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play_arrow4 clips- 40′Rio Ave, yellow card:Vasco César Freire de SeabraDissent
- 42′Rio Ave, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 48′Famalicao, goal:0–1assist
- 60′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 60′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 65′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 65′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 66′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 76′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 80′Rio Ave, yellow card:Foul
- 81′Famalicao, goal:0–2assist
- 82′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 82′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 83′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 83′Famalicao, substitution:off
- 85′Famalicao, goal:0–3assist
- 90′Famalicao, penalty goal:0–4Penalty
- 90+3′Rio Ave, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time0 – 4
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Famalicao run riot with four unanswered goals at Rio Ave
Famalicao beat Rio Ave 4-0 at Estádio dos Arcos on Matchday 9 of the Primeira Liga, scoring all four goals after the interval. The sides had been level on seven points before kick-off, but the visitors left with a three-point cushion and a climb of three places to 11th, while Rio Ave dropped to 17th.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The match was goalless at half-time, and it stayed that way until three minutes after the restart. Rodrigo Pinheiro supplied the pass for Roméo Beney to open the scoring in the 48th minute, and Famalicao then sat on that lead for more than half an hour before the game broke open.
Pedro Santos doubled the advantage in the 80th minute from a Sorriso assist, and Óscar Aranda made it 3-0 five minutes later, set up by Santos. Aranda added a penalty in the 90+5 minute to complete the rout. Rio Ave, who had 58 per cent of the possession, managed only two shots on target to Famalicao's five.
Rio Ave were booked three times without a single caution for the visitors. Famalicao's next game is away to SC Braga in the Taça da Liga on Thursday, while Rio Ave travel to Academico Viseu in the Primeira Liga on Sunday.
Roméo Beney opened the scoring in the 48th minute and was rated 8.2, the highest of any player. Óscar Aranda was close behind on 8.05 after scoring twice, the second from the penalty spot.
Rio Ave held 58 per cent of the possession yet were out-shot 12 to 7 by Famalicao.
Famalicao won 4–0 away against Rio Ave (half-time 0–0).
Rio Ave met Famalicao in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Sunday, 25 October 2026, 18:00 UTC at Estádio dos Arcos. Referee: Hélder Carvalho.
Team pages: Rio Ave · Famalicao · Primeira Liga
Key moments
- 48' Goal: Roméo Beney (assist: Rodrigo Pinheiro) — 0–1 · Watch Roméo Beney's goal video (48')
- 81' Goal: Pedro Santos (assist: Sorriso) — 0–2 · Watch Pedro Santos's goal video (81')
- 85' Goal: Óscar Aranda (assist: Pedro Santos) — 0–3 · Watch Óscar Aranda's goal video (85')
- 90' Goal (penalty): Óscar Aranda — 0–4 · Watch Óscar Aranda's goal video (90')
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Rio Ave (4-2-3-1)
Famalicao (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Rio Ave 30%, the draw 29%, Famalicao 41%. It finished Rio Ave 0–4 Famalicao.
Famalicao's higher strength rating gives them the edge — We give Famalicao 41% mainly because they sit 116 points higher on our strength rating, 1555 to 1439, and they usually control the ball too, holding 55% possession to Rio Ave's 45 in recent games. The draw sits at 29%, up from the usual 28% for a gap this size, nudged higher by typical 2.5-goal averages in each side's recent games and Famalicao's control of the ball.
Why Famalicao at 41%?
Famalicao sit 116 points higher on our strength rating — 1555 to 1439. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,806 such games. Famalicao hold 10 more possession points (55 to 45 in recent games) across a 116-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.6% of 9,307 such games where the class table expected 40.5%. The 300 most similar past games finished 30–28–42.
Why only 41%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 41% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 29% and Rio Ave at 30%.
Why the draw at 29%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 30,316. The goals environment adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Rio Ave scored +0.31 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 3,170 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 41.1% vs 42.2% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Rio Ave are 2 games into a new manager (Vasco Seabra), appointed 14 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Rio Ave vs Famalicao final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Primeira Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Roméo Beney's goal against Rio Ave (48').
- Watch Pedro Santos's goal against Rio Ave (81').
- Watch Óscar Aranda's goal against Rio Ave (85').
- Watch Óscar Aranda's goal against Rio Ave (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Rio Ave 0–4 Famalicao. Explore more on the Rio Ave and Famalicao team pages or the Primeira Liga page.