PORTO. Boavista conquered Rio Ave. Boavista made the most of its better ball possession (57%).
Leonardo Ruiz received a red card (62′). This red card was one of the reason why Rio Ave lost the match.
The match was played at the Estádio do Bessa Século XXI stadium in Porto on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was João António Ferreira Gonçalves with the assistance of Alvaro Daniel Carvalho Mesquita and Ângelo Carneiro. The 4th official was António Ricardo de Mesquita Moreira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.7 degrees Celsius or 60.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Boavista had a strong ball possession 57% while Rio Ave was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Boavista had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Boavista won the match.
Boavista shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rio Ave shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Boavista received 1 yellow card (Joel Silva). On the opposite side, Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards (Josué Sá and Emmanuel Boateng).
Also, Rio Ave didn’t end the match with 11 players after Leonardo Ruiz (Rio Ave) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (62′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Boavista will have 37 points to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Rio Ave will stay with 35 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Boavista will play away against Porto on the 30th of April with a 19-1 head to head stats in favor of Porto (4 draws).
Rio Ave will host Arouca on the 28th of April with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Rio Ave (3 draws).
Boavista – Formation
Boavista started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Armando Gonçalves Teixeira decided to play with the following team: Rafael Bracali
, Reggie Cannon , Vincent Sasso , Rodrigo Abascal , Bruno Onyemaechi , Sebastián Pérez , Salvador Agra , Bruno Lourenço , Gaius Makouta , Ricardo Mangas and Yusupha Njie .The home team had on the bench: Ibrahima Camará, Luís Santos
, Miguel Reisinho , César Bernardo Dutra, Masaki Watai, Martim Miguel Carneiro Tavares, Róbert Boženík , Joel Silva and Robson Alves Reis.Substitutions
Boavista made 6 changes: Bruno Onyemaechi for Luís Castelo Santos (46′), Yusupha Njie for Joel Filipe Organista da Silva (63′), Yusupha Njie for Róbert Boženík (64′), Reggie Cannon for Miguel Reisinho (81′), Salvador Agra for Ibrahima Camará (89′) and Salvador Agra for Ibrahima Camará (89′).
Best player: Ricardo Mangas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Boavista was Ricardo Mangas.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.Rio Ave – Formation
Rio Ave started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Luís Carlos Batalha Freire played with: Jhonatan
, Renato Pantalon , Aderllan Santos , Josué Sá , Costinha , João Graça , Andreas Samaris , Gonçalo Rodrigues , Fábio Ronaldo , André Pereira and Hernâni .These were the players on the bench: Andre Filipe Alves Monteiro, Emmanuel Boateng
, Paulo Vitor Fernandes Pereira, Vítor Gomes , Miguel Raimundo Nóbrega, Audenirton Soares da Silva, Amine Oudrhiri , Sávio and Leonardo Ruiz .Substitutions
Rio Ave made 5 changes: Josué Sá for Savio (46′), Andreas Samaris for Vitor Gomes (46′), André Pereira for Leonardo Ruiz (46′), Hernâni for Emmanuel Boateng (75′) and Guga for Amine Oudrhiri Idrissi (75′).
Best player: Costinha
The player that probably impressed the most for Rio Ave was Costinha.
His rating is
with 39 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.