Primeira Liga MISSED 4–0
Sun, Sep 6 · 16:30
Santa Clara Home
VS
Rio Ave Away
Santa Clara vs Rio Ave — Primeira Liga
Tipster's pick Under 3.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Santa Clara Defense Limits Rio Ave Scoring Chances

Santa Clara have kept clean sheets in half their matches this season while averaging just 0.8 goals conceded overall. Their home form shows even better control with 1.5 goals scored per game on average. Rio Ave struggle to find the net away from home, managing only one goal per away match and failing to score in three quarters of games. Head to head meetings between these sides have produced just two games with more than two goals in the last ten encounters. Both teams enter this fixture with zero percent of matches going over two and a half goals so far. Santa Clara’s recent results include several draws and wins that kept scores low. Rio Ave’s pattern of low output on the road suggests another tight contest ahead.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.2% win rate
Result
4–0 MISSED

Our pick “Under 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.22 didn’t land — final score 4–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Brenner Lucas Goncalves Santos assist Vinicius lopes 3'
  3. Sebastian Clemensen ↓ Dario Špikić 45'
  4. Pedro Amaral ↓ Marios Vrushai 45'
  5. Malik Sellouki ↓ Diogo Bezerra 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Tiago Ribeiro assist Gonçalo Paciência 47'
  8. Vinicius lopes 52'
  9. Roland Galcik ↓ Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro 64'
  10. Dani Borges ↓ Tiago Ribeiro 66'
  11. Luiz Fernando Salles De Castro ↓ Brenner Lucas Goncalves Santos 66'
  12. Joao Vasconcelos ↓ Vinicius lopes 76'
  13. Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira ↓ Gonçalo Paciência 76'
  14. João Tomé Baptista ↓ Andreas Ntoi 77'
  15. Tamas Nikitscher 83'
  16. Dani Borges 84'
  17. Frederico Medeiros Silva ↓ José Tavares 85'
  18. Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira 90'
This season
Santa Clara Rio Ave
Over 2.5 goals 25% 25%
Clean sheet 50% 25%
Failed to score 0% 75%
Scored per game 1.3 0.5
Conceded per game 0.8 1.8
Scored home / away 1.5 / 1.0 0.0 / 1.0

Across 4 and 4 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
3 ARO Arouca 4 3 0 1 9
4 SAN Santa Clara ▲ 4 2 2 0 8
5 BEN Benfica 3 2 1 0 7
6 GIL GIL Vicente 3 2 1 0 7
7 MAR Maritimo 4 2 1 1 7
8 EST Estrela 3 1 2 0 5
9 SCB SC Braga 2 1 1 0 4
10 NAC Nacional 4 1 1 2 4
11 MOR Moreirense 4 1 1 2 4
12 VIT Vitória SC 4 1 0 3 3
13 RIO Rio Ave ▲ 4 1 0 3 3
14 FAM Famalicao 4 0 2 2 2
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Santa Clara WDWWD
W vs Arouca 3–0 Jul 25
D vs Nacional 2–2 Aug 10
W @ Academico Viseu 1–0 Aug 15
W vs Famalicao 1–0 Aug 23
D @ Alverca 1–1 Aug 29
Rio Ave WLLWL
W vs Tondela 3–1 Aug 1
L @ GIL Vicente 0–1 Aug 9
L vs FC Porto 0–2 Aug 15
W @ Estoril 2–0 Aug 22
L vs Sporting CP 0–4 Aug 28
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Santa Clara
Scored 1.6 avg
3 2 1 1 1
Conceded 0.6 avg
0 2 0 0 1
Rio Ave
Scored 1.0 avg
3 0 0 2 0
Conceded 1.6 avg
1 1 2 0 4
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Santa Clara
3 Draws
3 Rio Ave
Apr 2026 Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave Rio Ave
Nov 2025 Rio Ave 1–1 Santa Clara Draw
Apr 2025 Rio Ave 1–1 Santa Clara Draw
Dec 2024 Santa Clara 1–0 Rio Ave Santa Clara
Jul 2024 Rio Ave 1–2 Santa Clara Santa Clara

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Rio Ave
  • 99 E. van der Gouw G
  • 54 G. Liavas D
  • 23 F. Petrasso D
  • 39 Gustavo Mancha D
  • 17 M. Vrousai D
  • 44 T. Nikitscher M
  • 5 A. Ntoi M
  • 7 Diogo Bezerra M
  • 11 J. Blesa M
  • 77 D. Špikić M
  • 9 Tamble Monteiro F
Bench M. Patricio, Samuel, A. Wenck, M. Sellouki, T. Medina, Caike, S. Clemmensen, Pedro Amaral, R. Galčík, João Tomé, K. Chamorro

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