Rio Ave 2-2 Santa Clara: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 18 July 2020

Result

Rio Ave 2-2 Santa Clara

Liga Portugal · Saturday 18 July 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rio Ave 2-2 Santa Clara: match report

Rio Ave drew with Santa Clara 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 18 July 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mehdi Taremi opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Mehdi Taremi (23') and Mehdi Taremi (81', penalty). Santa Clara scored through Zé Manuel (45') and Fábio Cardoso (69').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Santa Clara received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 6th on 51 points from 32 and Santa Clara 10th on 41 points from 32. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Santa Clara 10th with 43.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Santa Clara in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mehdi Taremi of Rio Ave (9.0), ahead of Fábio Cardoso (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rio Ave wins, 0 draws and 1 for Santa Clara.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Mehdi TaremiRio Ave · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Fábio CardosoSanta Clara
  • 45'Goal · Zé ManuelSanta Clara · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Diogo FigueirasRio Ave
  • 69'Goal · Fábio CardosoSanta Clara · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Pierre SagnaSanta Clara
  • 81'Penalty goal · Mehdi TaremiRio Ave · 2-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Aderllan SantosRio Ave
  • 85'Yellow card · Matheus ReisRio Ave

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rio Ave 2, draws 0, Santa Clara 1.

Team news

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

Pawel Kieszek, Diogo Figueiras, Toni Borevković, Aderllan Santos, Matheus Reis, Filipe Augusto, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Lucas Piazón, Diego Lopes, Nuno Santos, Mehdi Taremi

Santa Clara line-up (4-2-3-1)

André Ferreira, Rafael Ramos, João Afonso, Fábio Cardoso, Zaidu Sanusi, Francisco Ramos, Osama Rashid, Zé Manuel, Costinha, Carlos Júnior, Thiago Santana