Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 April 2026

Result

Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 April 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Santa Clara · Rio Ave · Liga Portugal predictions

Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave: match report

Santa Clara lost to Rio Ave 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 11 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Tamás Nikitscher opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Santa Clara did not score. Rio Ave scored through Tamás Nikitscher (50') and an own goal by Sidney Lima (61').

Discipline: Santa Clara received 2 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Santa Clara were 13th on 28 points from 28 and Rio Ave 12th on 30 points from 28. Santa Clara went on to finish that season 12th with 36 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 36.

Santa Clara lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tamás Nikitscher of Rio Ave (7.7), level with Ennio Van Der Gouw (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Santa Clara win, 2 draws and 2 for Rio Ave.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Jakub BrabecRio Ave
  • 50'Goal · Tamás NikitscherRio Ave · 0-1
  • 61'Own goal · Sidney LimaRio Ave · 0-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Gustavo ManchaRio Ave
  • 70'Yellow card · Tamás NikitscherRio Ave
  • 75'Yellow card · Gabriel SilvaSanta Clara
  • 87'Yellow card · Henrique SilvaSanta Clara

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Santa Clara 1, draws 2, Rio Ave 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • MTSanta Clara · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • Brandon AguileraRio Ave · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

Santa Clara line-up (4-4-2)

Gabriel Batista, Lucas Soares, Sidney Lima, Henrique Silva, Guilherme Romão, Gabriel Silva, Pedro Ferreira, Serginho, Welinton Torrão, Gustavo Klismahn, Fernando

Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ennio Van Der Gouw, Marios Vrousai, Jakub Brabec, Gustavo Mancha, Nelson Abbey, Tamás Nikitscher, Andreas Ntoi, Diogo Bezerra, Ole Pohlmann, Dario Spikic, Tamble Monteiro