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Rio Ave v CD Santa Clara : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

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CD Santa Clara, led by manager António Jorge Rocha Simão, visit Armando Evangelista and his Rio Ave side at the Estadio Dos Arcos on Friday afternoon in the Liga NOS. Liga NOS stats are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head records included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds from leading bookmakers available for seventeen major betting markets using the tabs.

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Rio Ave's next match is v V. Guimaraes at 18:00 on Sunday 27th April
CD Santa Clara's next match is v Arouca at 15:30 on Saturday 26th April
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Rio Ave and Santa Clara was on Friday 18th April 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
April 18th 2025
Rio Ave 1
1 Santa Clara
 
A. Inácio da Silva 25'85' S. Pena De Lima
 
RIO
SCL
Shots On
3
5
Shots Off
4
10
Corners
6
4
Possession
49%
51%
Fouls
15
14
Yellow/red cards
2/0
2/0
 
Rio AveSanta Clara
 
C. Miszta
N. Abby
K. Kostoulas
A. Ntoi
J. Esteves Baptista
B. Aguilera Zamora (M. Carvalho Neto 81')
J. Barradas Novais (M. Vrousai 73')
D. Tıknaz
J. Salazar da Graça (O. Pohlmann 73')
Clayton
A. Inácio da Silvafootball icon (K. Zoabi 90')
G. Batista de Souza
(D. Dos Santos Cabral 60') L. Soares de Almeida
M. Nunes Fagundes de Araújo
(M. Sales Cardoso 75') G. Ramos
football iconS. Pena De Lima
M. Pereira de Souza
(S. Lobo Araújo 60') P. Ferreira
A. dos Santos da Silva
G. Silva Vieira
(W. da Silva Costa 60') J. Augusto Mourão Costa
(R. Oliveira António 46') V. Lopes da Silva

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't believe there is a clear favourite to win this match, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have a maximum of 3 goals. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Rio Ave and Santa Clara have served up plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance statistics point towards an extension of that record. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Friday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.18.

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Double Chance
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Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Rio Ave
32%
31/10
24%
-
Draw
27%
11/5
7%
-
Santa Clara
41%
1/1
13%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1-
Santa Clara 1-0
11%
11/2-
Rio Ave 1-0
9%
17/2
12%
-
Santa Clara 2-1
9%
8/1
10%
-
Draw 0-0
8%
13/2
7%
-
Santa Clara 2-0
7%
15/2
15%
-
Rio Ave 2-1
7%
14/1
15%
-
Rio Ave 2-0
5%
18/1
27%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Santa Clara 3-1
4%
18/1
10%
-
Santa Clara 3-0
3%
16/1
19%
-
Rio Ave 3-1
3%
33/1-
Santa Clara 3-2
2%
33/1-
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
40/1-
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
5/4
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
8/13
6%
-
Home 1st Goal
45%
7/4
10%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
8/13
10%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
13/2
7%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
1/1-
BTTS - No
49%
3/4-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
8/1
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4
6%
-
BTTS - Away Win
18%
15/4
14%
-
Home/draw
59%
4/5
15%
-
Away/draw
68%
2/9
8%
-
Home/away
73%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
2/5
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
7/4
5%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
3/1
11%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
2/9
3%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
8/1
18%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/14
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
18/1
17%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/50
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/14
3%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/1
29%
-
Home DNB
51%
7/4
22%
-
Away DNB
60%
2/5
11%
-
Rio Ave win to nil
18%
11/2
30%
-
Santa Clara win to nil
23%
9/4
7%
-
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
13%
11/2
18%
-
Rio Ave / Santa Clara
3%
25/1
10%
-
Rio Ave / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Rio Ave
10%
7/1
14%
-
Draw / Santa Clara
17%
15/4
14%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4
10%
-
Santa Clara / Rio Ave
2%
40/1
21%
-
Santa Clara / Santa Clara
26%
9/4
13%
-
Santa Clara / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Rio Ave have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Rio Ave have conceded 39 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Rio Ave have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 6 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Santa Clara lay in 6th place on 46 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Santa Clara have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Santa Clara have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon3022625372 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
2
Benfica3023344972 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1F
3
Braga3019652663 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-0A
l
 
0-2A
May 3
4
Porto3019563162 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
5
V. Guimaraes3012126948 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 27
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
6
Santa Clara A3014511047 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
-
-
7
Famalicao3011109643 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
May 10
w
 
1-2F
8
Casa Pia3011811-341 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
9
Estoril3010911-1039 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-4A
10
Moreirense309813-935 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
11
Rio Ave Home308913-1533 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
12
Arouca308913-1533 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
13
Nacional309516-1432 
w
 
2-1F
May 10
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
14
Gil Vicente307815-1329 
May 17
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
15
Estrela Amadora306816-2126 
May 4
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
16
AVS3041214-2624 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
17
Sporting Farense304917-2121 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
May 17
18
Boavista305619-2721 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Win / draw / win form
Rio Ave 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave0 - 2Boavista
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1Braga
Rio Ave1 - 1AVS
Rio Ave2 - 2Porto
Rio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
Rio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
Rio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
Rio Ave1 - 1Famalicao
Rio Ave2 - 2Estoril
Rio Ave1 - 0Arouca
Rio Ave1 - 0Sporting Farense
Rio Ave1 - 1Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave1 - 1Arouca
Rio Ave3 - 0Gil Vicente
Rio Ave0 - 0Braga
Rio Ave3 - 3S. Lisbon
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARio Ave2 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave0 - 2Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 2Casa Pia
HRio Ave2 - 3Benfica
ARio Ave0 - 1Famalicao
HRio Ave2 - 1Braga
ARio Ave1 - 2Estoril
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
ARio Ave0 - 1Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave0 - 1Santa Clara
HRio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
ARio Ave2 - 0Boavista
HRio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
Santa Clara 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
V. Guimaraes2 - 0Santa Clara
Gil Vicente0 - 1Santa Clara
Boavista1 - 0Santa Clara
Estrela Amadora0 - 0Santa Clara
AVS1 - 2Santa Clara
Porto1 - 1Santa Clara
Famalicao1 - 2Santa Clara
Arouca1 - 0Santa Clara
S. Lisbon0 - 1Santa Clara
Nacional2 - 0Santa Clara
Moreirense1 - 0Santa Clara
Benfica4 - 1Santa Clara
Casa Pia0 - 2Santa Clara
Estoril1 - 4Santa Clara
Benfica3 - 0Santa Clara
Braga5 - 3Santa Clara
Estoril3 - 0Santa Clara
Porto2 - 1Santa Clara
S. Lisbon3 - 0Santa Clara
P. Ferreira1 - 0Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSanta Clara0 - 1S. Lisbon
ASanta Clara0 - 2V. Guimaraes
HSanta Clara1 - 0Nacional
ASanta Clara1 - 0Gil Vicente
HSanta Clara1 - 1Moreirense
ASanta Clara0 - 1Boavista
ASanta Clara0 - 0Estrela Amadora
HSanta Clara0 - 1Benfica
ASanta Clara2 - 1AVS
HSanta Clara2 - 1Casa Pia
ASanta Clara1 - 1Porto
HSanta Clara2 - 3Estoril
HSanta Clara0 - 0Sporting Farense
ASanta Clara2 - 1Famalicao
HSanta Clara0 - 2Braga
ASanta Clara0 - 1Arouca
HSanta Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
ASanta Clara1 - 0S. Lisbon
HSanta Clara1 - 0V. Guimaraes
ASanta Clara0 - 2Nacional
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Rio Ave since 2019
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
5
6
Games: Scored
4 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
0 / 4
RIO
1
D
1
SCL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave1 - 0
1 - 2Santa Clara
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Santa Clara
League games at Santa Clara since 2018
Santa Clara
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
3
6
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
RIO
3
SCL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Santa Clara
Santa Clara1 - 0
0 - 2Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0
0 - 1Rio Ave
1 - 3Rio Ave
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for CD Santa Clara of late. It has been 8 Liga NOS games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday afternoon against Rio Ave.

Rio Ave 11th Santa Clara 6th
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1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Santa Clara will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+19
Rio Ave have scored 19% more goals at home than predicted
-5
Santa Clara’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
Santa Clara
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
8%
better
RIO
SCL
view stats
Games scored20
18
Failed to score9
11
Scored first12
15
Goals scored32
28
Avg. goals scored1.1
1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for14
12
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
RIO
SCL
30%
better
view stats
Games conceded25
19
Clean sheets4
10
Conceded first17
12
Goals conceded47
28
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
12%
Avg. XG against1.7
1
KickOff rating
+30%

Rio Ave v Santa Clara Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2613310
M Vrousai ClaytonM Vrousai Clayton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miszta GLK19
2
-
J Tomé DEF9
-
A Ndoj DEF10
-
K. Kostoulas DEF
-
N Abby DEF6
-
D Tıknaz MID2112
5
1
J Novais MID23
1
-
A Luiz MID91
-
J Graça MID11
-
B Aguilera MID2231
3
-
Clayton FWD25132
9
1
Subs
M Teixeira GLK
-
J Pedro DEF21
-
V Gomes MID51
-
T. Medina MID2
-
T. Bakoulas MID5
2
-
M Neto MID1911
6
1
O Pohlmann MID2312
-
K. Zoabi FWD8
-
M Vrousai  FWD2613
4
-
Santa Clara Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
289510
G BatistaV LopesM PereiraV Lopes
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK28
2
-
S. Pena De Lima DEF2621
7
1
G Ramos DEF4
1
-
MT DEF2811
2
-
L Soares MID251
5
1
A Firmino MID271
5
1
P Ferreira MID273
9
-
M Pereira MID235
7
1
V Lopes FWD2791
10
-
J. Augusto Mourão Costa FWD183
1
-
G Silva FWD2742
1
-
Subs
Neneca GLK
-
Calila DEF2611
8
-
F Venâncio DEF24
4
-
E. Santos da Silva DEF
-
Matheusinho MID3
-
R. Oliveira António MID94
4
-
S. Lobo Araújo MID2311
3
-
D. Borges da Silva MID13
-
W. da Silva Costa FWD
-