Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave
- Nikitscher 50'
- Lima 61' (o.g.)
11 April 2026
The match in data
Rio Ave got the better of Santa Clara, 2–0, on 11 April 2026, on matchday 29 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Nelson Abbey (Rio Ave), rated 58, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 3 interceptions. Abbey produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Santa Clara, the highest-rated player was Guilherme Romão, with 57.
Nelson Abbey
Rio Ave · 90'
Produced 1.15× and cost 0.65× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 3 interceptions 2.7×
- 6 recoveries 1.6×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilherme Romão | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Vinícius Lopes | Forward | 44 | 46 |
| Diogo Calila | Defender | 21 | 43 |
| Luis Fernando | Forward | 57 | 42 |
| Serginho | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Gustavo Klismahn | Midfielder | 57 | 41 |
| Gonçalo Paciência | Forward | 33 | 40 |
| Brenner | Forward | 33 | 39 |
| Gabriel Silva | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Pedro Ferreira | Midfielder | 81 | 37 |
| Sidney Lima | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Henrique Silva | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Welinton Torrão | Forward | 46 | 32 |
| Lucas Soares | Defender | 69 | 20 |
| Gabriel Batista | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Djé | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gustavo Mancha | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Nelson Abbey ★ | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Tamble Monteiro | Forward | 86 | 54 |
| Jakub Brabec | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 86 | 51 |
| Diogo Bezerra | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 76 | 38 |
| Ennio Van Der Gouw | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ryan | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Midfielder | 4 | no rating |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 4 | no rating |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| João Tomé | 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.