Rio Ave v Arouca result

Full-time · Rio Ave 1–0 Arouca

Primeira Liga · Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:00 BST · Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube

Updated 8 May 2026, 04:57 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Rio Ave · Arouca · Head-to-head

Rio Ave 1–0 Arouca — Rio Ave won this Primeira Liga match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Rio Ave beat Arouca 1–0 at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in the Primeira Liga on Sunday 1 September.

The goals

Rio Ave led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Rio Ave: Clayton (43’ pen).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) agree with the result: Rio Ave 1.66, Arouca 1.10, from 14 shots to 14 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

The bookings — Rio Ave: Clayton (83’); Arouca: Chico Lamba (38’), Nico Mantl (39’) and Ivo Rodrigues (90+5’).

What it changes

Rio Ave have scored 39 goals, the ninth-most (shared) of the 19 clubs (2024/25 so far, after 34 games, ranked per game). Rio Ave have conceded 55 goals, the fourth-most of the 19 clubs.

Arouca have scored 35 goals, the eighth-fewest of the 19 clubs (2024/25 so far, after 34 games, ranked per game). Arouca have conceded 49 goals, the ninth-most of the 19 clubs.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Clayton (Rio Ave) 8.4, Renato Pantalon (Rio Ave) 5.3 and Jhonatan (Rio Ave) 4.5 led the match.

Head-to-head

Rio Ave are unbeaten in the last four meetings with Arouca.

Next up

Rio Ave next travel to Arouca on 28 November 2026.

Arouca next host Rio Ave on 28 November 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Rio Ave: Arouca v Rio Ave, Saturday 28 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Rio Ave 1–0 Arouca · Primeira Liga
Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube · Vila do Conde
Referee: Bruno Pires Costa
Head-to-head (last 6): Rio Ave 2 · draws 2 · Arouca 2 · 2.17 goals/game
Recent form: Rio Ave 1W 2D 2L · Arouca 1W 0D 4L

Rio Ave 1–0 Arouca (Primeira Liga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 8 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.13 / 0.75

Goals

against 1.38 / 1.88 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

3.14 / 5.6

Corners

against 8.86 / 4.6 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 5 matches

2.29 / 3.6

Shots on target

against 6.57 / 3.6 · 3 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 5 matches

2.43 / 3.2

Cards

against 2.29 / 3.4 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 5 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 25 August 2024. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 25 August 2024. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Rio Ave for / against	Line	Arouca for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	0.75 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	3.14 for · 8.86 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	5.6 for · 4.6 against n 5 Last 5
Shots	7.43 for · 19 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	10.4 for · 11.4 against n 5 Last 5
Shots on target	2.29 for · 6.57 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	3.6 for · 3.6 against n 5 Last 5
Fouls committed	14.29 for · 13.57 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	12.6 for · 12.2 against n 5 Last 5
Cards shown	2.43 for · 2.29 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	3.2 for · 3.4 against n 5 Last 5

Referee: Bruno Pires Costa.

Rio Ave

Rio Ave Goalkeeper

Rio Ave — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Jhonatan	3	90270 min	175.7 /90	51.7 /90	00 /90

Rio Ave — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Jhonatan n 8	90	4.1 8/8

Rio Ave Defensive

Rio Ave — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
R. Pantalon	3	90270 min	41.3 /90	41.3 /90	20.7 /90	72.3 /90	31 /90	00 /90
Aderllan Santos	3	82245 min	103.7 /90	51.8 /90	10.4 /90	155.5 /90	51.8 /90	10.4 /90
Patrick William	3	53158 min	10.6 /90	21.1 /90	21.1 /90	31.7 /90	31.7 /90	21.1 /90
Miguel Nóbrega	1	9090 min	33 /90	00 /90	33 /90	66 /90	33 /90	00 /90
J. Panzo	1	4545 min	24 /90	00 /90	00 /90	510 /90	12 /90	00 /90
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Rio Ave — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Clayton n 3	90	2 3/1	1.3 2/1	—
R. Pantalon n 8	84.4	1.3 5/3	0.1 1/0	—
M. Vrousai n 8	77.1	0.7 4/1	1 4/2	—
Jhonatan n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
Aderllan Santos n 8	86.9	0.9 3/3	0.4 3/0	—
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Rio Ave — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Vrousai n 8	77.1	2.5 6/5
R. Pantalon n 8	84.4	1.5 5/3
Clayton n 3	90	0.3 1/0
Aderllan Santos n 8	86.9	3.6 7/6
A. Oudrhiri n 8	75.6	0.6 4/0
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Rio Ave Attacking

Rio Ave — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Clayton	3	90270 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	31 /90	20.7 /90	20.7 /90	10.3 /90
Ole Pohlmann	3	64193 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	20.9 /90
Kiko Bondoso	3	46137 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	10.7 /90	10.7 /90
Tiago Morais	3	38114 min	00 /90	00 /90	32.4 /90	10.8 /90	00 /90	10.8 /90
M. Vrousai	3	90270 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	41.3 /90
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Rio Ave — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Clayton n 3	90	1 2/1	0.7 2/0
M. Vrousai n 8	77.1	0.9 4/2	0.4 2/1
R. Pantalon n 8	84.4	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
Jhonatan n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Aderllan Santos n 8	86.9	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
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Rio Ave — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Rio Ave before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Clayton n 3	90	0.3 1/0	0 0/0
R. Pantalon n 8	84.4	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
M. Vrousai n 8	77.1	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
Jhonatan n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Aderllan Santos n 8	86.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Arouca

Arouca Goalkeeper

Arouca — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Nico Mantl	3	90270 min	72.3 /90	41.3 /90	00 /90

Arouca — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Arouca before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Nico Mantl n 3	90	2.3 2/2

Arouca Defensive

Arouca — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Tiago Esgaio	3	90270 min	82.7 /90	41.3 /90	20.7 /90	175.7 /90	31 /90	00 /90
Weverson	3	71212 min	00 /90	10.4 /90	10.4 /90	41.7 /90	20.8 /90	10.4 /90
Chico Lamba	2	90180 min	31.5 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90	73.5 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90
M. Rocha	2	86171 min	31.6 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	31.6 /90	42.1 /90	21.1 /90
José Fontán	1	9090 min	11 /90	11 /90	00 /90	22 /90	33 /90	00 /90
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Arouca — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Arouca before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Tiago Esgaio n 8	86.5	0.4 2/1	0.8 3/2	—
Nico Mantl n 3	90	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
T. Fukui n 3	89.7	0.3 1/0	1 2/1	—
M. Sylla n 8	86.5	2 6/5	0.8 3/1	—
David Simão n 8	81.6	1.9 7/4	1.2 5/3	—
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Arouca — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Arouca before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Tiago Esgaio n 8	86.5	1.7 5/2
T. Fukui n 3	89.7	1 2/1
M. Sylla n 8	86.5	1.8 6/6
David Simão n 8	81.6	2.6 8/5
Jason n 8	78.6	0.3 2/0
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Arouca Attacking

Arouca — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Henrique Araújo	3	59176 min	10.5 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90	21 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90
A. Trezza	3	48144 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90
Ivo Rodrigues	1	1919 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	14.7 /90
T. Fukui	3	90269 min	00 /90	00 /90	31 /90	00 /90	41.3 /90	00 /90
M. Sylla	3	84251 min	00 /90	00 /90	20.7 /90	00 /90	31.1 /90	10.4 /90
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Arouca — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Arouca before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Tiago Esgaio n 8	86.5	0.5 3/1	0.3 2/0
Nico Mantl n 3	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
T. Fukui n 3	89.7	1 2/1	0 0/0
M. Sylla n 8	86.5	1.3 5/4	0.4 2/1
David Simão n 8	81.6	0.7 3/1	0.1 1/0
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Arouca — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Arouca before kick-off, to 25 August 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Tiago Esgaio n 8	86.5	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
Nico Mantl n 3	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
T. Fukui n 3	89.7	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Sylla n 8	86.5	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
David Simão n 8	81.6	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Rio Ave		Arouca
46%	Possession	54%
1.66	Expected goals (xG)	1.10
14	Shots	14
5	Shots on target	3
6	Shots off target	8
3	Blocked shots	3
9	Shots inside the box	9
8	Corners	8
2	Offsides	3
16	Fouls	19
1	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
3	Saves	4
406	Passes	462
82%	Pass accuracy	84%

Rio Ave Player Stats

Player	Min	G	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Jhonatan	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
R. Pantalon	90	0	1	1	0	4	0	7.6
Aderllan Santos	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.7
J. Panzo	90	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.2
M. Vrousai	90	0	1	0	3	2	0	7
Tiago Morais	90	0	3	1	3	2	0	7.5
Clayton	90	1	5	3	0	0	Y	8.2
João Novais	86	0	0	0	3	1	0	7.2
A. Oudrhiri	85	0	0	0	0	1	0	7
O. Richards	76	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.2
Ole Pohlmann	70	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.7
Fábio Ronaldo sub	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.7
João Tomé sub	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.6
Vitor Gomes sub	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
B. Aguilera sub	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.7

Arouca Player Stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Nico Mantl	90	0	0	0	0	Y	7.2
Tiago Esgaio	90	0	0	0	1	0	6.5
M. Rocha	90	2	0	0	1	0	7
Chico Lamba	90	1	0	0	1	Y	6.6
T. Fukui	90	0	0	0	2	0	7.2
Cristo González	90	0	0	1	1	0	6.5
M. Sylla	90	3	2	1	1	0	7.2
David Simão	86	0	0	3	0	0	7.2
Jason	77	1	0	1	0	0	6.9
Henrique Araújo	77	3	1	1	0	0	6.9
Weverson	65	0	0	3	2	0	7.3
Ivo Rodrigues sub	25	0	0	0	2	Y	6.9
V. Morozov sub	13	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
A. Trezza sub	13	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Pedro Santos sub	12	1	0	0	1	0	6.9

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Rio Ave v Arouca — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Rio AveDDLWL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 1 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

AroucaLLLLW

Last 5: 1W 0D 4L · 0.6 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Rio Ave 2 · 2 draws · Arouca 2 · 2.17 goals/game

2024-04-19 Rio Ave 1–1 Arouca
2023-12-10 Arouca 2–2 Rio Ave
2023-04-28 Rio Ave 1–0 Arouca
2022-11-12 Arouca 0–1 Rio Ave
2021-05-30 Rio Ave 0–2 Arouca
2021-05-26 Arouca 3–0 Rio Ave

League standing · 2024/25

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Rio Ave#11 pos38 pts34 pl-16 GD

Arouca#12 pos38 pts34 pl-14 GD

Goals per game

Rio Ave scored1.15

Arouca scored1.03

Rio Ave conceded1.62

Arouca conceded1.44

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What is the head-to-head record between Rio Ave and Arouca?: In their last 6 meetings, Rio Ave won 2, Arouca won 2 and there were 2 draws, averaging 2.17 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Rio Ave and Arouca?: Recent form — Rio Ave 1W 2D 2L; Arouca 1W 0D 4L.

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