Vitória Guimarães 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 25 April 2026

Result

Vitória Guimarães 2-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 25 April 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Vitória Guimarães · Rio Ave · Liga Portugal predictions

Vitória Guimarães 2-0 Rio Ave: match report

Vitória Guimarães beat Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 25 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Samu opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Vitória Guimarães's goals came from Samu (72') and Tony Strata (90+5'). Rio Ave did not score.

Discipline: Vitória Guimarães received 5 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Vitória Guimarães were 7th on 39 points from 30 and Rio Ave 12th on 34 points from 30. Vitória Guimarães went on to finish that season 8th with 42 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 36.

Vitória Guimarães lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tony Strata of Vitória Guimarães (7.5), level with Samu (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Vitória Guimarães wins, 3 draws and 3 for Rio Ave.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Andreas NtoiRio Ave
  • 57'Yellow card · Gustavo SilvaVitória Guimarães
  • 60'Yellow card · Gustavo ManchaRio Ave
  • 61'Yellow card · Tamás NikitscherRio Ave
  • 62'Yellow cardRio Ave
  • 62'Yellow card · Thiago BalieiroVitória Guimarães
  • 63'Yellow cardVitória Guimarães
  • 72'Goal · SamuVitória Guimarães · 1-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Diogo BezerraRio Ave
  • 80'Yellow card · SamuVitória Guimarães
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tony StrataVitória Guimarães
  • 90+5'Goal · Tony StrataVitória Guimarães · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Vitória Guimarães 4, draws 3, Rio Ave 3.

Team news

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Vitória Guimarães line-up (4-2-3-1)

Charles, Maga, Óscar Rivas, Thiago Balieiro, João Mendes, Beni Mukendi, Diogo Sousa, Oumar Camara, Samu, Noah Saviolo, Gustavo Silva

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

Cezary Miszta, Marios Vrousai, Jakub Brabec, Gustavo Mancha, Nelson Abbey, Tamás Nikitscher, Andreas Ntoi, Diogo Bezerra, Ole Pohlmann, Dario Spikic, Jalen Blesa