Nacional 1-2 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Wednesday 19 May 2021

Result

Nacional 1-2 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Wednesday 19 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nacional 1-2 Rio Ave: match report

Nacional were beaten by Rio Ave 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Wednesday 19 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dudu opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Nacional's goal came from Dudu (11'). Rio Ave scored through Aderllan Santos (51') and Carlos Mané (90+4').

Discipline: Nacional received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nacional were 18th on 25 points from 33 and Rio Ave 17th on 31 points from 33. Nacional went on to finish that season 18th with 25 points, and Rio Ave 16th with 34.

Nacional lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rio Ave in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Mané of Rio Ave (9.6), ahead of António Filipe (9.4).

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

Going into the match Nacional's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Rio Ave's L-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · DuduNacional · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · L. AzouniNacional
  • 51'Goal · Aderllan SantosRio Ave · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Filipe AugustoRio Ave
  • 90+4'Goal · Carlos ManéRio Ave · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Nacional 0, draws 2, Rio Ave 1.

Team news

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Nacional line-up (3-5-2)

António Filipe, Pedrão, Júlio César, Lucas Kal, Dudu Teodora, Larry Azouni, Ibrahim Alhassan, Éber Bessa, Witiness Quembo, Bryan Rochez, Brayan Riascos

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

Pawel Kieszek, Ivo Pinto, Toni Borevković, Aderllan Santos, Pedro Amaral, Guga, Filipe Augusto, Pelé, Ryotaro Meshino, Gelson Dala, Carlos Mané