Match Report
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara |  |  | Rio Ave | Rio Ave | ||||||||||||||||
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| Yves-A. Borbiconi | Y. Borbiconi |  | 66 | G |  | 1 | | G | 79 |  | Rui Nunes | R. Nunes | |||||||||
| Tomas Bento | T. Bento | | 67 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 76 | | Pedro Nascimento | P. Nascimento | |||||||||
| Andre Monteiro | A. Monteiro | | 64 | D | | 3 | | D | 74 | | Joao Moutinho | J. Moutinho | |||||||||
| Sergio Andrade | S. Andrade | | 62 | D | | 4 | | D | 66 | | Quim Faria | Q. Faria | |||||||||
| Jean-Christophe Mexes | J. Mexes | | 61 | D | | 5 | | D | 64 | | Edgar Alves | E. Alves | |||||||||
| Nuno Veloso | N. Veloso | | 68 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 |  | Tijani Koevermans | T. Koevermans | |||||||||
| Ricardo Carvalho | R. Carvalho | | 68 | M | | 7 | | M | 66 |  | Victor Miller | V. Miller | |||||||||
| Julian Farinos | J. Farinos |  | 67 | M | | 8 | | M | 62 |  | Yurtcan Bulent | Y. Bulent | |||||||||
| Carlos Fonseca | C. Fonseca | | 72 | A | | 9 | | A | 77 | | Roberto Victoria | R. Victoria | |||||||||
| Tomas Ramos | T. Ramos | | 71 | A | | 10 | | A | 71 | | Jaime Barbosa | J. Barbosa | |||||||||
| Tiago Bento | T. Bento | | 69 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 | | Rafael Ribeiro | R. Ribeiro | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at Est˜dio de Sao Miguel where Santa Clara play host to Rio Ave. A crowd of 18,934 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Santa Clara and Rio Ave are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Santa Clara and Rio Ave are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Santa Clara kick off!
2.19
0-0Ricardo Carvalho takes it forward alone. Ricardo Carvalho goes all the way! Ricardo Carvalho shows great control and tries a shot on goal but somehow Rui Nunes manages to keep it out.
8.54
0-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
10.28
0-0Tijani Koevermans knocks the ball forward to Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro plays a perfect one-two with Jaime Barbosa and rushes in on goal... Rafael Ribeiro shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's miles wide!
20.54
Joao Moutinho makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Victor Miller. Victor Miller sees space and advances. Victor Miller makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
24.38
0-0Quim Faria barges into Carlos Fonseca. The referee calls over Quim Faria and warns him to calm down! Carlos Fonseca runs off the knock.
26.20
Joao Moutinho controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Yurtcan Bulent. Yurtcan Bulent threads the ball through to Jaime Barbosa. Jaime Barbosa shoots from outside the area but Yves-A. Borbiconi is on top of it.
34.39
Jean-Christophe Mexes flicks the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Carvalho. Ricardo Carvalho controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Tiago Bento. Tiago Bento controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Rui Nunes easily smothers it!
36.17
0-0Quim Faria knocks the ball to his team mate, Victor Miller. Victor Miller passes the ball forward to Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Sergio Andrade.
38.42
Tijani Koevermans makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Roberto Victoria. Roberto Victoria goes all the way! Roberto Victoria cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Yves-A. Borbiconi easily smothers it.
39.30
0-1Pedro Nascimento knocks the ball to his team mate, Tijani Koevermans. Tijani Koevermans makes a simple pass to Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro knocks in a cross ball towards Roberto Victoria. Roberto Victoria heads the ball goalwards. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Rio Ave start the second half!
47.21
Tomas Bento deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Carvalho. Ricardo Carvalho controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It curls slightly but Rui Nunes manages to gather it comfortably.
48.39
0-1Victor Miller deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jaime Barbosa. Jaime Barbosa knocks the ball forward to Roberto Victoria but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
49.24
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
54.37
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
57.42
Quim Faria makes a probing pass to Yurtcan Bulent. Yurtcan Bulent passes the ball forward to Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro shoots from 20 yards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
59.39
Quim Faria knocks the ball to his team mate, Tijani Koevermans. Tijani Koevermans makes a probing pass to Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro plays a perfect one-two with Jaime Barbosa and rushes in on goal... Rafael Ribeiro tries a spectacular strike but Yves-A. Borbiconi is on top of it.
61.28
Tijani Koevermans knocks the ball to his team mate, Jaime Barbosa. Jaime Barbosa knocks in a cross ball towards Rafael Ribeiro. Rafael Ribeiro connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
65.14
Sergio Andrade knocks the ball forward to Julian Farinos. Julian Farinos brings the ball forward. Julian Farinos shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.30
0-1Tiago Bento barges into Quim Faria. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Quim Faria runs off the knock.
69.49
Tomas Bento clumsily knocks into Roberto Victoria. The referee calls over Tomas Bento and shows him a yellow card! Roberto Victoria runs off the knock.
71.30
Andre Monteiro threads the ball through to Nuno Veloso. Nuno Veloso threads the ball through to Tomas Ramos. Tomas Ramos knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Joao Moutinho.
83.38
Julian Farinos makes a simple pass to Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
87.50
Tomas Bento barges into Rafael Ribeiro. Tomas Bento is warned by the referee! Rafael Ribeiro runs off the knock.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
2
4
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
34.9%
65.1%
Play Area
28.6%
41.3%
30.2%
Scorers