Rio Ave 1-0 Santa Clara: beats 1-0 with a goal scored by E. Boateng
VILA DO CONDE. Rio Ave conquers Santa Clara 1-0 after E. Boateng scored just 1 goal (15').
VILA DO CONDE. Rio Ave conquers Santa Clara 1-0 after E. Boateng scored just 1 goal (15′).
K. Boateng received a red card (66′). This red card was one of the reason why Santa Clara lost the match.
The match was played at the Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube stadium in Vila do Conde on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira with the assistance of Nuno Manso and André Costa. The 4th official was André Silva Neto. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot around 25.2 degrees Celsius or 77.41 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 44%.
Match Statistics
Rio Ave was in firm control of the ball 55% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Santa Clara was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Rio Ave found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Rio Ave shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Santa Clara shot 7 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards (P. William and Costinha). On the opposite side, Santa Clara received 3 yellow cards (C. Gonzalez, Ricardinho and Matheus Babi).
Also, Santa Clara didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after K. Boateng (Santa Clara) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (66′).
After this encounter, Rio Ave will have 6 points to stay in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Santa Clara will stay with 5 points to stay in the 15th place.
Match Events
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8'8'
P. William
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15'15'
E. Boateng
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41'41'
Costinha
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46'46'
M. Nobrega
P. William
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56'56'
Fabio Ronaldo
E. Boateng
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62'62'
V. Gomes
A. Samaris
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65'65'
C. Tassano
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65'65'
Rildo
MT
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65'65'
K. Tagawa
João Marcos
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66'66'
K. Boateng
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67'67'
Ricardinho
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72'72'
Adriano
Pedro Bicalho
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72'72'
Andrezinho
P. Sagna
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84'84'
A. Oudrhiri
J. Graca
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85'85'
Ukra
M. Baeza
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88'88'
Matheus Babi
Ricardinho
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89'89'
Matheus Babi
Next match
In the upcoming Liga Portugal match, Rio Ave will play away against Benfica on the 8th of October with a 23-1 head to head record in favor of Benfica (4 draws).
Santa Clara will host Sporting CP on the 8th of October with a 7-1 head to head stats in favor of Sporting CP (0 draws).
Rio Ave: Formation and Lineups
Rio Ave started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Luís Carlos Batalha Freire chose to play with the following team: Jhonatan , Josué Sá , Aderllan Santos , Patrick William , Costinha , Miguel Baeza , Andreas Samaris , João Graça , Pedro Amaral , Aziz and Emmanuel Boateng .
Substitutes
Rio Ave made 5 changes: P. William for M. Nobrega (46′), E. Boateng for Fabio Ronaldo (56′), A. Samaris for V. Gomes (62′), J. Graca for A. Oudrhiri (84′) and M. Baeza for Ukra (85′).
Top player: João Graça
The player who no doubt impressed Rio Ave the most was João Graça even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 41 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.
Santa Clara: Formation and Lineups
Santa Clara started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva played with: Marco Pereira , Pierre Sagna , Kennedy Boateng , Cristian Tassano , Paulo , Victor Bobsin , Pedro Bicalho , MT , Gabriel Silva , João Marcos and Ricardinho .
Substitutes
Santa Clara made 5 changes: M. Nunes for K. Tagawa (65′), J. Marcos for Rildo (65′), Pedro Bicalho for Adriano (72′), P. Sagna for Andrezinho (72′) and Ricardinho for Matheus Babi (88′).
Top player: Gabriel Silva
Probably the most impressive player in Santa Clara was Gabriel Silva.
His rating is with 15 passes (60% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 10 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal
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