Rio Ave – CD Nacional Madeira match report
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Rio Ave came from behind to beat CD Nacional Madeira 3-2 in Liga Portugal. CD Nacional Madeira owed a lot to A. Njoya, who struck twice. A. Njoya was our player of the match, rated 7.8 by the ScoreMondo model for CD Nacional Madeira. The match was played on Sunday, 11 October 2026 at Estádio dos Arcos (matchday 8).
How the match unfolded
CD Nacional Madeira took the lead on 32 minutes thanks to A. Njoya, set up by C. Goncalves. Rio Ave drew level at 1-1 in the 40th minute through S. Clemmensen. It was Rio Ave 1-1 CD Nacional Madeira at half-time.
Rio Ave were a man down from the 54th minute, when J. Tome was sent off for a second yellow card. Diogo Bezerra turned the game around for Rio Ave at 2-1 after 57 minutes, set up by S. Clemmensen. CD Nacional Madeira drew level at 2-2 in the 59th minute through A. Njoya. Rio Ave completed the turnaround at 3-2 on 72 minutes thanks to J. Blesa from the penalty spot.
What the numbers say
On target it was 4-3, from 9 and 7 attempts respectively. Corners finished 8-8. A red card for Rio Ave and 3 yellows made it a bad-tempered match. Dangerous attacks: 167 for CD Nacional Madeira, 146 for Rio Ave. Rio Ave committed 7 fouls to CD Nacional Madeira's 10, and the offside count read 0-2.
Rio Ave's yellow cards went to J. Tome in the 50th minute, J. Tome in the 54th minute, J. Blesa in the 73rd minute and R. Galcik in the 91st minute.
Who stood out
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to S. Clemmensen (Rio Ave, 7.8), Diogo Bezerra (Rio Ave, 7.2) and J. Blesa (Rio Ave, 6.4). From the Rio Ave bench came F. Petrasso on 63 minutes, R. Galcik on 63 minutes, S. Garcia on 76 minutes and D. Nascimento on 76 minutes, among 5 changes. CD Nacional Madeira made 5 changes: M. Baeza for Daniel Junior (68'), F. Nava for C. Labidi (68'), A. Obando for M. Djalo (78') and S. Gavriel for Song Min-Kyu (81').
How they came into it
Rio Ave came into the match with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches — 4 without a win. FC Alverca beat Rio Ave 1-0 last time out. Before kick-off, CD Nacional Madeira's last 5 matches had brought 5 defeats. CD Nacional Madeira lost 4-0 at home to Famalicao in their last match. The record between them over the last 9 matches reads 4-3-2 from Rio Ave's point of view. The last meeting, in 2026 in Liga Portugal, went 4-0 to CD Nacional Madeira. Those 9 games produced 22 goals, an average of 2.4 per match. Carlos Macedo was the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards per match across 49 matches in our records.
What it means
A 4-game wait for victory is over for Rio Ave. CD Nacional Madeira have lost 6 in a row.
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