Rio Ave 2-4 Vitória Guimarães: result and report

Rio Ave 2-4 Vitória Guimarães

Liga Portugal · Saturday 3 January 2009, 18:15 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Rio Ave were beaten by Vitória Guimarães 2-4 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 3 January 2009. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Gaspar opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Gaspar (9') and Bruno Mendes (45'). Vitória Guimarães scored through Grégory Arnolin (14'), Luis Filipe (42'), Yves Desmarets (61') and Roberto (70').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 5 yellow cards; Vitória Guimarães received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 14th on 10 points from 12 and Vitória Guimarães 8th on 14 points from 12. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 30 points, and Vitória Guimarães 8th with 38.

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