Rio Ave 1-0 Arouca: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 28 April 2023

Result

Rio Ave 1-0 Arouca

Liga Portugal · Friday 28 April 2023, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rio Ave 1-0 Arouca: match report

Rio Ave defeated Arouca 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Friday 28 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Paulo Vitor of Rio Ave in the 69th minute.

Discipline: Rio Ave received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arouca received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 35 points from 29 and Arouca 5th on 48 points from 29. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 40 points, and Arouca 5th with 54.

Rio Ave lined up in a 3-5-2 and Arouca in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paulo Vitor of Rio Ave (8.1), ahead of Jhonatan (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Patrick WilliamRio Ave
  • 28'Yellow card · João GraçaRio Ave
  • 45'Missed penalty · HernâniRio Ave
  • 45+1'Yellow card · A. EvangelistaArouca
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Morlaye SyllaArouca
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Tiago EsgaioArouca
  • 69'Goal · Paulo VitorRio Ave · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Emmanuel BoatengRio Ave
  • 90+6'Red card · Renato PantalonRio Ave
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jerome OpokuArouca
  • 90+9'Yellow card · JhonatanRio Ave

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rio Ave 1, draws 0, Arouca 0.

Team news

Rio Ave line-up (3-5-2)

Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Amine Oudrhiri, Guga, Fábio Ronaldo, João Graça, Emmanuel Boateng, Hernâni

Arouca line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ignacio de Arruabarrena, Tiago Esgaio, Nino Galović, Jerome Opoku, Quaresma, Alan Ruiz, Uri Busquets, Bruno Pinto, Antony, Rafa Mujica, Morlaye Sylla