GD Estoril Praia vs Rio Ave

Rio Ave came away from Estoril with a routine-looking 0-2 win, though the numbers show how one-sided it actually was. Jalen Blesa was the difference, scoring and setting up the other goal to seal the points. Blesa opened the scoring in the 15th minute, heading in a cross from Diogo Bezerra, and Estoril barely responded, managing just three shots to Rio Ave's eighteen. A second Blesa goal was ruled out by VAR just after the hour, but Tamble Monteiro made it count in the 72nd minute, finishing off another Blesa assist to put the game to bed. The result finally gets Rio Ave's season moving, their first goals and points of the campaign lifting them to ninth. Estoril, by contrast, remain without a win through three rounds, stuck down in 15th with just a single point to show.