Rio Ave vs Santa Clara: result 1-1 and analysis
Primeira LigaRegular Season - 12Kick-off on November 30, 2025 at 03:30 PM (UTC)Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, Vila do Conde
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What was the result of Rio Ave vs Santa Clara?
Rio Ave and Santa Clara drew 1-1 on November 30, 2025.
Goalscorers
- 24′ClaytonRio Ave
- 38′SerginhoSanta Clara (pen.)
Official lineup for Rio Ave vs Santa Clara
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Rio Ave
3-4-3- 80Ole Pohlmann
- 9Clayton
- 11André Luiz
- 3N. Athanasiou
- 10B. Aguilera
- 5A. Ntoi
- 17M. Vrousai
- 6N. Abbey
- 4J. Panzo
- 23F. Petrasso
- 1C. Miszta
Santa Clara
3-4-3- 11Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos
- 29Wendel
- 8Pedro Ferreira
- 64Paulo Victor
- 35Serginho
- 6Adriano
- 42Lucas Soares
- 21Frederico Venâncio
- 13Luís Rocha
- 23Sidney Lima
- 1Gabriel Batista
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Rio Ave have 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats; Santa Clara have 4, 4 and 7.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2025 | Alverca(away) | 1-1 | Primeira Liga |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Estoril(home) | 0-4 | Primeira Liga |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Estrela(away) | 2-1 | Primeira Liga |
| Oct 19, 2025 | Sintrense(away) | 2-3 | Taça de Portugal |
| Oct 5, 2025 | Tondela(home) | 3-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2025 | Comércio Indústria(home) | 3-0 | Taça de Portugal |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Sporting CP(home) | 1-2 | Primeira Liga |
| Nov 3, 2025 | GIL Vicente(away) | 0-1 | Primeira Liga |
| Oct 29, 2025 | SC Braga(away) | 0-5 | Taça da Liga |
| Oct 25, 2025 | AVS(home) | 2-0 | Primeira Liga |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Rio Ave wins, 1 draw, 3 Santa Clara wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2025 | Rio Ave 1-1 Santa Clara | Primeira Liga |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Santa Clara 1-0 Rio Ave | Primeira Liga |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Rio Ave 1-2 Santa Clara | Friendlies Clubs |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave | Primeira Liga |
| Oct 2, 2022 | Rio Ave 1-0 Santa Clara | Primeira Liga |
| Jul 23, 2022 | Rio Ave 0-2 Santa Clara | Friendlies Clubs |
Last archived meeting: Rio Ave vs Santa Clara on Apr 18, 2025
How many goals should we expect?
Rio Ave score 1.5 and concede 1.7 goals per match over their last 15; Santa Clara score 0.9 and concede 1.1.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Ave | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 10/15 | 10/15 |
| Santa Clara | 0.9 | 1.1 | 6 | 6/15 | 7/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Rio Ave sit 14th in Primeira Liga (7 points from 8 matches) and Santa Clara sit 4th (18 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Santa Clara | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 |
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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?
The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy