Rio Ave 1–1 Nacional
- Clayton 13'
- Ulisses 39'
- Ramírez 83'
17 August 2025
The match in data
Rio Ave and Nacional drew 1–1 on 17 August 2025, on matchday 2 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Clayton (Rio Ave), rated 78, thanks above all to 0.87 xG and 1 goal. Clayton produced 2.1 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Nacional, the highest-rated player was Matheus Dias, with 69.
Ulisses was sent off at 39'.
Clayton
Rio Ave · 90'
Produced 2.15× and cost 0.35× their position's average
- 0.87 xG 3.6×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 failed dribble 0.7×
- 1 ball lost 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton ★ | Forward | 90 | 78 |
| Nikolaos Athanasiou | Defender | 81 | 59 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| André Luiz | Forward | 74 | 55 |
| Jonathan Panzo | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Nelson Abbey | Defender | 81 | 43 |
| Theofanis Bakoulas | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| João Novais | Midfielder | 27 | 38 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 63 | 34 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Midfielder | 27 | 25 |
| Brandon Aguilera | Midfielder | 63 | 24 |
| Cezary Miszta | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Marc Gual | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liziero | Midfielder | 78 | 69 |
| Matheus Dias | Midfielder | 46 | 69 |
| Léo Santos | Defender | 44 | 66 |
| Witiness Quembo | Forward | 46 | 64 |
| Jesús Ramírez | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Ze Vitor | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Ulisses | Defender | 39 | 56 |
| Chiheb Labidi | Midfielder | 78 | 51 |
| José Gomes | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| João Aurélio | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Paulinho Bóia | Forward | 82 | 37 |
| Lucas França | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Filipe Soares | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Joel Silva | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Martim Gustavo Watts | Midfielder | 8 | 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.