Salvador Agra, Witiness Quembo, Ricardo Gomes