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Preview
- In week 25 of the 2025-2026 Primeira Liga, Tondela face Rio Ave on 2026-03-09 (kick-off 20:15 GMT) at Estádio João Cardoso.
- Over the past 3 outings, Referee H. Malheiro has shown 8-9 yellows and 0-1 reds, and 8 fouls each fixture.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between C. Bacci and Sotiris Sylaidopoulos.
- Tondela are 17th in the standings with 19 points, followed by Rio Ave in 15th on 21 points.
- Tondela and Rio Ave will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Tondela should be met by Rio Ave's expected 4-2-3-1.
- Tondela played out a 2-2 draw with Santa Clara, and Rio Ave shared the spoils 0-0 vs Famalicão.
- Tondela look strong (1-4-0) over the last 5 matches, whereas Rio Ave have 0-1-4 in the same span.
- Rio Ave lead this rivalry - 5 wins from 14 matches versus Tondela (who've won just 4 games), alongside 5 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Tondela's 0.75 goals/game at home balance out Rio Ave's 0.92 away scoring.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Tondela
Rio Ave
Events
| 29' | A. Ntoi | ||
| 35' | M. Vrousai | ||
| 45' | Penalty confirmed | Ole Pohlmann-VAR | |
| 45+3' | Penalty missed | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 60' | |||
| 62' | |||
| 70' | 0 - 1 | ||
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| 87' | N. Abbey | ||
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| 90+4' | Diogo Bezerra | ||
| 90+4' | Gustavo Mancha | ||
Stats
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Standings
Commentary
Tondela is going head to head with Rio Ave on 9/3/2026 20:15 GMT at Estádio João Cardoso for the Portugal Primeira Liga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Tondela v Rio Ave H2H statistics!