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Rio Ave
Liga Portugal
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Nacional
Rio Ave vs Nacional: match report
Rio Ave hosted C.D. Nacional at Estádio do Rio Ave on Sunday 11 October 2026, in the Liga Portugal (round 8). Rio Ave have no reported absences; Nacional are missing 1 (Matheus Dias). Carlos Macedo is the referee, averaging 3.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.
Result and scorers
Rio Ave 3-2 Nacional. Goals: Njoya Kader 32' for Nacional; Sebastian Clemmensen 39' for Rio Ave; Diogo Bezerra 57' for Rio Ave; Njoya Kader 59' for Nacional; Jalen Blesa 72' (pen) for Rio Ave.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 32' Goal: Njoya Kader (Nacional) 0-1
- 39' Goal: Sebastian Clemmensen (Rio Ave) 1-1
- 50' Yellow card: João Tomé (Rio Ave)
- 54' Second yellow: João Tomé (Rio Ave)
- 57' Goal: Diogo Bezerra (Rio Ave) 2-1
- 59' Goal: Njoya Kader (Nacional) 2-2
- 72' Penalty: Jalen Blesa (Rio Ave) 3-2
- 73' Yellow card: Jalen Blesa (Rio Ave)
- 90'+1' Yellow card: Roland Galcik (Rio Ave)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 56.4% | Possession | 43.6% |
| 11 | Shots | 12 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 8 | Corners | 8 |
| 7 | Fouls | 17 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Rio Ave 4-2-3-1
Coach: Vasco Seabra
- 32 Vítor Hugo GK
- 20 João Tomé MID
- 5 Andreas-Richardos Ntoi MID
- 39 Gustavo Mancha DEF
- 17 Marios Vrousai DEF
- 79 Miguel Patricio MID
- 54 Giorgos Liavas MID
- 80 Sebastian Clemmensen FWD
- 19 Malik Sellouki MID
- 7 Diogo Bezerra FWD
- 11 Jalen Blesa FWD
Bench
- 23 Francisco Petrasso DEF
- 30 Roland Galcík FWD
- 3 Simón García DEF
- 90 Diogo Nascimento MID
- 9 Tamble Monteiro FWD
- 99 Ennio van der Gouw GK
- 60 Caike DEF
- 70 Antoine Wenck MID
- 8 Ryan Guilherme MID
- 44 Tamás Nikitscher MID
- 27 Tobías Medina MID
- 77 Dario Špikić FWD
Nacional 4-2-3-1
Coach: Alexandre Santos
- 1 Renato Marin GK
- 88 Deivison DEF
- 33 Francisco Gonçalves DEF
- 38 Zé Vítor DEF
- 21 William Kokolo MID
- 15 Chiheb Labidi MID
- 31 Danel Dongmo MID
- 10 Daniel FWD
- 20 Matchoi MID
- 12 Min-Kyu Song FWD
- 29 Njoya Kader FWD
Bench
- 8 Miguel Baeza MID
- 17 Fernando Nava FWD
- 9 Allen Obando FWD
- 26 Joel da Silva MID
- 11 Stavros Gavriel FWD
- 13 João Gonçalves GK
- 2 Daniel de la Cruz DEF
- 14 Ivanildo Fernandes DEF
- 7 Markus Gustav Jensen FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Rio Ave
No reported absences.
Nacional
- Matheus Dias suspension, back Mid October 2026
Previous meetings
- Sunday 25 January 2026: C.D. Nacional 4-0 Rio Ave
- Sunday 17 August 2025: Rio Ave 1-1 C.D. Nacional
- Saturday 10 May 2025: C.D. Nacional 3-3 Rio Ave
- Sunday 29 December 2024: Rio Ave 2-1 C.D. Nacional
- Wednesday 19 May 2021: C.D. Nacional 1-2 Rio Ave