About Match
12 points and 14 places separate them: Rio Ave 16th with 4, Benfica 2nd with 16. On the form table Rio Ave stand 12th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Rio Ave 0.83 scored and 2.33 conceded per game, Benfica 3.5 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.4. If Rio Ave win, their total rises to 7 and up to 9th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Benfica, winners of their last seven, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Rio Ave have banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Benfica, 15.
The sides have met 33 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Rio Ave, 4 draws and 28 for Benfica, at 3.45 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 61% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 61%.
Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in Vila do Conde stages the fixture, a ground that holds 12,815.