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Preview Rio Ave vs Sporting CP August 30, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

Rio Ave
Rio Ave
Home · last 5 L L
Kick-off
Sun 30 Aug · 15:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
Sporting CP
Sporting CP
D W Away · last 5
Home Win · RIO
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Away Win · SPO
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Last 5 matches · all competitions
Rio Ave
W/D/L 0-2-3
Goals (for / against) 2 / 8
Avg goals / match 2.0
Scored in 2/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 2/5
Over 2.5 1/5
Home (W-D-L) 0-1-2
Away (W-D-L) 0-1-1
xG (for / against) 0.76 / 1.61
Sporting CP
W/D/L 4-1-0
Goals (for / against) 17 / 6
Avg goals / match 4.6
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 5/5
Home (W-D-L) 3-0-0
Away (W-D-L) 1-1-0
xG (for / against) 2.24 / 0.82

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
0
Goals Scored
2.50
1.50
Goals Conceded
2
0.44
Expected Goals (xG)
1.88
1.50
Shots on Target
5.50
4
Corners
4.50
42
Possession (%)
56
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
12
OFF · home
41
18
DEF · home
59
0
OFF · away
88
41
DEF · away
65
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

Rio Ave wins when scoring first
33%
Sporting CP wins when scoring first
57%
Rio Ave BTTS rate · last 10
50%
Sporting CP BTTS rate · last 10
70%
Rio Ave Over 2.5 · last 10
40%
Sporting CP Over 2.5 · last 10
70%
Rio Ave comeback rate · last 10
25%
Sporting CP comeback rate · last 10
0%

🔥 Goal timing

Rio Ave · last 10 at home

0–15 14%
16–30 29%
31–45 14%
46–60 29%
61–75 0%
76–90 14%

Sporting CP · last 10 away

0–15 0%
16–30 10%
31–45 20%
46–60 35%
61–75 15%
76–90 20%
Second-half-heavy — most goals come after the break.

Top scorers

F. Ioannidis
SPO · Attacker
2 G · 1.32 g/90
R. Zalazar
SPO · Midfielder
1 G · 0.50 g/90