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Rio Ave vs Benfica
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Liga Portugal2025/20262025/2026
0
-FT
2
Jan 17, 2026
Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube

Match Timeline

Man of the Match
90'+1Yellow Card
Benfica
Benfica
Rio Ave
Rio Ave
Benfica
Rio Ave
Rio Ave
66'Yellow Card
Rio Ave
Benfica
59'Yellow Card
Benfica
Goal!
0-2
Andreas Ntoi
Andreas Ntoi
25'·Benfica
⚽
Goal!
0-1
Leandro Barreiro
Leandro Barreiro
16'·Benfica
⚽

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Rio Ave
Rio Ave
Benfica
Benfica
37%Ball Possession63%
7Shots Total24
1Shots On Target8
3Corners11
12Fouls8
1Yellow Cards2
2Offsides0
5Saves1
351Passes599
2Shots Off Target11
61Attacks135
21Dangerous Attacks92
3Shots Inside Box15
4Shots Outside Box9
0Goals2
8Free Kicks12
4Shots Blocked5
5Substitutions3
1Hit Woodwork1
16Tackles19
0Assists1
289Accurate Passes540
1Injuries0
11Total Crosses27
2Accurate Crosses8
6Interceptions10
36Duels Won48
0Big Chances Created4
0Big Chances Missed3

Team Lineups

Player Stats

PlayerRatingMinGoalsAssistsShotsPassesTacklesDuels
90'00-
30(90%)
-
0/1
90'00-
46(80%)
1
3/3
90'001/3
9(88%)
-
6/9
10'00-
10(100%)
2
2/2
90'00-
49(81%)
-
1/5
10'000/1
3(67%)
1
1/1
80'00-
17(88%)
3
4/9
80'000/1
31(74%)
1
2/3
90'00-
41(98%)
3
3/6
17'00-
10(82%)
1
1/1
17'00-
5(60%)
-
0/1
18'00-
8(75%)
-
0/1
72'000/1
24(78%)
-
2/7
73'001/1
7(86%)
1
4/17
90'00-
36(77%)
4
6/16
73'00-
25(71%)
-
1/3

Rio Ave vs Benfica H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)
TeamGamesRunUnbeatenWinlessScored inConceded inLast-5 ptsLast-5 goals
Rio Ave15W1101107/157-9
Benfica15L202047/157-7
Rio Ave — last 5 games
  1. W2-1 @ AVS2025-12-06
  2. L0-1 vs Vitória Guimarães2025-12-13
  3. D2-2 @ Gil Vicente2025-12-20
  4. L0-4 @ Sporting CP2025-12-28
  5. W3-1 vs Casa Pia2026-01-04
Benfica — last 5 games
  1. W1-0 vs Famalicão2025-12-22
  2. D2-2 @ Sporting Braga2025-12-28
  3. W3-1 vs Estoril2026-01-03
  4. L1-3 vs Sporting Braga2026-01-07
  5. L0-1 @ Porto2026-01-14
Goal markets & scoring rates
TeamGamesAvg goalsOver 1.5Over 2.5Over 3.5BTTSClean sheetsFailed to score
Rio Ave152.9387%67%40%60%13%33%
Benfica152.680%47%33%40%47%13%
Venue split (Home vs Away)
TeamWherePldWDLGoalsPPGOver 2.5Clean sheets
Rio AveHome62137-101.1767%17%
BenficaAway861117-42.3850%63%
1st half vs 2nd half scoring
TeamGames1H goals2H goals2H share1H Over 0.5HT W-D-L
Rio Ave157-1011-1661%73%3-7-5
Benfica1510-717-563%73%7-5-3
Head-to-head, computed
Meetings on record
32
Period covered
2010-01-09 – 2025-09-23
Rio Ave wins
1
Draws
4
Benfica wins
27
Avg goals per meeting
3.5
Over 2.5 goals
63%
Both teams scored
63%
Home side won
53%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings
0W 2D 3L (Rio Ave view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time
3.8 vs 3.5
Most recent meetings (5 of 32)
DateHomeScoreAway
2025-09-23Benfica1-1Rio Ave
2025-03-16Rio Ave2-3Benfica
2024-10-27Benfica5-0Rio Ave
2024-05-17Rio Ave1-1Benfica
2024-01-14Benfica4-1Rio Ave
Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 157 earlier results)
TeamPosPldPtsGDFormForm rankForm vs pos
Rio Ave111720-7WLDLW8+3
Benfica3173925DWWDW30
Table context
Points gap
19 ptsRio Ave 20 · Benfica 39
Positions
#11 vs #3
Goals per game
1.29/1.71 vs 2.12/0.65scored/conceded per game · league average 1.36

How we calculate this

Liga Portugal Standings

Liga Portugal · 2025/2026

Full standings
#TeamPGDPTS
134+4888
234+6582
334+4980
434+2859
534+1356
···
1034-339
1134-1739
1234-2236
1334-936
1434-834
···
1834-4021

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Liga Portugal
Rio Ave
34 matches
Benfica
34 matches
#12Position#3
36Points80
8Wins23
12Draws11
14Losses0
35Goals74
1.03Goals per game2.18
57Goals conceded25
1.68Goals per game conceded0.74

Rio Ave vs Benfica — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (34 vs 34 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityRio Ave 19% · X · Draw 22% · Benfica 59%
1 · Home Win
19%
X · Draw
22%
2 · Away Win
59%
Projected Goals (xG Model)
0.97 vs 1.91
Projected Total: 2.87
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
Both Teams to Score (BTTS)
53%
Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)
15% / 38%
Rio Ave / Benfica
Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):
0 - 1(10.8%)1 - 1(10.5%)0 - 2(10.3%)
Last Matches

Recent matches

Jan 4
3-1
Casa Pia
vs Casa Pia
Home
Dec 28, 2025
0-4
Sporting CP
@ Sporting CP
Away
Dec 20, 2025
2-2
Gil Vicente
@ Gil Vicente
Away
Dec 13, 2025
0-1
Vitória Guimarães
vs Vitória Guimarães
Home
Dec 6, 2025
2-1
AVS
@ AVS
Away
Previous Meetings
Head to Head

Rio Ave vs Benfica — Head to Head

Match summary

Benfica beat Rio Ave 2-0 in the Liga Portugal, Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Benfica (3rd, 39 pts) were 19 points ahead of Rio Ave (11th, 20 pts). Benfica won 27 of the 32 previous meetings on record.

Leandro Barreiro (16') and Andreas Ntoi (25' og) scored the goals for Benfica.