Rio Ave 2-1 Nacional: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 29 December 2024

Result

Rio Ave 2-1 Nacional

Liga Portugal · Sunday 29 December 2024, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rio Ave 2-1 Nacional: match report

Rio Ave won against Nacional 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 29 December 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Clayton opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Clayton (26') and Clayton (73', penalty). Nacional scored through Bruno Costa (34').

Discipline: Rio Ave received no yellow cards; Nacional received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 11th on 16 points from 15 and Nacional 15th on 13 points from 15. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and Nacional 14th with 34.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nacional in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton of Rio Ave (9.0), ahead of Bruno Costa (7.6).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · ClaytonRio Ave · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Bruno CostaNacional · 1-1
  • 73'Penalty goal · ClaytonRio Ave · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Djibril SoumaréNacional
  • 80'Yellow cardNacional

Team news

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Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cezary Miszta, Marios Vrousai, Patrick William, Aderllan Santos, Omar Richards, Brandon Aguilera, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Ole Pohlmann, João Novais, Kiko Bondoso, Clayton

Nacional line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lucas França, Garcia, Ulisses, Léo Santos, José Gomes, Djibril Soumaré, Luís André Leite Esteves, João Aurélio, Bruno Costa, Dudu Teodora, Isaac