Match summary
Sporting CP won 3-1 at home to Rio Ave. Sporting CP led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Pedro Gonçalves put Sporting CP ahead in the 6th minute and Gonçalves made it 2-0 in the 26th minute. In the second half, Viktor Gyökeres made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute and Clayton pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 90th minute.
The chances backed that up: Sporting CP created 3.00 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Rio Ave's 0.46 from 4.