Rio Ave 2–1 Estrela Amadora
- Blesa 27'
- Blesa 48'
- Pinho 65'
15 March 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Rio Ave against Estrela Amadora on 15 March 2026, on matchday 26 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Jalen Blesa (Rio Ave), rated 74, thanks above all to 1.22 xG and 2 goals. Blesa produced 2.0 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Estrela Amadora, the highest-rated player was Rodrigo Pinho, with 71.
Jalen Blesa scored twice.
Jalen Blesa
Rio Ave · 89'
Produced 1.97× and cost 0.44× their position's average
- 1.22 xG 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 3 shots on target 3.8×
- 1 shot off target 0.8×
- 1 failed dribble 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Blesa ★ | Forward | 89 | 74 |
| Nelson Abbey | Defender | 75 | 72 |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Gustavo Mancha | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Diogo Bezerra | Forward | 88 | 53 |
| Jakub Brabec | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 75 | 49 |
| Ryan | Midfielder | 32 | 37 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 58 | 14 |
| Ennio Van Der Gouw | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| João Tomé | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Tamble Monteiro | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Pinho | Forward | 90 | 71 |
| Luan Patrick | Defender | 89 | 69 |
| Bruno Langa | Defender | 89 | 66 |
| Kevin Höög Jansson | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Otavio Manoel Galdino Fernandes | Defender | 54 | 65 |
| Abraham Marcus | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Robinho | Midfielder | 36 | 52 |
| Ianis Stoica | Forward | 54 | 45 |
| Jovane Cabral | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Paulo Moreira | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Eddy Doué | Midfielder | 36 | 39 |
| Max Scholze | Defender | 83 | 24 |
| Renan Ribeiro | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Leandro Antonetti | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Tom Moustier | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Yahya Kalley | Defender | 1 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.