Rio Ave 3-2 Nacional: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 October 2026

Result

Rio Ave 3-2 Nacional

Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 October 2026, 14:30 UTC · Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, Vila do Conde · half-time 1-1

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Rio Ave 3-2 Nacional: match report

Rio Ave beat Nacional 3-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 11 October 2026 at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Abdel Kader Njoya opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Sebastian Clemmensen (39'), Diogo Bezerra (57') and Jalen Blesa (72', penalty). Nacional scored through Abdel Kader Njoya (32') and Abdel Kader Njoya (59').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Nacional received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 16th on 4 points from 7 and Nacional 15th on 4 points from 7. In the current table Rio Ave are 16th on 7 points and Nacional are 15th on 7 points.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nacional in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Abdel Kader Njoya of Nacional (8.1), ahead of Sebastian Clemmensen (8.0).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Abdel Kader NjoyaNacional · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Sebastian ClemmensenRio Ave · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · João ToméRio Ave
  • 54'Second yellow · João ToméRio Ave
  • 57'Goal · Diogo BezerraRio Ave · 2-1
  • 59'Goal · Abdel Kader NjoyaNacional · 2-2
  • 72'Penalty goal · Jalen BlesaRio Ave · 3-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Jalen BlesaRio Ave
  • 90+1'Yellow card · R. GalčíkRio Ave

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
15Nacional102171019-97LLLWL
16Rio Ave10217923-147DLWLL

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rio Ave 1, draws 2, Nacional 1.

Team news

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

Vítor Hugo, João Tomé, Andreas Ntoi, Gustavo Mancha, Marios Vrousai, Miguel Almeida Patrício, Georgios Liavas, Sebastian Clemmensen, Malik Sellouki, Diogo Bezerra, Jalen Blesa

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

Renato Marin, Deivison, Francisco Gonçalves, Ze Vitor, William Kokolo, Chiheb Labidi, Danel Dongmo, Daniel Jr, Matchoi Djaló, Min-kyu Song, Abdel Kader Njoya

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