Sporting CP 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Sporting CP 2-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 March 2018, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sporting CP · Rio Ave · Liga Portugal predictions

Sporting CP beat Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gelson Martins opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Gelson Martins (24') and Bas Dost (84'). Rio Ave did not score.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 62 points from 26 and Rio Ave 5th on 40 points from 26. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Rio Ave 5th with 51.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gelson Martins of Sporting CP (8.9), ahead of Fábio Coentrão (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting CP wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rio Ave.