Rio Ave 1-1 Santa Clara: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 18 April 2025

Result

Rio Ave 1-1 Santa Clara

Liga Portugal · Friday 18 April 2025, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rio Ave 1-1 Santa Clara: match report

Rio Ave drew with Santa Clara 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 18 April 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

André Luiz opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Rio Ave's goal came from André Luiz (25'). Santa Clara scored through Sidney Lima (85').

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

Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 32 points from 29 and Santa Clara 6th on 46 points from 29. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and Santa Clara 5th with 57.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Santa Clara in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Clayton of Rio Ave (7.7), ahead of MT (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rio Ave wins, 0 draws and 3 for Santa Clara.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · K. KostoulasRio Ave
  • 8'Yellow card · Gui RamosSanta Clara
  • 25'Goal · André LuizRio Ave · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · A. NtoiRio Ave
  • 85'Goal · Sidney LimaSanta Clara · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · MatheusinhoSanta Clara

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Cezary Miszta, João Tomé, Konstantinos Kostoulas, Andreas Ntoi, Nelson Abbey, Demir Ege Tıknaz, André Luiz, João Novais, Brandon Aguilera, João Graça, Clayton

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

Gabriel Batista, Sidney Lima, Gui Ramos, MT, Lucas Soares, Adriano Firmino, Pedro Ferreira, Matheus Pereira, Vinícius Lopes, João Costa, Gabriel Silva