Rio Ave 3-3 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 25 February 2024

Result

Rio Ave 3-3 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Sunday 25 February 2024, 20:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Rio Ave 3-3 Sporting CP: match report

Rio Ave drew with Sporting CP 3-3 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 25 February 2024. The half-time score was 2-2.

Úmaro Embaló opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Úmaro Embaló (3'), Aziz (45+4', penalty) and Aziz (67', penalty). Sporting CP scored through Morten Hjulmand (9'), Viktor Gyökeres (44') and Sebastián Coates (73').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 16th on 21 points from 22 and Sporting CP 2nd on 55 points from 21. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 11th with 37 points, and Sporting CP 1st with 90.

Rio Ave lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aziz Yakubu of Rio Ave (8.9), ahead of Viktor Gyökeres (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 0 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Úmaro EmbalóRio Ave · 1-0
  • 6'Yellow card · Úmaro EmbalóRio Ave
  • 6'Yellow card · Jeremiah St. JusteSporting CP
  • 9'Goal · Morten HjulmandSporting CP · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Viktor GyökeresSporting CP · 1-2
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · AzizRio Ave · 2-2
  • 60'Yellow card · João GraçaRio Ave
  • 63'Yellow card · Geny CatamoSporting CP
  • 67'Penalty goal · AzizRio Ave · 3-2
  • 73'Goal · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP · 3-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Ousmane DiomandeSporting CP
  • 80'Yellow card · Renato PantalonRio Ave
  • 83'Yellow card · Vítor GomesRio Ave
  • 90+1'Second yellow · Renato PantalonRio Ave
  • 90+4'Yellow card · CostinhaRio Ave

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rio Ave 0, draws 0, Sporting CP 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • PaulinhoSporting CP · injury (Tendonitis)

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

Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Josué Sá, Miguel Nóbrega, Costinha, Amine Oudrhiri, João Graça, Marios Vrousai, Fábio Ronaldo, Aziz Yakubu, Úmaro Embaló

Sporting CP line-up (3-4-3)

Antonio Adán, Ousmane Diomande, Sebastián Coates, Gonçalo Inácio, Geny Catamo, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Nuno Santos, Francisco Trincão, Viktor Gyökeres, Pedro Gonçalves