Rio Ave 4-2 Paços de Ferreira: result and report

Liga Portugal · Wednesday 3 January 2018

Result

Rio Ave 4-2 Paços de Ferreira

Liga Portugal · Wednesday 3 January 2018, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rio Ave 4-2 Paços de Ferreira: match report

Rio Ave beat Paços de Ferreira 4-2 in Liga Portugal on Wednesday 3 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

João Novais opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Rio Ave's goals came from João Novais (43'), Hélder Guedes (49'), João Novais (59') and Rúben Ribeiro (90+3'). Paços de Ferreira scored through Bruno Moreira (70', penalty) and Bruno Moreira (79').

Discipline: Rio Ave received no yellow cards; Paços de Ferreira received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 6th on 24 points from 15 and Paços de Ferreira 16th on 13 points from 15. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 5th with 51 points, and Paços de Ferreira 17th with 30.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Paços de Ferreira in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Novais of Rio Ave (9.2), ahead of Hélder Guedes (8.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · João NovaisRio Ave · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Hélder GuedesRio Ave · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · João NovaisRio Ave · 3-0
  • 70'Penalty goal · Bruno MoreiraPaços de Ferreira · 3-1
  • 71'Yellow card · João GóisPaços de Ferreira
  • 79'Goal · Bruno MoreiraPaços de Ferreira · 3-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Rúben RibeiroRio Ave · 4-2

Team news

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

Rui Vieira, Lionn, Nélson Monte, Yuri Ribeiro, Marcelo, Tarantini, Rúben Ribeiro, Chico Geraldes, João Novais, Pelé, Hélder Guedes

Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-4-2)

Rafael Defendi, Marco Baixinho, Héctor Quiñones, João Góis, Miguel Vieira, Pedrinho, Vasco Rocha, Xavier, Gian Martins, Awer Mabil, Luiz Phellype