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Rio Ave vs Sporting CP

Our record against them, side by side

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Head-to-Head Comparison

Every figure is our record against the club in that column — we hold no results for matches these clubs played against anyone else. Green marks the opponent we do better against, not the better club. Country, ground and coefficient are the club’s own.

Head to Head

Matches Played

73

342

We Won

55

145

Drawn

13

74

We Lost

5

123

Our Win %

75.3%

42.4%

Our Points / Game

2.44

1.49

Goals

Goals For

160

573

Goals Against

55

521

Goal Difference

+105

+52

Scored / Game

2.19

1.68

Conceded / Game

0.75

1.52

Clean Sheets

35

83

Failed to Score

5

60

Home & Away

At Home W-D-L

29-5-0

89-40-37

At Home PPG

2.71

1.85

Away W-D-L

24-7-5

46-32-78

Away PPG

2.19

1.09

Neutral W-D-L

2-1-0

10-2-8

Runs & Landmarks

Longest Winning Run

12

7

Longest Unbeaten Run

20

12

Current Run

1 win

1 win

Last Five

D W W D W

D L W D W

Biggest Win

8-0 (1980)

7-2 (1946)

Heaviest Defeat

1-3 (1997)

1-7 (1986)

The Fixture

First Meeting

3-0, Sep 1979

1-2, Dec 1907

Last Meeting

2-0, Jan 2026

2-1, Apr 2026

Seasons Met In

33

119

Competitions

4

8

Crowds

Avg Crowd, Our Ground

40,141

55,773

Best Crowd, Our Ground

64,103

120,000

Avg Crowd, Their Ground

10,149

45,585

The Club

Country

Portugal

Portugal

City

Vila do Conde

Lisboa

Founded

1939

1906

Home Ground

Estádio do Rio Ave FC (Arcos)

Estádio José Alvalade

Ground Capacity

5,300

52,095

European Standing

UEFA Rank

–

17

UEFA Coefficient

–

76.00

All competitions count, so an opponent met in one league season and one met across forty years of cups are not comparable on totals alone — the per-game rates are the fair reading. Crowd figures are only averaged over matches where a gate was actually recorded.

Our Record

Goals per Game