Santa Clara achieved an expressive home victory, thrashing Rio Ave 4-0 in a match from the fifth round of the Portuguese I Liga football championship. The game took place at Santa Clara's venue, who took advantage of the home advantage to impose their rhythm throughout the match.
With this result, the Santa Clara team rose to third place in the I Liga standings. The team earned the three points from this victory and consolidated their position among the leaders of the Portuguese championship.
Rio Ave, on their part, suffered a heavy defeat and remained in the lower part of the table. The team was unable to cope with the opponent's attacking power, resulting in one of the routs of the round.
Regarding the standings, Santa Clara now have one more point than Benfica, who occupy a position below. However, Benfica still have a match in hand yet to be played, which means the standings situation may change when that match is played.
