Sporting CP 1-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Sporting CP 1-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 18 February 2017, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sporting CP · Rio Ave · Liga Portugal predictions

Sporting CP beat Rio Ave 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 18 February 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Alan Ruiz of Sporting CP in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 41 points from 21 and Rio Ave 10th on 28 points from 21. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Rio Ave 7th with 49.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rui Patrício of Sporting CP (8.3), ahead of William Carvalho (7.8).

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

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