Rio Ave 3-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Rio Ave 3-1 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 September 2016, 19:15 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Rio Ave beat Sporting CP 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 September 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Tarantini opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Tarantini (29'), Hélder Guedes (36') and Gil Dias (43'). Sporting CP scored through Bas Dost (82').

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

Going into the game Rio Ave were 9th on 7 points from 4 and Sporting CP 1st on 12 points from 4. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and Sporting CP 3rd with 70.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hélder Guedes of Rio Ave (8.4), ahead of Gil Dias (8.0).

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