Sporting CP 3-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Sporting CP 3-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 January 2015, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sporting CP won against Rio Ave 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 January 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Nani opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Nani (30', penalty), Fredy Montero (59'), João Mário (67') and J. Tanaka (90'). Rio Ave scored through Yonathan Del Valle (39') and Ahmed Hassan (68').

Discipline: Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 4th on 33 points from 16 and Rio Ave 8th on 22 points from 16. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Rio Ave 12th with 39.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rio Ave in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting CP win, 1 draw and 0 for Rio Ave.

Going into the match Sporting CP's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Rio Ave's D-D-D-D-D.