Porto 1-0 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 22 February 2026
Result
Porto 1-0 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Sunday 22 February 2026, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Porto 1-0 Rio Ave: match report
Porto defeated Rio Ave 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 22 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Victor Froholdt of Porto in the 22nd minute.
Discipline: Porto received 3 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Porto were 1st on 59 points from 22 and Rio Ave 15th on 20 points from 22. Porto went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 36.
Porto 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 Marios Vrousai of Rio Ave (7.8), ahead of Victor Froholdt (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Porto wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rio Ave.
Going into the match Porto's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Rio Ave's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Victor Froholdt
- 90+1'Yellow card · Francesco Farioli
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alberto Costa
- 90+2'Yellow card · João Graça
- 90+2'Yellow card · Omar Richards
- 90+6'Yellow card · Karem Zoabi
- 90+7'Yellow card · Alan Varela
Head-to-head
Team news
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Porto line-up (4-3-3)
Diogo Costa, Alberto Costa, Jan Bednarek, Pablo Rosario, Zaidu Sanusi, Victor Froholdt, Alan Varela, Gabri Veiga, Pepê, Deniz Gül, Oskar Pietuszewski
Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ennio Van Der Gouw, Marios Vrousai, Jakub Brabec, Gustavo Mancha, Omar Richards, Tamás Nikitscher, Andreas Ntoi, Diogo Bezerra, Ole Pohlmann, Dario Spikic, Jalen Blesa