Rio Ave and Famalicão draw 1-1 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

VILA DO CONDE. Famalicão and Rio Ave draw 1-1. J. Cádiz scored the first goal (11') for Famalicão. M. Topić made it even (49') with an own goal.

John Ross

September 17, 2023

VILA DO CONDE. Famalicão and Rio Ave draw 1-1. J. Cádiz scored the first goal (11′) for Famalicão. M. Topić equalized (49′) with an own goal. Rio Ave was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube stadium in Vila do Conde on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Bruno José Ribeiro Pires Costa who had the assistance of José Carlos Silva Martins and Jorge António Alves Fernandes. The 4th official was António Ricardo de Mesquita Moreira. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 19.47 degrees Celsius or 67.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.

Match Statistics

Rio Ave

1 - 1

Famalicão

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

5 Total 13
1 On Target 5
3 Off Target 6
1 Shots blocked 2

92 Attack 90
22 Dangerous attack 40
84 Ball safe 62

0 Penalties 1
3 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 17
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Rio Ave was in firm control of the ball 58% while Famalicão was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Famalicão was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Famalicão to win the match.

Rio Ave shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Famalicão shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Rio Ave received 1 yellow card (Amine). On the other side, Famalicão received 3 yellow cards (Riccieli, Mirko Topić and Zaydou Youssouf).

Match Timeline

11'

J. Cádiz(goal)José Luis Rodríguez

26'

Z. Youssouf- Yellow

49'

M. Topić(own-goal)

54'

M. Topić- Yellow

62'

Gustavo Assunção- sub ->Zaydou Youssouf

62'

Chiquinho- sub ->Óscar Aranda

62'

T. Lacoux- sub ->Mirko Topić

Amine- Yellow

65'

Riccieli- Yellow

67'

João Graça- sub ->Joca

78'

Josué Sá- sub ->Sávio

78'

Bruno Ventura- sub ->Guga

78'

84'

Gustavo Sá- sub ->Otso Liimatta

85'

Henrique Araújo- sub ->Jhonder Cádiz

85'

90'

Chiquinho(VAR)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Rio Ave will have 5 points like Casa Pia to hold in the 11th place. On the other side, Famalicão will have 8 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Rio Ave will host Vitória SC on the 5th of May with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Vitória SC (10 draws).

Famalicão will host Estrela Amadora on the 17th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.

Rio Ave – Formation

Rio Ave

Magrão 82.Brazil

7.1

Aderllan Santos 33.Brazil

6.8

Renato Pantalon 42.Croatia

6.4

Sávio 16.Brazil

6.3

78'

Guga 6.Portugal

7.1

78'

Amine 10.France

6.6

85'

65'

Joca 14.Portugal

6.3

78'

Costinha 20.Portugal

7.0

Fábio Ronaldo 77.Portugal

6.8

Zé Manuel 70.Portugal

6.8

André Pereira 95.Portugal

6.7

67'

Substitutes

Lucas Flores 1.Brazil

Josué Sá 23.Portugal

6.0

78'

Patrick William 4.Brazil

J. Lomboto 13.France

85'

João Graça 21.Portugal

6.6

78'

Bruno Ventura 11.Portugal

6.4

78'

Hernâni 7.Portugal

Leonardo Ruiz 9.Colombia

6.4

67'

Ukra 17.Portugal

Rio Ave started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Luís Carlos Batalha Freire decided to play with the following team: Magrão (7.1), Renato Pantalon (6.4), Aderllan Santos (6.8), Sávio (6.3), Costinha (7.0), Amine (6.6), Guga (7.1), Fábio Ronaldo (6.8), Joca (6.3), Zé Manuel (6.8) and André Pereira (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Hernâni, Leonardo Ruiz (6.4), Josué Sá (6.0), Patrick William, Ukra, Lucas Flores, João Graça (6.6), Julien Lomboto and Bruno Ventura (6.4).

Substitutions

Rio Ave made 5 changes: Sávio for Josué Sá (78′), Joca for João Graça (78′), André Pereira for Leonardo Ruiz (67′), Amine for Julien Lomboto Lompombi (85′) and Guga for Bruno Ventura (78′).

Best player: Guga

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rio Ave was Guga.

His rating is (7.1) with 21 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Famalicão – Formation

Famalicão

Luíz Júnior 31.Brazil

6.7

Otávio 13.Brazil

7.0

Riccieli 15.Brazil

7.0

65'

Martín Aguirregabiria 32.Spain

7.0

Francisco Moura 74.Portugal

7.0

Óscar Aranda 11.Spain

6.7

62'

Afonso de Oliveira Rodrigues 17.Portugal

O. Liimatta 18.Finland

6.6

84'

Z. Youssouf 28.France

6.8

62'

26'

Puma 7.Panama

7.8

M. Topić 8.Serbia

6.7

62'

54'

J. Cádiz 29.Venezuela

8.2

85'

11'

Substitutes

I. Zlobin 1.Russia

J. de Haas 16.Netherlands

Nathan 22.Brazil

T. Lacoux 6.France

7.0

62'

Gustavo Assunção 12.Brazil

6.8

62'

Gustavo Sá 20.Portugal

6.4

84'

Henrique Araújo 9.Portugal

85'

Chiquinho 10.Portugal

7.5

62'

A. Dobre 23.Romania

Famalicão started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Afonso de Oliveira Rodrigues, Luiz Júnior (6.7), Martín Aguirregabiria (7.0), Riccieli (7.0), O. Ataide da Silva (7.0), Francisco Moura (7.0), Zaydou Youssouf (6.8), Mirko Topić (6.7), José Luis Rodríguez (7.8), Otso Liimatta (6.6) and Óscar Aranda (6.7), Jhonder Cádiz (8.2).

They had on the bench: Tom Lacoux (7.0), Gustavo Assunção (6.8), Gustavo Sá (6.4), Ivan Zlobin, Henrique Araújo, Justin De Haas, Nathan, Chiquinho (7.5) and Mihai Alexandru Dobre.

Substitutions

Famalicão made 5 changes: Zaydou Youssouf for Gustavo Assunção (62′), Óscar Aranda for Chiquinho (62′), Mirko Topić for Tom Lacoux (62′), Otso Liimatta for Gustavo Sá (84′) and Jhonder Cádiz for Henrique Araújo (85′).