Rio Ave 1-4 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Monday 11 May 2026
Result
Rio Ave 1-4 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Monday 11 May 2026, 19:15 UTC · half-time 1-2
Rio Ave 1-4 Sporting CP: match report
Rio Ave lost to Sporting CP 1-4 in Liga Portugal on Monday 11 May 2026. The half-time score was 1-2.
Diogo Bezerra opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rio Ave's goal came from Diogo Bezerra (12'). Sporting CP scored through Luis Suárez (35', penalty), an own goal by Gustavo Mancha (42'), Francisco Trincão (66') and Geovany Quenda (90').
Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 12th on 35 points from 32 and Sporting CP 2nd on 76 points from 32. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 13th with 36 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 82.
Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Francisco Trincão of Sporting CP (7.7), level with Luis Suárez (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 1 draw and 5 for Sporting CP.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Diogo Bezerra
- 13'Yellow card · Diogo Bezerra
- 32'Yellow card · Ousmane Diomande
- 32'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 34'Yellow card · Francisco Petrasso
- 35'Penalty goal · Luis Suárez
- 42'Own goal · Gustavo Mancha
- 52'Second yellow · Francisco Petrasso
- 66'Goal · Francisco Trincão
- 83'Yellow card · Ryan
- 85'Second yellow · Ryan
- 90'Goal · Geovany Quenda
Head-to-head
Team news
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Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cezary Miszta, Marios Vrousai, Francisco Petrasso, Gustavo Mancha, Nelson Abbey, Tamás Nikitscher, Ryan, Diogo Bezerra, Jalen Blesa, Dario Spikic, Tamble Monteiro
Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rui Silva, Eduardo Quaresma, Ousmane Diomande, Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo, Daniel Bragança, Hidemasa Morita, Luís Guilherme, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, Luis Suárez