Tondela 0-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 9 March 2026

Result

Tondela 0-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Monday 9 March 2026, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tondela 0-1 Rio Ave: match report

Tondela were beaten by Rio Ave 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Monday 9 March 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jalen Blesa of Rio Ave in the 70th minute.

Discipline: Tondela received no yellow cards; Rio Ave received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tondela were 17th on 19 points from 24 and Rio Ave 16th on 21 points from 24. Tondela went on to finish that season 17th with 28 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 36.

Tondela lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ennio Van Der Gouw of Rio Ave (7.6), ahead of Joe Hodge (7.4).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Andreas NtoiRio Ave
  • 35'Yellow card · Marios VrousaiRio Ave
  • 45+3'Missed penalty · Diogo BezerraRio Ave
  • 70'Goal · Jalen BlesaRio Ave · 0-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Nelson AbbeyRio Ave
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Andreas NtoiRio Ave
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Diogo BezerraRio Ave
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Gustavo ManchaRio Ave
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Nelson AbbeyRio Ave

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Tondela 0, draws 0, Rio Ave 1.

Team news

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Tondela line-up (3-4-2-1)

Bernardo, João Silva, Christian Marques, Brayan Medina, Bebeto, Joe Hodge, Juanse Rodríguez, Rodrigo Conceição, Maranhão, Makan Aïko, B. Kimpioka

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, Jalen Blesa