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​

Boavista

3 - 2

Rio Ave

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 14 Total 7
  • 6 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 2
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 122 Attack 90
  • 40 Dangerous attack 34
  • 114 Ball safe 99
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 2
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 19 Total 18
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

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

9'
Bruno Lourenço(goal)
12'
15'
Hernâni(goal)
35'
42'
Josué Sá- Yellow
46'
Sávio- sub ->Josué Sá
Luís dos Santos- sub ->Bruno Onyemaechi
46'
46'
Vítor Gomes - sub ->Andreas Samaris
46'
62'
Joel Silva- sub ->Yusupha Njie
63'
64'
Róbert Bozeník- sub ->Yusupha Njie
64'
75'
Emmanuel Boateng- sub ->Hernâni
75'
Amine- sub ->Guga
Miguel Reisinho- sub ->Reggie Cannon
81'
85'
Emmanuel Boateng(goal)Vítor Gomes
Joel Silva- Yellow
86'
88'
Emmanuel Boateng- Yellow
Ibrahima- sub ->Salvador Agra
89'
Ibrahima- sub ->Salvador Agra
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Benfica
87
34
Porto
85
34
Sporting Braga
78
34
Sporting CP
74
34
Arouca
54
34
Vitória SC
53
34
Chaves
46
34
Famalicão
44
34
Boavista
44
34
Casa Pia
41
34
Vizela
40
34
Rio Ave
40
34
Gil Vicente
37
34
Estoril
35
34
Portimonense
34
34
Marítimo
26
34
Paços de Ferreira
23
34
Santa Clara
22
34

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
G
Rafael Bracalli 1.Brazil
6.2
D
Vincent Sasso 23.France
6.9
D
Rodrigo Abascal 26.Uruguay
7.0
D
Reggie Cannon 2.United States
6.7
81'
D
Bruno Onyemaechi 70.Nigeria
7.1
46'
M
Ricardo Mangas 19.Portugal
8.4
35'
M
Seba Pérez 24.Colombia
6.8
M
Gaius Makouta 42.France
6.6
M
Bruno Lourenço 8.Portugal
7.4
12'
M
Salvador Agra 21.Portugal
7.1
89'
F
Y. Njie 11.Gambia
8.3
64' 9'
Substitutes
G
César 12.Brazil
D
Robson Reis 4.Brazil
M
Ibrahima 6.Guinea
89'
M
Miguel Reisinho 10.Portugal
6.8
81'
M
Masa 13.Japan
M
Joel Silva 16.Portugal
6.5
63' 86'
F
Luís dos Santos 77.Portugal
6.1
46'
F
Martim Tavares 59.Portugal
F
Róbert Bozeník 9.Slovakia
6.5
64'

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 (6.2), Reggie Cannon (6.7), Vincent Sasso (6.9), Rodrigo Abascal (7.0), Bruno Onyemaechi (7.1), Sebastián Pérez (6.8), Salvador Agra (7.1), Bruno Lourenço (7.4), Gaius Makouta (6.6), Ricardo Mangas (8.4) and Yusupha Njie (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ibrahima Camará, Luís Santos (6.1), Miguel Reisinho (6.8), César Bernardo Dutra, Masaki Watai, Martim Miguel Carneiro Tavares, Róbert Boženík (6.5), Joel Silva (6.5) 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 (8.4) 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
G
Jhonatan 18.Brazil
6.1
D
Aderllan Santos 33.Brazil
6.3
D
Josué Sá 23.Portugal
6.1
46' 42'
D
Renato Pantalon 42.Croatia
6.7
M
Costinha 20.Portugal
7.6
M
Andreas Samaris 30.Greece
6.2
46'
M
João Graça 21.Portugal
5.8
M
Guga 6.Portugal
6.2
75'
M
Fábio Ronaldo 77.Portugal
6.3
F
Hernâni 27.Portugal
7.3
75' 15'
F
André Pereira 95.Portugal
6.2
46'
Substitutes
G
Magrão 1.Brazil
D
Miguel Nóbrega 3.Portugal
D
Sávio 16.Brazil
6.7
46'
M
Vítor Gomes 8.Portugal
6.6
46'
M
Amine 10.France
7.0
75'
F
Ukra 17.Portugal
F
Emmanuel Boateng 22.Ghana
7.1
75' 88' 85'
F
Paulo Vitor 93.Brazil
F
Leonardo Ruiz 9.Colombia
5.2
46' 62'

Rio Ave started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Luís Carlos Batalha Freire played with: Jhonatan (6.1), Renato Pantalon (6.7), Aderllan Santos (6.3), Josué Sá (6.1), Costinha (7.6), João Graça (5.8), Andreas Samaris (6.2), Gonçalo Rodrigues (6.2), Fábio Ronaldo (6.3), André Pereira (6.2) and Hernâni (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Andre Filipe Alves Monteiro, Emmanuel Boateng (7.1), Paulo Vitor Fernandes Pereira, Vítor Gomes (6.6), Miguel Raimundo Nóbrega, Audenirton Soares da Silva, Amine Oudrhiri (7.0), Sávio (6.7) and Leonardo Ruiz (5.2).

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 (7.6) 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.​