Rio Ave 0-3 Arouca: result and report

Rio Ave 0-3 Arouca

Liga Portugal · Saturday 31 January 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rio Ave lost to Arouca 0-3 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 31 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tiago Esgaio opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Rio Ave did not score. Arouca scored through Tiago Esgaio (44'), Iván Barbero (53') and Hyun-ju Lee (66').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards; Arouca received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 20 points from 19 and Arouca 15th on 17 points from 19. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 13th with 36 points, and Arouca 9th with 42.

Rio Ave lined up in a 3-4-3 and Arouca in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiago Esgaio of Arouca (8.2), ahead of Iván Barbero (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 4 draws and 0 for Arouca.

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