Match Report
| Paços de Ferreira | Paços de Ferreira |  |  | Rio Ave | Rio Ave | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marc-Vivien Silva | M. Silva |  | 64 | G |  | 1 | | G | 58 |  | Marvin Le Tissier | M. Le Tissier | |||||||||
| Jorge Loureiro | J. Loureiro |  | 71 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Artur Neves | A. Neves | |||||||||
| Diogo Pinto | D. Pinto | | 64 | D | | 3 | | D | 57 | | Jorge Loureiro | J. Loureiro | |||||||||
| Tomas Lima | T. Lima | | 52 | D | | 4 | | D | 51 |  | Dietmar Döring | D. Döring | |||||||||
| Tomas Postiga | T. Postiga | | 52 | D | | 5 | | D | 47 | | Vitor Fernandes | V. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Abel Nascimento | A. Nascimento | | 63 | M | | 6 | | M | 81 | | Tomas Reis | T. Reis | |||||||||
| Daniele Roberts | D. Roberts | | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 55 | | Rui Ribeiro | R. Ribeiro | |||||||||
| Fernando Castro | F. Castro | | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 50 | | Manuel Reis | M. Reis | |||||||||
| Noel Taylor | N. Taylor | | 60 | M | | 9 | | M | 49 |  | Mauro Simeoni | M. Simeoni | |||||||||
| Marvin Bruggink | M. Bruggink |  | 53 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Silvio Martins | S. Martins | |||||||||
| Mario Almeida | M. Almeida | | 52 | A | | 11 | | A | 55 | | Dean Benjamin | D. Benjamin | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at Estádio da Mata Real where Paços de Ferreira play host to Rio Ave. A crowd of 9,161 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Paços de Ferreira and Rio Ave are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Paços de Ferreira and Rio Ave are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Paços de Ferreira kick off!
4.36
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
8.29
0-0Daniele Roberts chips the ball to his team mate, Mario Almeida. Mario Almeida shoots from distance. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
14.21
0-1Mauro Simeoni knocks the ball forward to Silvio Martins. Silvio Martins chips the ball to his team mate, Dean Benjamin. Dean Benjamin shows great control and tries a shot on goal. Dean Benjamin scores for Rio Ave!!
18.10
0-1Fernando Castro deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Marvin Bruggink. Marvin Bruggink knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Marvin Le Tissier who gathers it comfortably.
22.59
0-1Tomas Lima sees space and advances. Tomas Lima makes a beautiful solo run. Tomas Lima goes all the way! Tomas Lima cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
24.21
Mauro Simeoni knocks the ball forward to Silvio Martins. Silvio Martins kicks a strong pass forward to Dean Benjamin. Dean Benjamin makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
33.38
Mauro Simeoni knocks the ball to his team mate, Dean Benjamin. Dean Benjamin finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
34.53
Fernando Castro makes a beautiful solo run. Fernando Castro controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
36.43
Tomas Postiga deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Fernando Castro. Fernando Castro threads the ball through to Marvin Bruggink. Marvin Bruggink knocks in a cross ball towards Mario Almeida. Mario Almeida directs the ball goalwards with his head but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
39.44
Manuel Reis threads the ball through to Dean Benjamin. Dean Benjamin knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Rio Ave kicking off!
47.54
Fernando Castro flicks the ball to his team mate, Mario Almeida. Mario Almeida knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Vitor Fernandes.
49.29
Dietmar Döring passes the ball forward to Tomas Reis. Tomas Reis threads the ball through to Silvio Martins. Silvio Martins tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
59.31
Rui Ribeiro decides to run forward with the ball. Rui Ribeiro knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Marc-Vivien Silva who gathers it comfortably.
63.29
Daniele Roberts makes a beautiful solo run. Daniele Roberts knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
65.40
Vitor Fernandes makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mauro Simeoni. Mauro Simeoni threads the ball through to Silvio Martins. Silvio Martins knocks in a cross ball towards Dean Benjamin. Dean Benjamin flicks the ball with his head. Marc-Vivien Silva manages to gather it comfortably.
66.58
0-1Fernando Castro hacks Rui Ribeiro from behind! Fernando Castro is warned by the referee! Rui Ribeiro hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
69.27
Diogo Pinto makes a simple pass to Abel Nascimento. Abel Nascimento makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mario Almeida. Mario Almeida knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
71.44
Noel Taylor makes a probing pass to Mario Almeida. Mario Almeida knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Vitor Fernandes.
72.54
Jorge Loureiro makes a probing pass to Rui Ribeiro. Rui Ribeiro passes the ball forward to Dean Benjamin. Dean Benjamin tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
81.35
Abel Nascimento controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Mario Almeida. Mario Almeida knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
1
2
Shots off Target
3
4
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
54.8%
45.2%
Play Area
21.9%
53.4%
24.7%
Scorers