Rio Ave 1–1 Nacional
Rio Ave
1–1HT 1–0
Nacional
Rio Ave played Nacional in the Primeira Liga on 17 August 2025 at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube. The match finished 1–1.
Goals and cards
- 13'Clayton (assist by Andre Luiz)
- 33'André Luiz — Yellow card
- 33'Matheus Dias — Yellow card
- 36'Ulisses — Yellow card
- 39'Ulisses — Yellow card
- 39'Ulisses — Red card
- 73'João Novais — Yellow card
- 79'Filipe Soares — Yellow card
- 83'J. Ramirez (assist by Jose Gomes)
Line-ups
Rio Ave 3-4-3
- C. Miszta
- A. Ntoi
- J. Panzo
- N. Abbey
- M. Vrousai
- T. Bakoulas
- B. Aguilera Zamora
- N. Athanasiou
- Andre Luiz
- Clayton
- O. Pohlmann
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. Chamorro
- J. Novais
- K. Zoabi
- A. Papakanellos
- J. Tome
- F. Petrasso
- M. Gual
- G. Liavas
- J. Lomboto
- COACHES: Sotiris Sylaidopoulos
Nacional 4-3-3
- Lucas Franca
- J. Aurelio
- Ulisses
- Ze Vitor
- Jose Gomes
- Liziero
- Matheus Dias
- C. Labidi
- Witi
- J. Ramirez
- Paulinho Boia
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. V. Medeiros de Freitas
- A. Nunez
- A. Sousa
- F. Soares
- L. Vallier
- J. Silva
- Watts
- Leo Santos
- Pablo Ruan
- COACHES: Tiago Margarido
Match statistics
| Rio Ave | Nacional | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 20 | Total shots | 13 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 5 |
| 9 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 11 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 18 |
| 6 | Corners | 6 |
| 63% | Possession | 37% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
| 5 | Saves | 8 |
| 438 | Total passes | 243 |
| 371 | Accurate passes | 172 |
| 85% | Pass accuracy | 71% |
| 1.52 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.98 |
| 1.82 | goals_prevented | 1.82 |