Match Report
| Rio Ave | Rio Ave |  |  | FC Porto | FC Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto Costa | A. Costa |  | 65 | G |  | 1 | | G | 61 |  | Kevin Howey | K. Howey | |||||||||
| Jorge Rego | J. Rego | | 74 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 68 |  | Ruggero Delli Carri | R. Delli Carri | |||||||||
| Graham Ince | G. Ince | | 68 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 | | Roberto Castro | R. Castro | |||||||||
| Nuno Vieira | N. Vieira | | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 60 | | Filipe Lopes | F. Lopes | |||||||||
| Abel Loureiro | A. Loureiro | | 64 | D | | 5 | | D | 57 | | Duarte Varela | D. Varela | |||||||||
| Bart Kantelberg | B. Kantelberg |  | 61 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 |  | Francis Meniri | F. Meniri | |||||||||
| Joao Bento | J. Bento | | 59 | M | | 7 | | M | 64 | | Tiago Alves | T. Alves | |||||||||
| Pedro Quaresma | P. Quaresma | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 64 | | Alexandre Boudarene | A. Boudarene | |||||||||
| Ruben Fonseca | R. Fonseca | | 54 | M | | 9 | | M | 57 | | Abel Postiga | A. Postiga | |||||||||
| Alexandre Alves | A. Alves | | 62 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 | | Rui Barbosa | R. Barbosa | |||||||||
| Ruben Martins | R. Martins | | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 65 | | Ricardo Barbosa | R. Barbosa | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Joe Jacks Fish Shack |
Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Estádio dos Arcos where Rio Ave play host to FC Porto. A crowd of 15,995 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Rio Ave and FC Porto are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Rio Ave and FC Porto are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0FC Porto start the match!
2.38
0-0Filipe Lopes chips the ball to his team mate, Abel Postiga. Abel Postiga kicks a strong pass forward to Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa shoots from 20 yards but Alberto Costa is on top of it.
4.51
0-0Bart Kantelberg knocks the ball forward to Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
9.34
Duarte Varela chips the ball to his team mate, Alexandre Boudarene. Alexandre Boudarene deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
20.10
Filipe Lopes makes a simple pass to Abel Postiga. Abel Postiga flicks the ball to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
24.20
Graham Ince knocks the ball to his team mate, Ruben Fonseca. Ruben Fonseca threads the ball through to Alexandre Alves. Alexandre Alves goes all the way! Alexandre Alves makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but somehow Kevin Howey manages to keep it out.
28.39
0-1Tiago Alves deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa knocks in a cross ball towards Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa heads the ball goalwards. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Rui Barbosa!
32.21
0-1Francis Meniri deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.31
Francis Meniri flicks the ball to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa tries a spectacular long range effort but it goes wide for a goal kick.
44.46
Pedro Quaresma chips the ball to his team mate, Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Rio Ave kick off!
48.18
0-1Ruben Martins clumsily knocks into Roberto Castro. Ruben Martins is given a warning by the referee! Roberto Castro stretches but gets up unharmed.
49.38
Ruben Martins catches Filipe Lopes on the ankles. Ruben Martins is warned by the referee again! Filipe Lopes hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
51.49
Roberto Castro takes it forward alone. Roberto Castro knocks the ball forward to Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
55.15
Alexandre Boudarene passes the ball forward to Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Jorge Rego.
60.22
Abel Loureiro makes a simple pass to Ruben Fonseca. Ruben Fonseca chips the ball to his team mate, Alexandre Alves. Alexandre Alves makes a simple pass to Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins rockets a shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
63.46
Ruben Fonseca knocks the ball to his team mate, Alexandre Alves. Alexandre Alves knocks in a cross ball towards Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
66.48
Alexandre Boudarene knocks the ball forward to Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Nuno Vieira.
67.08
Bart Kantelberg catches Abel Postiga on the ankles. Bart Kantelberg is given a warning by the referee! Abel Postiga runs off the knock.
69.44
Graham Ince passes the ball forward to Pedro Quaresma. Pedro Quaresma flicks the ball to his team mate, Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
72.06
Ruben Fonseca sees space and advances. Ruben Fonseca lofts in a cross ball towards Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Kevin Howey easily smothers it.
78.53
Tiago Alves kicks a strong pass forward to Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
83.25
Joao Bento chips the ball to his team mate, Ruben Martins. Ruben Martins finds some space and shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Kevin Howey!
84.35
Alexandre Boudarene chips the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Barbosa. Ricardo Barbosa tries a spectacular long range effort but Alberto Costa is on top of it.
87.30
Graham Ince clumsily knocks into Rui Barbosa. Graham Ince is warned by the referee! Rui Barbosa hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
4
3
Shots off Target
1
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
41.7%
58.3%
Play Area
26.4%
48.6%
25%
Scorers
| Ruben Martins 63 | Rui Barbosa 28 |