Match Events
- 40′Louletano, yellow card:
- Half-time
- 46′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 65′Louletano, substitution:off
- 65′Louletano, substitution:off
- 65′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 65′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 76′Louletano, substitution:off
- 76′Louletano, substitution:off
- 78′Rio Ave, substitution:off
- 87′Louletano, substitution:off
- 89′Rio Ave, yellow card:
- 90′Rio Ave, goal:0–1
- Full-time0 – 1
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Match report
Blesa's late goal sends Rio Ave past Louletano in Taça de Portugal
Rio Ave edged past Louletano 1-0 in the Round of 64 of the Taça de Portugal, with Jalen Blesa scoring the only goal of the tie in the 90th minute at Estadio Algarve. The result takes Vasco Seabra's side into the next round of the competition.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The two sides were level at 0-0 at half-time, and nothing separated them for the best part of the second half. Louletano, managed by Miguel Valenca, held firm until the closing moments, when Blesa found the breakthrough and moved the score to 0-1.
Louletano had come into the tie having won their last two games, at Castrense and at FC Serpa, after a defeat at Silves. Rio Ave arrived having beaten Nacional 3-2 at home in their previous outing, following a 1-0 loss at Alverca.
Rio Ave return to league action next, hosting Famalicao in the Primeira Liga on Sunday 25 October.
Jalen Blesa scored the only goal of the tie, in the 90th minute, to take Rio Ave through.
Rio Ave won 1–0 away against Louletano (half-time 0–0).
Louletano met Rio Ave in the Taça de Portugal (Round of 64). Kick-off was Saturday, 17 October 2026, 16:00 UTC at Estadio Algarve.
Team pages: Louletano · Rio Ave · Taça de Portugal
Key moments
- 90' Goal: Jalen Blesa — 0–1
Starting line-ups
Louletano
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Louletano 42%, the draw 26%, Rio Ave 32%. It finished Louletano 0–1 Rio Ave.
Home advantage edges Louletano past stronger Rio Ave — Our strength rating has Rio Ave 77 points higher, 1426 to 1349, but Louletano's home advantage and Rio Ave's finishing streak, scoring above their chances in a way that usually cools off, give Louletano 42% to Rio Ave's 32%. The draw sits at 26%, down from a usual 29% for a gap this size, mainly because of that finishing streak.
Why Louletano at 42%?
Home ground, against the rating. Rio Ave sit 77 points higher on our strength rating — 1426 to 1349. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.5% of 10,394 such games. Rio Ave scored +0.31 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.2% of 1,469 games, vs 27.9% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 42%?
Because Rio Ave are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 26% and Rio Ave at 32%.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,198. The cool-off factor takes 2.5 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Rio Ave are 1 game into a new manager (Vasco Seabra), appointed 6 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. Louletano arrive with 8 fully-tracked matches, so their strength number is a first estimate that will move quickly; Rio Ave bring a 388-game record. New-to-the-record sides are where our rating knows least.
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About this match
On this page: the Louletano vs Rio Ave final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Taça de Portugal 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.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Louletano and Rio Ave team pages or the Taça de Portugal page.