Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 17 March 2023

Result

Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Friday 17 March 2023, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave: match report

Santa Clara lost to Rio Ave 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 17 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Santa Clara did not score. Rio Ave scored through an own goal by Ítalo (50') and Leonardo Ruiz (73').

Discipline: Santa Clara received 4 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Santa Clara were 17th on 15 points from 24 and Rio Ave 8th on 30 points from 24. Santa Clara went on to finish that season 18th with 22 points, and Rio Ave 12th with 40.

Santa Clara lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rio Ave in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Batista of Santa Clara (8.7), ahead of Guga (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Santa Clara wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rio Ave.

Going into the match Santa Clara's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Rio Ave's W-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Diogo CalilaSanta Clara
  • 44'Yellow card · W. GonzálezSanta Clara
  • 45+1'Missed penalty · André PereiraRio Ave
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Aderllan SantosRio Ave
  • 50'Own goal · ÍtaloRio Ave · 0-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Bruno AlmeidaSanta Clara
  • 73'Goal · Leonardo RuizRio Ave · 0-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Bruno JordãoSanta Clara
  • 84'Yellow card · Leonardo RuizRio Ave

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Santa Clara 0, draws 0, Rio Ave 1.

Team news

Santa Clara line-up (4-3-3)

Gabriel Batista, Ygor Nogueira, Adriano Firmino, Ítalo, Diogo Calila, Kento Misao, Bruno Jordão, MT, Allano, Walter González, Rildo

Rio Ave line-up (3-5-2)

Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, João Graça, Vitor Gomes, Guga, Fábio Ronaldo, André Pereira, Emmanuel Boateng