Estoril 0:2 Rio Ave FC: Primeira Liga Match Result

Match report

Rio Ave defeated Estoril 2:0 at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in the third round of the Primeira Liga on Saturday. The visitors took the lead through Jalen Blesa in the fifteenth minute, and Tamble added two goals shortly after half-time to secure all three points. By then the match had settled into a pattern that would define it.

Blesa's opener stood until the fifty-third minute, when the VAR check cancelled it for offside. The goal was waved away and the visitors were awarded a free-kick instead. And here's the thing — the decision shifted the momentum, though Estoril could not capitalise on the reprieve.

Tamble arrived to change the complexion of the game entirely. He scored in the seventy-second minute and added a second twelve minutes later, finishing a job that had begun with Blesa's disallowed strike. Rio Ave closed the game out with efficiency, while Estoril's substitutions could not alter the trajectory.

The statistics told a familiar story of possession without penetration. Estoril held 55 per cent of the ball and registered 14 shots, yet created only one big chance. Rio Ave managed just 3 shots on target with perfect accuracy, converting two opportunities from 0.7 expected goals. To be fair, the away side had the sharper eye for goal.

The result leaves Estoril rooted at the bottom with a single point from four matches, while Rio Ave move to thirteenth with three points. Both sides carry three defeats from their opening four games, but the gap between them is now two points. The table goes out of the window in these games, but the difference in performance was clear enough.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 55.00 – 45

Shots on target 6 – 3

Shots off target 8 – 0

Expected goals 1.16 – 0.70

⚽ 15' J. Blesa — Goal ⇄ 52' R. Galcik — Substitution 53' J. Blesa — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside 53' Jalen Blesa — var_goal_cancelled 🟨 67' F. Medrano — Yellow card ⇄ 68' T. Brito — Substitution 🟨 68' Fernando Medrano — Yellow card ⇄ 69' F. Medrano — Substitution ⇄ 69' R. Sanchez — Substitution ⚽ 72' Tamble — Goal ⚽ 73' Tamble — Goal ⇄ 76' A. Tsoungui — Substitution ⇄ 76' R. Guitane — Substitution ⇄ 76' N. Abbey — Substitution ⇄ 80' J. Brabec — Substitution ⇄ 80' Tamble — Substitution ⇄ 81' J. Brabec — Substitution ⇄ 81' Tamble — Substitution 🟨 86' Andreas Ndoj — Yellow card

Match events

15' Rio Ave FC Goal J. Blesa assist: Diogo Bezerra
52' Rio Ave FC Substitution R. Galcik off: A. Ntoi
53' Rio Ave FC var_goal_cancelled_-_offside J. Blesa
53' Rio Ave FC var_goal_cancelled Jalen Blesa
67' Estoril Yellow card F. Medrano
68' Estoril Substitution T. Brito off: F. Garcia
68' Estoril Yellow card Fernando Medrano
69' Estoril Substitution F. Medrano off: T. Parente
69' Estoril Substitution R. Sanchez off: P. Carvalho
72' Rio Ave FC Goal Tamble assist: J. Blesa
73' Rio Ave FC Goal Tamble assist: J. Blesa
76' Estoril Substitution A. Tsoungui off: J. Arnolin
76' Estoril Substitution R. Guitane off: Peixinho
76' Rio Ave FC Substitution N. Abbey off: M. Vrousai
80' Rio Ave FC Substitution J. Brabec off: Gustavo Mancha
80' Rio Ave FC Substitution Tamble off: D. Spikic
81' Rio Ave FC Substitution J. Brabec off: Gustavo Mancha
81' Rio Ave FC Substitution Tamble off: D. Spikic
86' Rio Ave FC Yellow card Andreas Ndoj

Statistics

55.00 Possession, % 45

6 Shots on target 3

8 Shots off target 0

1.16 Expected goals 0.70

1 Big chances 2

120 Attacks 63

6 Corners 3

11 Fouls 14

14 Free kicks 11

0 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 12

20 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

13/2357% Aerial duels 10/2343%

60 Backward passes 76

4 Blocked shots 0

16 Clearances 24

1/147% Crosses 4/1040%

9/1753% Dribbles 6/1638%

1.10 Expected assists 0.81

78 Failed passes 81

1 Goalkeeper saves 6

9 Interceptions 9

14 Key passes 3

26/4262% Long passes 20/7327%

100 Passes into the final third 33

265 Passes in the opposition half 154

179 Passes in own half 212

0.33 Shot accuracy 1

7 Shots from outside the box 0

11 Shots inside the box 3

11/2055% Tackles 9/1753%

430 Total passes 356

Line-ups

Estoril

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Joel Robles	1
2	Ricard Sánchez Sendra	2
3	Fernando Medrano	3
4	Ferro	4
15	Ismael Sierra Arnal	15
5	Antef Tsoungui	5
7	André Filipe Ferreira Lacximicant	7
12	João Carvalho	12
90	Tiago Brito	90
99	Rafik Guitane	99
14	Yanis Redha Begraoui	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
16	Martin Turk	16
23	Diogo Dias	23
18	Gonçalo Costa	18
19	Thiago Parenti	19
22	Pedro Carvalho	22
25	Stélios Andreou	25
42	Jordan Arnolet	42
6	Alejandro Orellana Gómez	6
80	Luis Gomes	80
17	Peixinho	17
98	Fabio Garcia	98

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Rio Ave FC

Starting XI
#	Player	number
99	Ennio van der Gouw	99
6	Nelson Ighodaro Abbey	6
14	Jakub Brabec	14
23	Francisco Petraso	23
54	Georgios Liavas	54
7	Diogo Bezerra	7
11	J. Blesa	11
30	Roland Galčík	30
44	Tamás Nikitscher	44
90	Diogo André Santos Nascimento	90
9	Tamble Ulisses Folgado Monteiro	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
22	Kevin Chamorro	22
5	Andreas-Richardos Ntoi	5
13	Julien Lomboto Lompombi	13
39	Gustavo Mancha	39
60	Caike	60
27	Tobias Medina	27
70	Antoine Wenck	70
17	Marios Vrousai	17
25	Rafael Lobato	25
67	Samuel da Silva Alves	67
77	Dario Špikić	77
79	Miguel Patricío	79

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	FC Porto	7	7	0	0	21
2	Benfica	7	5	1	1	16
3	Sporting CP	7	4	3	0	15
4	Santa Clara	7	4	3	0	15
5	Arouca	7	3	2	2	11
6	SC Braga	6	3	2	1	11
7	Académico Viseu	7	3	2	2	11
8	Estrela da Amadora	7	2	4	1	10
9	GIL Vicente	6	2	2	2	8
10	Alverca	7	2	2	3	8

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