Match Report
| Rio Ave | Rio Ave |  |  | Académica de Coimbra | Académica de Coimbra | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Artur Antunes | A. Antunes |  | 50 | G |  | 1 | | G | 58 |  | Tony Benyachou | T. Benyachou | |||||||||
| Artur Neves | A. Neves | | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 60 | | Joao Nascimento | J. Nascimento | |||||||||
| Jorge Loureiro | J. Loureiro | | 52 | D | | 3 | | D | 58 | | Duarte Barros | D. Barros | |||||||||
| Samuel Costa | S. Costa | | 52 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 | | Rui Lima | R. Lima | |||||||||
| Fernando Mendes | F. Mendes | | 50 | D | | 5 | | D | 50 |  | Adam Merson | A. Merson | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Sousa | R. Sousa | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 59 |  | Tijani Meerdink | T. Meerdink | |||||||||
| Neil Gallacher | N. Gallacher |  | 64 | M | | 7 | | M | 52 | | Eduardo Tavares | E. Tavares | |||||||||
| Artur Semedo | A. Semedo | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 51 | | Sophiane Bradaia | S. Bradaia | |||||||||
| Fernando Rego | F. Rego | | 55 | M | | 9 | | M | 50 | | Silvio Gomes | S. Gomes | |||||||||
| Quim Teixeira | Q. Teixeira | | 52 | A | | 10 | | A | 58 | | Sergio Nunes | S. Nunes | |||||||||
| Francisco Carvalho | F. Carvalho | | 50 | A | | 11 | | A | 54 | | Seb Gravelaine | S. Gravelaine | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Estádio dos Arcos where Rio Ave play host to Académica de Coimbra. A crowd of 9,376 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Rio Ave and Académica de Coimbra are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Rio Ave and Académica de Coimbra are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Rio Ave kicking off!
3.15
0-0Rui Lima flicks the ball to his team mate, Eduardo Tavares. Eduardo Tavares makes a probing pass to Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
6.20
Sophiane Bradaia chips the ball to his team mate, Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes shoots from 25 yards but it is miles over!
12.03
0-0Francisco Carvalho hacks Rui Lima from behind! The referee calls over Francisco Carvalho and warns him to calm down! Rui Lima runs off the knock.
18.46
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
22.38
Eduardo Tavares controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Seb Gravelaine. Seb Gravelaine shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
28.11
1-0Artur Semedo passes the ball forward to Francisco Carvalho. Francisco Carvalho whips in a cross ball towards Quim Teixeira. Quim Teixeira is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
33.54
1-0Sophiane Bradaia controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Seb Gravelaine. Seb Gravelaine knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Jorge Loureiro.
34.47
1-0Rui Lima chips the ball to his team mate, Eduardo Tavares. Eduardo Tavares knocks the ball to his team mate, Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes whips in a cross ball towards Seb Gravelaine. Seb Gravelaine directs the ball goalwards with his head. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
45.00
Rodrigo Sousa makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Quim Teixeira. Quim Teixeira shoots from 25 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Académica de Coimbra kick off!
49.02
Silvio Gomes makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
57.53
Fernando Mendes kicks a strong pass forward to Fernando Rego. Fernando Rego controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Francisco Carvalho. Francisco Carvalho knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Adam Merson.
66.34
Fernando Mendes knocks the ball to his team mate, Neil Gallacher. Neil Gallacher deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Quim Teixeira. Quim Teixeira whips in a cross ball towards Francisco Carvalho. Francisco Carvalho flicks the ball with his head but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
67.45
1-0Sophiane Bradaia hacks Rodrigo Sousa from behind! The referee calls over Sophiane Bradaia and warns him to calm down! Rodrigo Sousa carries on, but is struggling a bit.
72.50
Jorge Loureiro chips the ball to his team mate, Artur Semedo. Artur Semedo advances with the ball. Artur Semedo knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Tony Benyachou who gathers it comfortably.
78.30
Fernando Mendes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Neil Gallacher. Neil Gallacher makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francisco Carvalho. Francisco Carvalho lofts in a cross ball towards Quim Teixeira. Quim Teixeira heads the ball goalwards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
81.59
Académica de Coimbra are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
87.24
Adam Merson clumsily knocks into Quim Teixeira. Adam Merson is warned by the referee! Quim Teixeira stretches but gets up unharmed.
89.39
1-0Eduardo Tavares clumsily knocks into Neil Gallacher. Eduardo Tavares is shown the yellow card! Neil Gallacher hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
1
Shots off Target
3
4
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
52.9%
47.1%
Play Area
29.4%
42.6%
27.9%
Scorers