Primeira Liga · Matchweek 28 · Apr 4

Rio Ave - Alverca

Alverca won 2-1 away at Rio Ave in Primeira Liga (Matchweek 28). Goals: J. Blesa 60'; Figueiredo 5'; Sandro Lima 21'.

Rio AveHOME

1 - 2

AlvercaAWAY

J. Blesa 60'

⚽

Figueiredo 5'Sandro Lima 21'

🏟 Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube Vila do Conde 👤 Referee: A. Rodrigues

Key events

5' ⚽ Figueiredo(0 - 1) · Assist: Lincoln Alverca

21' ⚽ Sandro Lima(0 - 2) · Assist: Figueiredo Alverca

56' 🟨 M. VrousaiYellow card Rio Ave

60' ⚽ J. Blesa(1 - 2) · Assist: N. Abbey Rio Ave

74' 🟨 Sandro LimaYellow card Alverca

74' 🟨 J. BlesaYellow card Rio Ave

Quick stats

%52 Possession %48

1.19 Pre-match xG 1.00

16 Total shots 14

5 Shots on target 6

6 Shots off target 5

5 Blocked shots 3

8 Shots inside box 7

8 Shots outside box 7

4 Saves 4

Match timeline

First half

⚽Figueiredo(0 - 1) · Assist: Lincoln

21'

⚽Sandro Lima(0 - 2) · Assist: Figueiredo

T. Nikitscher ↔ Ryan GuilhermeSubstitution🔁

42'

HT 0 - 2

M. VrousaiYellow card🟨

56'

J. Blesa(1 - 2) · Assist: N. Abbey⚽

60'

N. Abbey ↔ O. RichardsSubstitution🔁

68'

O. Pohlmann ↔ T. MonteiroSubstitution🔁

68'

🔁Figueiredo ↔ C. NuozziSubstitution

73'

🔁Rhaldney ↔ MareziSubstitution

74'

🟨Sandro LimaYellow card

J. BlesaYellow card🟨

74'

75'

🔁Sandro Lima ↔ V. MoreiraSubstitution

D. Spikic ↔ J. TomeSubstitution🔁

79'

A. Ntoi ↔ G. LiavasSubstitution🔁

81'

85'

🔁Chiquinho ↔ D. SpencerSubstitution

FT 1 - 2

Match statsRio Ave · Alverca

Key stats

%52 Possession %48

1.19 Pre-match xG 1.00

Shots

16 Total shots 14

5 Shots on target 6

6 Shots off target 5

5 Blocked shots 3

8 Shots inside box 7

8 Shots outside box 7

4 Saves 4

Attacking

0 Attacks 0

0 Dangerous attacks 0

Passing

426 Total passes 395

348 Accurate passes 329

%82 Pass accuracy %83

Set pieces & discipline

8 Corners 4

0 Offsides 3

7 Fouls 5

Cards

2 Yellow cards 1

By half

0 1st-half goals 2

1 2nd-half goals 0

Penalties

0 Penalties won 0

0 Penalty goals 0

LineupsRio Ave 4-2-3-1Alverca 3-4-3

Gouw 6

Abbey 39

Mancha 32

Brabec 17

Vrousai 5

Ndoj 44

Nikitscher 18

Špikić 80

Pohlmann 7

Bezerra 11

Blesa 31

Mendes 33

Meupiyou 5

Gómez 4

Naves 12

James 18

Lincoln 26

Rhaldney 2

Touaizi 10

Chiquinho 91

Lima 20

Figueiredo

Rio Ave · Bench

23Francisco Petrasso23

77Omar Richards77

19Antonis Papakanellos19

63Julien Lomboto63

8Ryan Guilherme8

1Cezary Miszta1

54Georgios Liavas54

9Tamblé Monteiro9

20João Tomé20

Coach: Sotiris Sylaidopoulos

Alverca · Bench

35Zakaria Kassary35

11Cédric Nuozzi11

82Diogo Spencer82

14Steven Baseya14

17Vasco Moreira17

Coach: Custodio

HEAD TO HEAD2 meetings · 2025–2026

Rio Ave 0

Too few meetings for a trend

Alverca 1

0 Rio Ave 1 draw 1 Alverca

GOALS IN THIS FIXTURE

1.5goals / match

1–2total goals

0/1clean sheets

1-0Alverca best win · Sep 19

Over 1.5 1/2

Over 2.5 0/2

Over 3.5 0/2

BTTS 1/2

DOES THE VENUE MATTER

Alverca at home2 matches

1W 1D 0L 2:1

Results are read from the side that hosted the match.

FORM COMPARISON

Last 5Last 10

Rio Ave1W 2D 2L Alverca3W 0D 2L

1.00 1.80 Points per game

5 7 Goals scored

6 5 Goals conceded

1.50 1.31 xG average

1.48 1.58 xGA average

%40 %0 Clean sheets

%40 %60 BTTS

%40 %60 Over 2.5

5.8 6.2 Corners

2.2 1.0 Cards

Rio Ave4W 3D 3L Alverca3W 4D 3L

1.50 1.30 Points per game

10 12 Goals scored

9 13 Goals conceded

1.42 1.34 xG average

1.38 1.56 xGA average

%40 %10 Clean sheets

%40 %70 BTTS

%40 %50 Over 2.5

5.4 6.5 Corners

3.0 1.2 Cards

SEASON COMPARISON

12Rio Avein the table36pts

34matches 8-12-14W-D-L 35:57goals -22diff

DLDLD

11Alvercain the table39pts

34matches 10-9-15W-D-L 35:52goals -17diff

LDLWL

Season profile · 2025/2026 · 21 matches

0.95 1.14 Points per game

1.03 1.09 xG average

1.93 1.56 xGA average

%10 %24 Clean sheets

%52 %48 BTTS

%67 %57 Over 2.5

3.8 3.3 Corners

2.6 2.6 Cards

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Sep 19

Alverca 1-0 Rio Ave

Primeira Liga

Nov 8

Alverca 1-1 Rio Ave

Primeira Liga

THIS MATCH VS SEASON AVERAGE

Rio AveAlverca

Goals 1.01.0

Shots 16.09.6 +6.4

On target 5.03.7 +1.3

Possession %52%47 +4.8

Corners 8.03.9 +4.1

Cards 2.05.2 -3.2

Conceded 2.01.7 +0.3

this matchseason average · 33 matches

Goals 2.01.0 +1.0

Shots 14.08.6 +5.4

On target 6.03.2 +2.8

Possession %48%44 +3.7

Corners 4.03.8 +0.2

Cards 1.04.5 -3.5

Conceded 1.01.6 -0.6

this matchseason average · 32 matches

PLAYER RATINGS★ Jalen Blesa 8.90

Rio Ave6.60Alverca7.21

Starting XI

11 Jalen Blesa F · 93' 8.90

Goals1On target2/3Key pass1Dribbles3/4Duels won7/11Fouls won2Passes21 · %14

5 Andreas Ndoj M · 81' 7.20

On target1/1Tackles4Duels won8/15Fouls1Passes36 · %31

32 Jakub Brabec D · 93' 6.90

Tackles2Interceptions1Blocks2Duels won3/5Passes65 · %58

6 Nelson Abbey D · 68' 6.70

Assist1Key pass3Tackles1Duels won1/6Passes31 · %25

39 Gustavo Mancha D · 93' 6.70

Interceptions1Duels won2/4Fouls won1Passes61 · %53

44 Tamás Nikitscher M · 42' 6.30

Interceptions1Passes16 · %16

80 Ole Pohlmann M · 68' 6.30

On target1/1Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won1/5Fouls1Passes10 · %8

99 Ennio Van Der Gouw G · 93' 6.20

Saves4Passes28 · %25

18 Dario Špikić M · 81' 6.20

Key pass2Interceptions1Duels won2/5Fouls won1Fouls2Passes32 · %23

7 Diogo Bezerra M · 93' 5.70

Key pass1Tackles2Duels won2/6Fouls1Passes22 · %17

17 Marios Vrousai D · 93' · K 5.50

On target1/3Key pass2Dribbles1/1Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won3/17Fouls1Passes47 · %31

Substitutes

8 Ryan Guilherme M · 51' 6.70

Key pass2Interceptions1Duels won4/10Fouls won2Fouls1Passes30 · %26

54 Georgios Liavas M · 12' 6.60

Tackles1Duels won1/1Passes11 · %10

77 Omar Richards D · 25' 6.60

Passes7 · %7

9 Tamblé Monteiro F · 25' 6.60

Duels won3/3Passes5 · %1

20 João Tomé D · 12' 6.30

Passes4 · %3

Unused: Antonis PapakanellosJulien LombotoCezary MisztaFrancisco Petrasso

Starting XI

20 Figueiredo F · 69' 8.20

Goals1Assist1On target2/3Key pass1Dribbles2/3Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won4/7Fouls won1Fouls1Offside2Passes31 · %24

31 Matheus Mendes G · 93' 7.90

Saves4Duels won2/2Fouls won1Passes29 · %16

4 Kaiky Naves D · 93' 7.50

Tackles3Interceptions4Blocks4Duels won4/8Passes45 · %42

18 Lincoln M · 93' 7.30

Assist1On target2/2Key pass2Tackles3Blocks1Duels won4/4Fouls won1Passes51 · %48

12 Isaac James M · 93' 7.20

Key pass5Dribbles2/2Tackles1Duels won6/10Fouls won2Passes34 · %29

10 Chiquinho F · 86' 7.20

On target1/1Key pass1Dribbles3/6Tackles3Interceptions2Duels won6/12Passes23 · %20

91 Sandro Lima F · 74' 6.90

Goals1On target1/2Key pass1Tackles2Duels won4/10Fouls1Passes16 · %11

33 Bastien Meupiyou D · 93' 6.90

Dribbles2/2Tackles2Duels won5/7Fouls won1Passes44 · %36

2 Nabil Touaizi M · 93' 6.90

Key pass2Tackles3Interceptions1Duels won4/7Fouls won1Passes35 · %28

5 Sergi Gómez D · 93' · K 6.70

Tackles1Interceptions2Duels won2/4Fouls2Passes28 · %24

26 Rhaldney M · 74' 6.60

Dribbles1/1Tackles3Duels won4/7Fouls1Passes43 · %41

Substitutes

9 Marko Milovanović F · 19' 6.90

Duels won3/3Offside1Passes3 · %1

11 Cédric Nuozzi F · 24' 6.70

Tackles2Duels won2/3Passes7 · %6

17 Vasco Moreira M · 19' 6.30

Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won1/3Passes3 · %3

82 Diogo Spencer D · 7'

Passes3

Unused: Zakaria KassaryDavy GuiMateus OliveiraMathis ClairiciaSteven Baseya

Win probabilityModel: 1 (%44) ✗

Rio Ave %44 Draw %22 Alverca %34

1.54Rio Ave xPuan

1.24Alverca xPuan

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Form

Rio AveWWWDL

AlvercaLDDDD

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