Match Report
| Rio Ave | Rio Ave |  |  | União Desportiva de Leiria | União Desportiva de Leiria | ||||||||||||||||
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| Pedro Gomes | P. Gomes |  | 69 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 | | Silvio Antunes | S. Antunes | |||||||||
| Guilherme Moreira | G. Moreira | | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 69 | | Samuel Barbosa | S. Barbosa | |||||||||
| Roberto Moutinho | R. Moutinho | | 56 | D | | 3 | | D | 52 | | Rafael Faria | R. Faria | |||||||||
| Enrique Alonso | E. Alonso |  | 54 | D |  | | 4 | | D | 46 | | Gaspar Campos | G. Campos | ||||||||
| Adrian Dodd | A. Dodd |  | 46 | D | | 5 | | D | 45 | | Martin Le Saux | M. Le Saux | |||||||||
| Tomas Santos | T. Santos | | 62 | M | | 6 | | M | 62 | | Rodrigo Campos | R. Campos | |||||||||
| Daniel Castro | D. Castro | | 60 | M | | 7 | | | M | 54 | | Brian Mcgreal | B. Mcgreal | ||||||||
| Miguel Ribeiro | M. Ribeiro | | 49 | M | | 8 | | M | 47 |  | Alec Glass | A. Glass | |||||||||
| Jaap Wijngaarden | J. Wijngaarden |  | 49 | M | | 9 | | M | 46 | | Vitor Neves | V. Neves | |||||||||
| Ricardo Pardo | R. Pardo | | 59 | A | | 10 | | M | 43 | | Pedro Andrade | P. Andrade | |||||||||
| Nuno Reis | N. Reis | | 58 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 | | Nuno Semedo | N. Semedo | |||||||||
| Quim Pinto | Q. Pinto | | 63 | G | | 12 | | G | 63 | | Nuno Faria | N. Faria | |||||||||
| Jaime Rego | J. Rego | | 63 | G | | 13 | | G | 62 | | Rafael Postiga | R. Postiga | |||||||||
| Bruno Valente | B. Valente | | 57 | G | | 14 | | A | 61 | | Diogo Viana | D. Viana | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Red Cross |
Match Report
Rain falls steadily from above here at Estádio dos Arcos where Rio Ave play host to União Desportiva de Leiria. A crowd of 6,978 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Rio Ave are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while União Desportiva de Leiria appear to be shaped for 4-1-4-1.
Today's match is refereed by Bruno Costa Pereira.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Rio Ave are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while União Desportiva de Leiria appear to be shaped for 4-1-4-1.
Today's match is refereed by Bruno Costa Pereira.
0.00
0-0União Desportiva de Leiria start the match!
12.17
0-0Gaspar Campos surges forward with the ball. Gaspar Campos flicks a high pass forward. Nuno Semedo controls it well on his chest. Nuno Semedo knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Guilherme Moreira.
15.19
Adrian Dodd passes the ball forward to Tomas Santos. With imagination, Tomas Santos plays the ball forward to Ricardo Pardo. Ricardo Pardo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
18.12
0-0Enrique Alonso flicks a high ball forward to Jaap Wijngaarden who takes it down. Jaap Wijngaarden controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ricardo Pardo. Ricardo Pardo sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Silvio Antunes is on top of it.
21.57
Gaspar Campos knocks the ball forward to Brian Mcgreal. Brian Mcgreal sees Nuno Semedo in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Nuno Semedo sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is tipped over by Pedro Gomes.
23.09
0-0Vitor Neves takes a quick corner, playing it short to Rafael Faria. Rafael Faria knocks the ball into the box. Pedro Gomes scrambles forward, punching the ball out to safety!
33.22
0-0Samuel Barbosa makes a simple pass to Rodrigo Campos. Rodrigo Campos laces a through ball forward to Nuno Semedo. Nuno Semedo sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it misses the target by a large margin!
34.20
0-0Gaspar Campos clumsily knocks into Ricardo Pardo. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Ricardo Pardo runs off the knock.
38.22
Guilherme Moreira chips the ball to his team mate, Miguel Ribeiro. Miguel Ribeiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Nuno Reis. Nuno Reis shoots from outside the area. Fantastic reaction save from Silvio Antunes!
39.03
0-0Adrian Dodd flicks a high pass forward to Daniel Castro who brings the ball under control. Daniel Castro makes a simple pass to Ricardo Pardo. Ricardo Pardo makes a great pass forward. Nuno Reis runs clear and latches on but the linesman indicates offside!
45.00
Daniel Castro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Nuno Reis. Nuno Reis shoots from long range. Silvio Antunes gets down and covers it.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
Both teams emerge for the second half. Rio Ave appear unchanged since the first half. União Desportiva de Leiria also appear unchanged since the first half. The União Desportiva de Leiria players look more motivated than they were before.
45.00
Rio Ave kick off!
49.48
Enrique Alonso flicks a high pass forward. Daniel Castro controls it well on his chest. Daniel Castro sees space and advances. Daniel Castro plays a quick one-two with Nuno Reis and rushes in on goal... Daniel Castro comes in from the right and smashes a shot from 11 yards out but it flies well off target!
60.32
0-0Rio Ave have made 3 substitutions with Quim Pinto replacing Roberto Moutinho, Jaime Rego replacing Daniel Castro and Bruno Valente replacing Nuno Reis .
63.51
With a delightful solo run, Vitor Neves stretches the opposition's defence. Vitor Neves shoots from 25 yards but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
67.36
0-0Bruno Valente hacks Samuel Barbosa from behind! The referee warns Bruno Valente to calm down! Samuel Barbosa gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
71.15
0-0There is some beautiful football being played out on the pitch today.
72.58
Jaap Wijngaarden threads the ball through to Ricardo Pardo. Ricardo Pardo shoots from 25 yards. The ball dips but the keeper is more than a match for it. Great keeping!
75.03
Vitor Neves makes an attacking run forward. Vitor Neves plays a quick one-two with Nuno Semedo and rushes in on goal... Vitor Neves rockets a shot on goal but it's a lousy effort!
81.22
Vitor Neves brings the ball forward. Vitor Neves sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Magnificent save by Pedro Gomes!
85.49
Quim Pinto plays the ball forward to Tomas Santos. Tomas Santos knocks the ball to his team mate, Bruno Valente. Bruno Valente skips past Rafael Faria! Bruno Valente makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
90.00
Samuel Barbosa clumsily knocks into Bruno Valente. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Bruno Valente stretches but gets up unharmed.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
4
2
Shots off Target
2
3
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
0
2
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.7%
44.3%
Play Area
30%
47.1%
22.9%
Man of the Match
| The man of the match was awarded to Silvio Antunes of União Desportiva de Leiria |
Match Ratings
| 1. | Pedro Gomes (GK) | 8 | |
| 2. | Guilherme Moreira (DEF) | 6 | |
| 3. | Roberto Moutinho (DEF) | 6 | |
| 4. | Enrique Alonso (DEF) | 7 | |
| 5. | Adrian Dodd (DEF) | 7 | |
| 6. | Tomas Santos (MID) | 7 | |
| 7. | Daniel Castro (MID) | 8 | |
| 8. | Miguel Ribeiro (MID) | 6 | |
| 9. | Jaap Wijngaarden (MID) | 8 | |
| 10. | Ricardo Pardo (ATT) | 6 | |
| 11. | Nuno Reis (ATT) | 6 | |
| 12. | Quim Pinto (GK) | 6 | |
| 13. | Jaime Rego (GK) | 6 | |
| 14. | Bruno Valente (GK) | 6 | |
| 1. | Silvio Antunes (GK) | 9 | |
| 2. | Samuel Barbosa (DEF) |  | 5 |
| 3. | Rafael Faria (DEF) | 6 | |
| 4. | Gaspar Campos (DEF) | | 6 |
| 5. | Martin Le Saux (DEF) | 6 | |
| 6. | Rodrigo Campos (MID) | 6 | |
| 7. | Brian Mcgreal (MID) | 7 | |
| 8. | Alec Glass (MID) | 6 | |
| 9. | Vitor Neves (MID) | 9 | |
| 10. | Pedro Andrade (MID) | 6 | |
| 11. | Nuno Semedo (ATT) | 7 | |
| 12. | Nuno Faria (GK) | 0 | |
| 13. | Rafael Postiga (GK) | 0 | |
| 14. | Diogo Viana (ATT) | 0 | |