Sporting CP vs Rio Ave

Sporting CP

2 - 0

Rio Ave

🕒 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:15 Europe/London 🧑‍⚖️ Rui Manuel Gomes Costa 🔁 Regular Season - 27 🏁 match finished

Season

2017-2018 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 27

Regular Season Table

Sporting CP 3 · Rio Ave 5

Referee Stats

Rui Manuel Gomes Costa

15 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	67%
Draws	20%
Away wins	13%

How the match was won

Sporting CP outshot their opponent (16-7).
Rio Ave controlled possession (55%).
Sporting CP had the sharper finishing (7-1 shots on target).

Team Overview

Sporting CP (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 14-3-0

Goals For / Against

32 / 4

Avg: 1.88 / 0.24

Points

Avg: 2.65

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Rio Ave (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-3-10

Goals For / Against

14 / 30

Avg: 0.82 / 1.76

Points

Avg: 0.88

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Liga Portugal fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.65

PPG

0.88

1.88

0.82

0.24

1.76

29%

O2.5

53%

18%

BTTS

47%

Score 1st

League-position context

Sporting CP rank3rd

Rio Ave rank5th

Sporting CP points78

Rio Ave points51

Sporting CP: #3 · 78 pts · GD +39

3 pts off the top 2. 35 pts above the play-off edge. 46 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Rio Ave: #5 · 51 pts · GD -2

30 pts off the top 2. 8 pts above the play-off edge. 19 pts clear of the relegation zone.

27-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting CP last 5 home

D W W W W

Points13/15

Weighted index78

Goals6-0

Record4-1-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Rio Ave last 5 away

D L L L L

Points1/15

Weighted index11

Goals1-8

Record0-1-4

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Sporting CP trend breakdown

Over 2.529%

BTTS18%

BTTS + O2.518%

1H Over 0.559%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 59% · Over 3.5 18% · 1H BTTS 0%

Rio Ave trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.541%

1H Over 0.576%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 71% · Over 3.5 24% · 1H BTTS 12%

Scoring reliability

Sporting CP score at home88%

Sporting CP clean sheet at home82%

Rio Ave score away53%

Rio Ave clean sheet away18%

First-goal patterns

Sporting CP score first0%

Sporting CP win after scoring first0%

Rio Ave score first0%

Rio Ave win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting CP 0% · Rio Ave 0%

Vs league average

Sporting CP score at home1.88 vs 1.57

Sporting CP concede at home0.24 vs 1.13

Rio Ave score away0.82 vs 1.13

Rio Ave concede away1.76 vs 1.57

Sporting CP score 20% above league average, while Rio Ave score 27% below league average.

Defensive side: Sporting CP are 79% below league average at home, and Rio Ave are 13% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals4.40

BTTS60%

Over 2.5100%

At this venue setup: 3.00 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting CP goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Rio Ave goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

45%

55%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

376

461

Passes Accurate

315

390

Passes %

84%

85%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	20
Home Wins	14
Draws	4
Away Wins	2
Over 2.5 Goals	11 (55.0%)
BTTS	9 (45.0%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	10
Home Wins	7
Draws	2
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	5 (50.0%)
BTTS	3 (30.0%)

Sporting CP vs Rio Ave Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

11 May 2026 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 1 - 4 28 Dec 2025 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 4 - 0

2024-2025 Season

18 Jan 2025 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 0 - 3 09 Aug 2024 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 3 - 1

2023-2024 Season

25 Feb 2024 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 3 - 3 25 Sep 2023 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 2 - 0

2022-2023 Season

06 Feb 2023 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 0 - 1 13 Aug 2022 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 3 - 0

2020-2021 Season

05 May 2021 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 0 - 2 15 Jan 2021 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 1 - 1

2019-2020 Season

15 Feb 2020 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 1 - 1 31 Aug 2019 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 2 - 3

2018-2019 Season

07 Apr 2019 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 3 - 0 03 Dec 2018 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 1 - 3

2017-2018 Season

18 Mar 2018 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 2 - 0 27 Oct 2017 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 0 - 1

2016-2017 Season

18 Feb 2017 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 1 - 0 18 Sep 2016 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 3 - 1

2015-2016 Season

08 Feb 2016 Sporting CP vs Rio Ave 0 - 0 13 Sep 2015 Rio Ave vs Sporting CP 1 - 2