Match ends, Sporting CP 2, Rio Ave 3.
SportingSporting Lisbon2Rio AveRio Ave3
Conceding three penalties and being sent off sounds like a defender's nightmare, but that was reality for Sporting Lisbon's Sebastian Coates in defeat by Rio Ave on Saturday.
The former Liverpool centre-back was walking a tightrope from the sixth minute when he was booked for bringing down Mehdi Taremi in the area.
Filipe Augusto scored the penalty to put Rio Ave ahead, before goals from Bruno Fernandez and Luiz Phellype gave Sporting the lead and left their Uruguayan defender breathing a sigh of relief.
But with four minutes left, Coates' evening really went downhill.
First, and a little unfortunately, he gave away a second penalty as Taremi fell over with minimal contact, then the 28-year-old was shown a second yellow in injury time when he slid in on the same player to concede a third penalty.
The result saw Sporting drop to third in the Primeira Liga, three points behind leaders Famalicao.
Line-ups
Sporting
- 1Ribeiro
- 50Correia
- 4CoatesBooked at 89mins
- 22Mathieu
- 9AcuñaSubstituted forPlataat 90+2'minutes
- 37Valle da Silva
- 98Doumbia
- 11Dias Belloli
- 8Bruno Fernandes
- 10ViettoSubstituted forBorjaat 79'minutes
- 29Luciano Silva
Substitutes
- 5da Silva
- 7Soares Camacho
- 14Novo Neto
- 20Plata
- 23Diaby
- 26Borja
- 81Arantes Maximiano
Rio Ave
- 1Kieszek
- 4Macedo Monte
- 6Borevkovic
- 15de Jesus Santos
- 2Reis de LimaBooked at 57mins
- 11Gomes dos SantosSubstituted forCardoso Manéat 68'minutes
- 5Carvalho SouzaBooked at 18mins
- 8Vaz Alves MonteiroSubstituted forJamborat 76'minutes
- 10Silva Lopes
- 99Taremi
- 9Pereira Castro MoreiraSubstituted forJeronimoat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 19Jeronimo
- 21Cardoso Mané
- 23Jambor
- 24Gaspar Amaral
- 33da Silva Junior
- 70de Souza
- 88Fagundes dos Anjos
- Referee:
- João Pinheiro
- Attendance:
- 37,942
Match Stats
Home TeamSportingAway TeamRio Ave
- Possession
- Home48%
- Away52%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home1
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home17
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Sporting CP 2, Rio Ave 3.
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Foul by Nikola Jambor (Rio Ave).
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Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Diego Lopes (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Gonzalo Plata (Sporting CP).
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Offside, Sporting CP. Thierry Correia tries a through ball, but Bruno Fernandes is caught offside.
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Diego Lopes (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Gonzalo Plata (Sporting CP).
Substitution
Substitution, Sporting CP. Gonzalo Plata replaces Marcos Acuña.
Goal!
Goal! Sporting CP 2, Rio Ave 3. Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) for a bad foul.
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Penalty Rio Ave. Mehdi Taremi draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Marcos Acuña (Sporting CP) hits the left post with a header from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross.
Goal!
Goal! Sporting CP 2, Rio Ave 2. Ronan (Rio Ave) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
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Penalty Rio Ave. Mehdi Taremi draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Thierry Correia (Sporting CP).
