Rio Ave 1-3 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 3 December 2018

Result

Rio Ave 1-3 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Monday 3 December 2018, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Rio Ave 1-3 Sporting CP: match report

Rio Ave lost to Sporting CP 1-3 in Liga Portugal on Monday 3 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Rio Ave's goal came from João Schmidt (12'). Sporting CP scored through Bruno Fernandes (8'), Bas Dost (23') and Jovane Cabral (72').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 5th on 18 points from 10 and Sporting CP 4th on 22 points from 10. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 45 points, and Sporting CP 3rd with 74.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Sporting CP (8.5), ahead of Galeno (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Bruno FernandesSporting CP · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · João SchmidtRio Ave · 1-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Marcos AcuñaSporting CP
  • 23'Goal · Bas DostSporting CP · 1-2
  • 29'Yellow card · Nemanja GudeljSporting CP
  • 48'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP
  • 56'Yellow card · Bas DostSporting CP
  • 59'Yellow card · João SchmidtRio Ave
  • 60'Yellow card · Toni BorevkovicRio Ave
  • 64'Yellow card · A. DiabySporting CP
  • 72'Goal · Jovane CabralSporting CP · 1-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Carlos ViníciusRio Ave

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rio Ave 0, draws 0, Sporting CP 2.

Team news

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

Léo Jardim, Junio, Toni Borevković, Buatu, Matheus Reis, Nikola Jambor, João Schmidt, Fábio Coentrão, Diego Lopes, Galeno, Carlos Vinícius

Sporting CP line-up (4-3-3)

Renan Ribeiro, Bruno Gaspar, Sebastián Coates, Jérémy Mathieu, Marcos Acuña, Wendel, Nemanja Gudelj, Bruno Fernandes, Abdoulay Diaby, Bas Dost, Nani