Rio Ave FC

Primeira Liga

Rio Ave FC LWLLDL

3:3

Finished

Kick-off was 14 Sep, 18:45 BST

Estrela da Amadora DWDWDL

Venue: Estadio dos Arcos City: Vila do Conde

In the Primeira Liga game on 14 September 2026, Rio Ave FC beat Estrela da Amadora 3:3. Match numbers: corners 4:5, fouls 16:12.

Match report

Rio Ave and Estrela da Amadora played out a 3:3 draw in the Primeira Liga on Monday evening. We had backed the hosts at 48 per cent confidence, but the match took a different shape. Estrela controlled the tempo while Rio Ave found the angles they needed.

Ianis Stoica opened the scoring for the visitors in the twenty-first minute. Francisco Petrasso answered before the break in the forty-fifth, and there was a shift in momentum. and here's the thing — the first half ended level despite Estrela's dominance.

Abraham Marcus restored Estrela's lead early in the second period. Roland Galcik pulled Rio Ave back into it within minutes, and the pattern continued. Marcus scored again in the sixty-first minute, but Jalen Blesa converted a penalty in the seventy-eighth to complete the turnaround.

Estrela held sixty-two per cent possession and registered one hundred and six attacks to Rio Ave's seventy-three. The visitors created three big chances against two, and their expected goals figure stood at 1.87 compared with 1.23. Rio Ave's six shots on target at fifty-five per cent accuracy told a different story.

The result leaves Estrela in sixth place with ten points from six games, undefeated but unable to break their draw streak. Rio Ave remain in sixteenth with four points, and this result breaks their recent run of heavy defeats.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 38 – 62

Shots on target 6 – 6

Shots off target 3 – 7

Expected goals 1.23 – 1.87

⚽ 21' Ianis Stoica — Goal 🟨 26' Max Scholze — Yellow card 🟨 44' Francisco Petrasso — Yellow card ⚽ 45+3' Francisco Petrasso — Goal ⚽ 53' Abraham Marcus — Goal ⇄ 54' Sebastian Clemensen — Substitution ⚽ 56' Roland Galcik — Goal 🟨 58' Eddy Doué — Yellow card ⚽ 61' Abraham Marcus — Goal ⇄ 63' Miguel Patricío — Substitution ⇄ 63' Eddy Doué — Substitution ⇄ 68' João Tomé Baptista — Substitution ⇄ 68' Tamas Nikitscher — Substitution ⇄ 68' Pedro Amaral — Substitution ⇄ 71' Max Scholze — Substitution ⇄ 72' Santiago Serra — Substitution 🟨 76' Stefan Lekovic — Yellow card ⚽ 78' Jalen Blesa — Penalty ⇄ 84' Abraham Marcus — Substitution ⇄ 84' Ianis Stoica — Substitution 🟨 90+1' Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro — Yellow card

Match events

21' 0:1 Estrela da Amadora Goal Ianis Stoica assist: Leandro Antonetti
26' 0:1 Estrela da Amadora Yellow card Max Scholze
44' 0:1 Rio Ave FC Yellow card Francisco Petrasso
45+3' 1:1 Rio Ave FC Goal Francisco Petrasso assist: Diogo Bezerra
53' 1:2 Estrela da Amadora Goal Abraham Marcus assist: Max Scholze
54' 1:2 Rio Ave FC Substitution Sebastian Clemensen off: Roland Galcik
56' 2:2 Rio Ave FC Goal Roland Galcik assist: Diogo Bezerra
58' 2:2 Estrela da Amadora Yellow card Eddy Doué
61' 2:3 Estrela da Amadora Goal Abraham Marcus assist: Ianis Stoica
63' 2:3 Rio Ave FC Substitution Miguel Patricío off: Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro
63' 2:3 Estrela da Amadora Substitution Eddy Doué off: Joan Jordan
68' 2:3 Rio Ave FC Substitution João Tomé Baptista off: Nelson Abbey
68' 2:3 Rio Ave FC Substitution Tamas Nikitscher off: Malik Sellouki
68' 2:3 Rio Ave FC Substitution Pedro Amaral off: Marios Vrushai
71' 2:3 Estrela da Amadora Substitution Max Scholze off: Kevin Hoog Jansson
72' 2:3 Estrela da Amadora Substitution Santiago Serra off: Jefferson Encada
76' 2:3 Estrela da Amadora Yellow card Stefan Lekovic
78' 3:3 Rio Ave FC Penalty Jalen Blesa
84' 3:3 Estrela da Amadora Substitution Abraham Marcus off: Beni Souza
84' 3:3 Estrela da Amadora Substitution Ianis Stoica off: Alisson Souza
90+1' 3:3 Rio Ave FC Yellow card Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro

Statistics

38 Possession, % 62

6 Shots on target 6

3 Shots off target 7

1.23 Expected goals 1.87

2 Big chances 3

73 Attacks 106

4 Corners 5

16 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 15

0 Offsides 2

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

11 Goal kicks 5

18 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

10/2343% Aerial duels 13/2357%

50 Backward passes 94

2 Blocked shots 7

19 Clearances 18

3/1127% Crosses 6/2524%

6/1932% Dribbles 5/1145%

0.32 Expected assists 2.29

51 Failed passes 54

2 Goalkeeper saves 3

11 Interceptions 2

7 Key passes 18

19/4048% Long passes 28/4957%

33 Passes into the final third 90

144 Passes in the opposition half 262

169 Passes in own half 242

0.55 Shot accuracy 0.30

7 Shots from outside the box 6

4 Shots inside the box 14

5/956% Tackles 16/2080%

302 Total passes 479

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
99	Ennio van der Gouw	99
3	S. Garcia	3
20	João Tomé Esteves Baptista	20
23	Francisco Petraso	23
24	Pedro Miguel Gaspar Amaral	24
5	Andreas-Richardos Ntoi	5
7	Diogo Bezerra	7
44	Tamás Nikitscher	44
79	Miguel Patricío	79
80	Sebastian Clemmensen	80
11	J. Blesa	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
32	Vitor Hugo Batista Araujo de Mendonça	32
6	Nelson Ighodaro Abbey	6
39	Gustavo Mancha	39
60	Caike	60
19	Malik Sellouki	19
54	Georgios Liavas	54
70	Antoine Wenck	70
9	Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro	9
17	Marios Vrousai	17
21	R. Sailer	21
30	Roland Galčík	30
77	Dario Špikić	77

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Estrela da Amadora

Starting XI
#	Player	number
24	Leonardo Matias Baiersdorf Linck	24
5	Stefan Leković	5
21	M. Scholtze	21
30	Patrick Luan dos Santos	30
55	Luís Rafael Soares Alves	55
10	Ianis Ilie Stoica	10
14	Lovro Zvonarek	14
39	G. Dué	39
78	S. Serra	78
99	Abraham Ayomide Marcus	99
37	Leandro Antonetti López	37

Substitutes
#	Player	number
22	David Allen Grilo	22
51	Diogo Pinto	51
3	Lucas Mincarelli	3
4	Bernardo Schappo	4
17	Jefferson Encada	17
6	Kevin Nils Lennart Höög Jansson	6
8	Robinho	8
19	Joan Jordán	19
71	Emerson Pedro Vanga	71
93	B. Souza	93
49	René Mitongo	49
80	Alisson Souza de Jesus	80

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Match prediction: Rio Ave FC — Estrela da Amadora

Win: Rio Ave FC

Confidence 48%

Reasoning

Риу-Аве — 15. place, 3 points after 5 games (1 wins, 4 losses)
Эштрела да Амадора — 6. place, 9 points after 5 games (2 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses)
Риу-Аве, last 5 games: 1 wins, 4 losses
Эштрела да Амадора, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses
Head-to-head: 6 games, Риу-Аве — 3, 2 draws, Эштрела да Амадора — 1

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Match information

State: Finished
Series: Primeira Liga
Venue: Estadio dos Arcos
City: Vila do Conde
Kick-off: 14 Sep, 18:45 BST

Key numbers

38:62 Possession, %
6:6 Shots on target
3:7 Shots off target
1.23:1.87 Expected goals

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1	FC Porto	6	6	0	0	18
2	Benfica	6	5	1	0	16
3	Sporting CP	7	4	3	0	15
4	Santa Clara	6	4	2	0	14
5	Arouca	7	3	2	2	11
6	Académico Viseu	7	3	2	2	11
7	SC Braga	5	3	1	1	10
8	Estrela da Amadora	7	2	4	1	10
9	GIL Vicente	6	2	2	2	8
10	Alverca	7	2	2	3	8