Match Report
| Rio Ave | Rio Ave |  |  | Sporting Lisbon | Sporting Lisbon | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tomas Rego | T. Rego |  | 63 | G |  | 1 | | G | 57 |  | Armin Fromm | A. Fromm | |||||||||
| Abel Loureiro | A. Loureiro | | 69 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 63 |  | Remco Hilgerink | R. Hilgerink | |||||||||
| Pedro Gento | P. Gento |  | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 62 |  | Neil Booth | N. Booth | |||||||||
| Steffen Lindner | S. Lindner | | 66 | D | | 4 | | D | 58 | | Juan Marcelino | J. Marcelino | |||||||||
| Salvatore Pinna | S. Pinna |  | 63 | D | | 5 | | D | 57 |  | Kubilay Türkyilmaz | K. Türkyilmaz | |||||||||
| Francisco Campos | F. Campos | | 68 | M | | 6 | | M | 66 | | Andre Neves | A. Neves | |||||||||
| Manuel Monteiro | M. Monteiro | | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 64 |  | Wes Galli | W. Galli | |||||||||
| Sean Lucarelli | S. Lucarelli | | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 63 | | Francisco Lopes | F. Lopes | |||||||||
| Romero P. Dominguez | R. Dominguez | | 51 | M | | 9 | | M | 44 | | Ricardo Sousa | R. Sousa | |||||||||
| Frederico Marques | F. Marques | | 73 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 | | Ruben Barbosa | R. Barbosa | |||||||||
| Vitor Faria | V. Faria | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 | | Nuno Sousa | N. Sousa | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Red Cross |
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Estádio dos Arcos where Rio Ave play host to Sporting Lisbon. A crowd of 9,185 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Rio Ave and Sporting Lisbon are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Rio Ave and Sporting Lisbon are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Sporting Lisbon start the match!
3.54
0-0Wes Galli barges into Romero P. Dominguez. Wes Galli is warned by the referee! Romero P. Dominguez hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
14.37
0-0Ricardo Sousa controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Nuno Sousa. Nuno Sousa goes all the way! Nuno Sousa makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
20.57
0-0Manuel Monteiro comes in with a late challenge on Francisco Lopes. Manuel Monteiro is given a warning by the referee! Francisco Lopes grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
21.20
Pedro Gento knocks the ball to his team mate, Romero P. Dominguez. Romero P. Dominguez makes a probing pass to Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
22.42
0-0Neil Booth makes a beautiful solo run. Neil Booth advances with the ball. Neil Booth shoots from outside the area. The ball comes in low, but Tomas Rego easily smothers it!
38.37
Manuel Monteiro takes it forward alone. Manuel Monteiro sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
42.15
1-0Salvatore Pinna makes a probing pass to Romero P. Dominguez. Romero P. Dominguez knocks the ball forward to Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques goes all the way! Frederico Marques tries a spectacular strike. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Rio Ave kick off and get the second half underway!
53.13
Manuel Monteiro kicks a strong pass forward to Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques goes all the way! Frederico Marques makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. Magnificent save by Armin Fromm!
66.09
Steffen Lindner knocks the ball forward to Manuel Monteiro. Manuel Monteiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Vitor Faria. Vitor Faria shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Armin Fromm!
67.27
1-0Rio Ave are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Sporting Lisbon's defence.
69.37
Pedro Gento sees space and advances. Pedro Gento sees a break and surges forward. Pedro Gento shoots from 25 yards. Magnificent save by Armin Fromm!
77.15
1-0Sean Lucarelli flicks the ball to his team mate, Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
81.29
Abel Loureiro deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Manuel Monteiro. Manuel Monteiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Vitor Faria. Vitor Faria knocks the ball forward to Frederico Marques. Frederico Marques cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
84.58
Juan Marcelino flicks the ball to his team mate, Francisco Lopes. Francisco Lopes brings the ball forward. Francisco Lopes knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Pedro Gento.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
4
1
Shots off Target
3
1
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
58.2%
41.8%
Play Area
23.9%
49.3%
26.9%
Scorers