Match Report
Sporting CP overwhelmed Rio Ave 4-0 on 28 August 2026. Flávio Gonçalves opened the scoring inside the first 5 minutes for Sporting CP, set up by Issa Doumbia, to make it 1-0. Geny Catamo added to the tally in the 19th minute for Sporting CP, set up by Flávio Gonçalves, to make it 2-0. Luis Suárez added to the tally in the 26th minute for Sporting CP to make it 3-0. Luis Suárez added to the tally in the 37th minute for Sporting CP, set up by Maximiliano Araújo, to make it 4-0. Luis Suárez (51') and Tamás Nikitscher (60') were booked. The rating gap is a wide one: our current Elo ratings have Sporting CP 310 points stronger than Rio Ave. All the scoring was done by half time. On current ratings the model favours Sporting CP at 70.6% in this pairing, and Sporting CP won this one. Sporting CP are unbeaten in the latest 10 matches of their recorded form in Primeira Liga 2025/26, Primeira Liga 2026/27 and Champions League 2026/27.