Nacional 4-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 25 January 2026

Result

Nacional 4-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 25 January 2026, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nacional 4-0 Rio Ave: match report

Nacional won against Rio Ave 4-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 25 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gabriel Veron opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Nacional's goals came from Gabriel Veron (34'), Jesús Ramírez (46'), Léo Santos (72') and Witiness Quembo (90'). Rio Ave did not score.

Discipline: Nacional received 3 yellow cards; Rio Ave received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Nacional were 13th on 17 points from 18 and Rio Ave 11th on 20 points from 18. Nacional went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 36.

Nacional lined up in a 3-4-3 and Rio Ave in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kaique Pereira of Nacional (8.2), ahead of Matheus Dias (7.9).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Gabriel VeronNacional · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · Jesús RamírezNacional · 2-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Léo SantosNacional
  • 72'Goal · Léo SantosNacional · 3-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Ze VitorNacional
  • 90'Goal · Witiness QuemboNacional · 4-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · José GomesNacional

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Nacional line-up (3-4-3)

Kaique Pereira, Léo Santos, Matheus Dias, Ze Vitor, Alan Nuñez, Joel Silva, Liziero, José Gomes, Gabriel Veron, Jesús Ramírez, Paulinho Bóia

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

Kevin Chamorro, Francisco Petrasso, Jakub Brabec, Nelson Abbey, João Tomé, Tamás Nikitscher, Brandon Aguilera, Marios Vrousai, André Luiz, Dario Spikic, Clayton