Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Rio Ave 2-1 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 February 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rio Ave defeated Sporting CP 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 2 February 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jeffrén opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from an own goal by Joãozinho (44') and an own goal by Pedro Mendes (72'). Sporting CP scored through Jeffrén (6').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 5 yellow cards; Sporting CP received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 5th on 22 points from 16 and Sporting CP 9th on 19 points from 16. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 42 points, and Sporting CP 6th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 2 draws and 7 for Sporting CP.

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