Santa Clara 4-0 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 6 September 2026
Result
Santa Clara 4-0 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Sunday 6 September 2026, 14:30 UTC · Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada · half-time 1-0
Santa Clara 4-0 Rio Ave: match report
Santa Clara defeated Rio Ave 4-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 6 September 2026 at Estádio de São Miguel. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Brenner opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Santa Clara's goals came from Brenner (3'), Tiago Ribeiro (47'), Vinícius Lopes (52') and Fernando (90'). Rio Ave did not score.
Discipline: Santa Clara received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Santa Clara were 5th on 8 points from 4 and Rio Ave 14th on 3 points from 4. In the current table Santa Clara are 4th on 21 points and Rio Ave are 16th on 7 points.
Santa Clara lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vinícius Lopes of Santa Clara (8.4), ahead of Pedro Pacheco (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Santa Clara wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rio Ave.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Brenner
- 47'Goal · Tiago Ribeiro
- 52'Goal · Vinícius Lopes
- 83'Yellow card · Tamás Nikitscher
- 84'Yellow card · Dani Borges
- 90'Goal · Fernando
Form and table
- Santa ClaraLast five: D W W D
- Rio AveLast five: L L W L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Santa Clara | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 21 | WDWLW |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 7 | DLWLL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Santa Clara line-up (4-3-3)
Lucas França, Lucas Soares, Pedro Pacheco, Emanuel Moreira, Guilherme Romão, Djé, Pedro Ferreira, Tiago Ribeiro, Vinícius Lopes, Gonçalo Paciência, Brenner
Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ennio Van Der Gouw, Georgios Liavas, Francisco Petrasso, Gustavo Mancha, Marios Vrousai, Tamás Nikitscher, Andreas Ntoi, Diogo Bezerra, Jalen Blesa, Dario Spikic, Tamble Monteiro
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