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Rio Ave
FT
0–2
HT 0–2
Benfica
Primeira Liga Sat 17 Jan, 20:30London Estádio do Rio Ave, Vila do Conde Claudio Pereira 4,435 attendance

Timeline

  1. 16' Leandro Barreiro assist Georgiy Sudakov
  2. 25' Andreas Ntoi own goal
  3. 59' Andreas Schjelderup Yellow Card
  4. 62' Sidny Lopes Cabral for Andreas Schjelderup
  5. 66' Andreas Ntoi Yellow Card
  6. 72' Antonis Papakanellos for Nicolaos Athanasiou
  7. 73' Tamás Nikitscher for Andreas Ntoi
  8. 73' Ole Pohlmann for André Luiz
  9. 78' João Rêgo for Gianluca Prestianni
  10. 80' Georgios Liavas for Brandon Aguilera
  11. 80' Diogo Bezerra for Dario Spikic
  12. 90' Manu Silva for Georgiy Sudakov
  13. 90'+1' Samuel Dahl Yellow Card

Match stats

36.8% Possession 63.2%
7 Shots 24
1 On target 8
12 Fouls 8
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 0
5 Saves 1
289 Accurate passes 540

Lineups

Rio Ave 3-4-2-1
1 Miszta
6 Abbey 32 Brabec 23 Petrasso
3 Athanasiou 10 Aguilera 5 Ntoi 20 Tomé
18 Spikic 9 Clayton
11 Luiz
Benfica 4-2-3-1
1 Trubin
26 Dahl 30 Otamendi 44 Araújo 17 Dedic
8 Aursnes 18 Barreiro
21 Schjelderup 10 Sudakov 25 Prestianni
14 Pavlidis
Rio Ave 3-4-2-1
  1. 1 Cezary Miszta G
  2. 32 Jakub Brabec CD
  3. 6 Nelson Abbey CD-L
  4. 23 Francisco Petrasso CD-R
  5. 10 Brandon Aguilera ▼ CM-L
  6. 5 Andreas Ntoi ▼ CM-R
  7. 3 Nicolaos Athanasiou ▼ LM
  8. 20 João Tomé RM
  9. 9 Clayton F
  10. 18 Dario Spikic ▼ CF-L
  11. 11 André Luiz ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 44 Tamás Nikitscher ▲ SUB
  2. 19 Antonis Papakanellos ▲ SUB
  3. 80 Ole Pohlmann ▲ SUB
  4. 7 Diogo Bezerra ▲ SUB
  5. 54 Georgios Liavas ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 14 Karem Zoabi SUB
  2. 77 Omar Richards SUB
  3. 4 Jonathan Panzo SUB
  4. 22 Kevin Chamorro SUB
Benfica 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Anatoliy Trubin G
  2. 30 Nicolás Otamendi CD-L
  3. 44 Tomás Araújo CD-R
  4. 26 Samuel Dahl LB
  5. 17 Amar Dedic RB
  6. 10 Georgiy Sudakov ▼ AM
  7. 8 Fredrik Aursnes LM
  8. 18 Leandro Barreiro RM
  9. 14 Vangelis Pavlidis F
  10. 21 Andreas Schjelderup ▼ AM-L
  11. 25 Gianluca Prestianni ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 84 João Rêgo ▲ SUB
  2. 16 Manu Silva ▲ SUB
  3. 15 Sidny Lopes Cabral ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 50 Diogo Ferreira SUB
  2. 27 Bruma SUB
  3. 9 Franjo Ivanovic SUB
  4. 62 José Neto SUB
  5. 4 António Silva SUB
  6. 5 Enzo Barrenechea SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2.
  3. 90'+5' Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Cezary Pawet Miszta (Rio Ave). Assisted by Tomás Araújo.
  4. 90'+3' Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
  5. 90'+2' Attempt missed. Manu Silva (Benfica) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Sidny Cabral with a cross following a corner.
  6. 90'+1' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nelson Abbey.
  7. 90'+1' Samuel Dahl (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90'+1' Nelson Abbey (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 90'+1' Foul by Samuel Dahl (Benfica).
  10. 90'+1' Attempt blocked. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  11. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  12. 90' Substitution, Benfica. Manu Silva replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
98 earlier entries
  1. 90' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Diogo Bezerra.
  2. 87' Attempt blocked. Diogo Bezerra (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  3. 87' Attempt blocked. Clayton (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olé Pohlmann with a cross.
  4. 86' Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Samuel Dahl.
  5. 85' Attempt blocked. Sidny Cabral (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  6. 84' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  7. 81' Delay in match because of an injury Nelson Abbey (Rio Ave).
  8. 81' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jakub Brabec.
  9. 80' Substitution, Rio Ave. Diogo Bezerra replaces Dario Spikic.
  10. 80' Substitution, Rio Ave. Georgios Liavas replaces Brandon Aguilera.
  11. 79' Handball by Tamás Nikitscher (Rio Ave).
  12. 78' Substitution, Benfica. João Rego replaces Gianluca Prestianni.
  13. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. Olé Pohlmann replaces André Luiz.
  14. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. Tamás Nikitscher replaces Andreas Ntoi.
  15. 72' Substitution, Rio Ave. Antonis Papakanellos replaces Nikolaos Athanasiou.
  16. 69' Offside, Rio Ave. Clayton is caught offside.
  17. 67' Attempt missed. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
  18. 66' Andreas Ntoi (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 66' Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  20. 66' Foul by Andreas Ntoi (Rio Ave).
  21. 63' Attempt missed. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Prestianni following a fast break.
  22. 63' Handball by Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).
  23. 62' Substitution, Benfica. Sidny Cabral replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
  24. 62' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  25. 62' Delay in match because of an injury João Tomé (Rio Ave).
  26. 60' Attempt missed. Clayton (Rio Ave) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Brandon Aguilera.
  27. 59' Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  28. 58' Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  29. 58' Foul by Francisco Petrasso (Rio Ave).
  30. 56' Attempt saved. André Luiz (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica). Assisted by Andreas Ntoi.
  31. 53' Foul by Leandro Barreiro (Benfica).
  32. 53' Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  33. 51' Attempt saved. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Cezary Pawet Miszta (Rio Ave). Assisted by Gianluca Prestianni.
  34. 50' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Tomé.
  35. 49' João Tomé (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  36. 49' Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
  37. 48' Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  38. 48' Foul by Nikolaos Athanasiou (Rio Ave).
  39. 47' Attempt saved. Tomás Araújo (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Cezary Pawet Miszta (Rio Ave).
  40. 47' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jakub Brabec.
  41. 46' Attempt missed. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  42. 45' Second Half begins Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2.
  43. 45'+6' First Half ends, Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2.
  44. 45'+5' Attempt missed. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  45. 45'+4' Attempt missed. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andreas Schjelderup.
  46. 45'+3' Attempt missed. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
  47. 45'+1' Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  48. 45'+1' Foul by Dario Spikic (Rio Ave).
  49. 45'+1' Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  50. 45'+1' Foul by Andreas Ntoi (Rio Ave).
  51. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  52. 45' Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  53. 45' Foul by Jakub Brabec (Rio Ave).
  54. 42' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nelson Abbey.
  55. 41' Attempt blocked. Brandon Aguilera (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by André Luiz.
  56. 40' Andreas Ntoi (Rio Ave) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box following a fast break.
  57. 40' Attempt blocked. Clayton (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by André Luiz.
  58. 39' Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
  59. 39' André Luiz (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  60. 37' Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  61. 37' Foul by Brandon Aguilera (Rio Ave).
  62. 37' Attempt saved. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Cezary Pawet Miszta (Rio Ave). Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross.
  63. 36' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Francisco Petrasso.
  64. 36' Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Prestianni.
  65. 34' Attempt blocked. Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
  66. 33' Foul by André Luiz (Rio Ave).
  67. 33' Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 32' Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Samuel Dahl.
  69. 30' Foul by Samuel Dahl (Benfica).
  70. 30' André Luiz (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  71. 29' Foul by Tomás Araújo (Benfica).
  72. 29' Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 27' Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  74. 27' Foul by Dario Spikic (Rio Ave).
  75. 26' Offside, Rio Ave. André Luiz is caught offside.
  76. 25' Own Goal by Andreas Ntoi, Rio Ave. Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2.
  77. 23' VAR Decision: No Penalty Benfica.
  78. 19' Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  79. 19' Foul by Francisco Petrasso (Rio Ave).
  80. 18' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Francisco Petrasso.
  81. 17' Foul by João Tomé (Rio Ave).
  82. 17' Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  83. 16' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Benfica 1. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross following a corner.
  84. 15' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Andreas Ntoi.
  85. 15' Attempt blocked. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Dahl with a headed pass.
  86. 15' Attempt saved. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Cezary Pawet Miszta (Rio Ave).
  87. 14' Attempt blocked. Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  88. 12' Attempt missed. Tomás Araújo (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross following a corner.
  89. 10' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nelson Abbey.
  90. 10' Attempt missed. Amar Dedic (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Dahl with a cross.
  91. 8' Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
  92. 8' Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  93. 8' Attempt missed. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leandro Barreiro.
  94. 7' Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  95. 3' Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) header from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross following a corner.
  96. 3' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Tomé.
  97. First Half begins.
  98. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Rio Ave W L D L W

  • W at AVS 2-1 Portuguese Liga
  • L Vitória de Guimarães 1-0 Portuguese Liga
  • D at Gil Vicente 2-2 Portuguese Liga
  • L at Sporting CP 4-0 Portuguese Liga
  • W Casa Pia 3-1 Portuguese Liga

Benfica L W D W W

  • W at SC Farense 2-0 Taca de Portugal
  • W Famalicão 1-0 Portuguese Liga
  • D at Braga 2-2 Portuguese Liga
  • W Estoril 3-1 Portuguese Liga
  • L at FC Porto 1-0 Taca de Portugal

Head to head

SLB leads series 3-0-2

  • 23 Sep 2025 Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave 2025-26 Portuguese Primeira Liga
  • 16 Mar 2025 Rio Ave 2–3 Benfica 2024-25 Portuguese Primeira Liga
  • 27 Oct 2024 Benfica 5–0 Rio Ave 2024-25 Portuguese Primeira Liga
  • 17 May 2024 Rio Ave 1–1 Benfica 2023-24 Portuguese Primeira Liga
  • 14 Jan 2024 Benfica 4–1 Rio Ave 2023-24 Portuguese Primeira Liga