Porto 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 14 January 2012
Result
Porto 2-0 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Saturday 14 January 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Porto 2-0 Rio Ave: match report
Porto defeated Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 14 January 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
J. Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Porto's goals came from J. Rodríguez (42') and J. Rodríguez (80'). Rio Ave did not score.
Discipline: Porto received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Porto were 2nd on 34 points from 14 and Rio Ave 13th on 14 points from 14. Porto went on to finish that season 1st with 75 points, and Rio Ave 14th with 28.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Porto wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rio Ave.
Going into the match Porto's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Rio Ave's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 42'Goal · J. Rodríguez
- 48'Yellow card · Maicon
- 53'Yellow card · Gaspar
- 61'Yellow card · Bruno China
- 80'Goal · J. Rodríguez
- 83'Yellow card · Juan Iturbe
- 90+4'Red card · Akio Kogiku
Head-to-head
Team news
Porto expected line-up (4-3-3)
Helton, Álvaro Pereira, Maicon, Nicolás Otamendi, Jorge Fucile, James Rodríguez, João Moutinho, Walter, Hulk
Rio Ave line-up
Huanderson, Gaspar, Jeferson, Jean Sony Alcenat, Tiago Pinto, Jorginho, Wires, Kelvin Oliveira, João Tomás, Yazalde, Bruno China