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Primeira LigaSaturday 15 August 2026 ·

Rio Ave vs Porto result and stats

13%
pre-match home win
0–2
full time
20%
draw
67%
pre-match away win
Win probability: home 13%, draw 20%, away 67%

Match report

GOSSIPBALL's parrot has been crunching the numbers

Porto won 2–0 away at Rio Ave in the Primeira Liga on Saturday 15 August 2026. Before kick-off GossipBall gave Rio Ave 13%, the draw 20% and Porto 67%, so an away win had a 67% chance. GossipBall's favourite result came in.

On expected goals it finished Rio Ave 0.57, Porto 1.98, so Porto created the better chances. Rio Ave had 13 shots (1 on target) to Porto's 14 (6 on target).

GOSSIPBALL analysis · based on five seasons of results and expected goals · updated 29 October 2026, 20:50 UTC

Match stats

RAPO
0.57
Expected goals
1.98
13
Shots
14
1
On target
6
6
Corners
6
1
Fouls
10
0
Yellow cards
0
0
Red cards
0
0
Half-time goals
1

Recent form

Rio Ave
L @ Gil Vicente0–1 · 9 Aug
D @ Casa Pia1–1 · 16 May
L v Sporting CP1–4 · 11 May
D v Gil Vicente0–0 · 3 May
L @ Vitória SC0–2 · 25 Apr
Porto
W v Alverca2–0 · 9 Aug
W v Santa Clara1–0 · 16 May
L @ AVS1–3 · 10 May
W v Alverca1–0 · 2 May
W @ Estrela2–1 · 26 Apr

Head to head

In 8 league meetings since 2022, Rio Ave won 1, Porto won 5 and 2 were drawn; the most recent, on 22 Feb 2026, finished Porto 1–0 Rio Ave, a win for Porto.

Porto 1–0 Rio Ave22 Feb 2026
Rio Ave 0–3 Porto19 Sep 2025
Rio Ave 2–2 Porto3 Feb 2025
Porto 2–0 Rio Ave24 Aug 2024
Porto 0–0 Rio Ave3 Feb 2024
Rio Ave 1–2 Porto28 Aug 2023

Season averages per game

RAPO
0.89
Goals
2.33
2.33
Conceded
0.44
0.68
xG
2.12
1.80
xG against
0.82
7.6
Shots
15.9
3.0
On target
6.3
3.8
Corners
6.9
1.67
Yellow cards
1.00
11%
Clean sheets
56%
22%
Both score
44%
56%
3+ goals
56%

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