Rio Ave 3–2 Nacional
- Clemmensen 39'
- Tomé 54'
- Bezerra 57'
- Blesa 72' (pen.)
- Njoya 32'
- Njoya 59'
11 October 2026
The match in data
Rio Ave beat Nacional 3–2 on 11 October 2026, on matchday 8 of the 2026-27 Liga Portugal.
Rio Ave came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 32'.
Player of the match: Abdel Kader Njoya (Nacional), rated 60, thanks above all to 2 goals and 0.57 xG. Njoya produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Rio Ave, the highest-rated player was Francisco Petrasso, with 60.
Abdel Kader Njoya scored twice.
João Tomé was sent off at 54'.
Abdel Kader Njoya
Nacional · 81'
Produced 1.46× and cost 0.66× their position's average
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 0.57 xG 2.3×
- 2 shots on target 2.5×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.19 1.4×
- 1 failed dribble 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 27 | 60 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Diogo Bezerra | Forward | 76 | 56 |
| Gustavo Mancha | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Malik Sellouki | Midfielder | 76 | 52 |
| Miguel Almeida Patrício | Midfielder | 63 | 48 |
| Jalen Blesa | Forward | 78 | 47 |
| R. Galčík | Forward | 27 | 47 |
| Sebastian Clemmensen | Midfielder | 63 | 46 |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Vítor Hugo | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| João Tomé | Defender | 54 | 30 |
| Diogo Nascimento | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Simón García | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Tamble Monteiro | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Baeza | Midfielder | 22 | 65 |
| Abdel Kader Njoya ★ | Forward | 81 | 60 |
| Ze Vitor | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Min-kyu Song | Midfielder | 81 | 46 |
| Matchoi Djaló | Midfielder | 78 | 46 |
| Francisco Gonçalves | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Renato Marin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Daniel Jr | Midfielder | 68 | 42 |
| Fernando Nava | Forward | 22 | 40 |
| William Kokolo | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Chiheb Labidi | Midfielder | 68 | 39 |
| Deivison | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Danel Dongmo | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Allen Obando | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Joel Silva | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Stavros Gavriel | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Rio Ave player won the most duels?
Jalen Blesa, with 9 duels won. Next: Marios Vrousai 7, Malik Sellouki 6.
In a tight 3–2 win over Nacional, Jalen Blesa set the tone for Rio Ave by winning 9 duels. Marios Vrousai followed with 7, while Malik Sellouki contributed 6.
Which Nacional player played the most passes into the final third?
Ze Vitor, with 16 final-third passes. Next: Daniel Jr 4, Matchoi Djaló 4.
In the 3–2 loss against Rio Ave, Ze Vitor drove Nacional forward with 16 passes into the final third. The gap was wide over Daniel Jr and Matchoi Djaló, who each completed 4.
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.
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