Match summary
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.
Rio Ave vs Benfica in numbers
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Rio Ave2W 1D 2L
Rio AveBenfica
7Pointsof 157
7Goals scored7
9Goals conceded7
0Clean sheets1
1Scored in a row0
1Unbeaten in a row0
0Without a win2
10Conceded in a row4
Head to head32 meetings · Jan 2010 – Sep 2025
- Rio Ave wins
- 1
- Draws
- 4
- Benfica wins
- 27
3.5goals per meeting
63%both teams scored
63%3+ goals
53%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsRio Ave 0W 2D 3L · 3.8 goals per game
Meetings
- Liga PortugalBenfica1-1Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave2-3Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica5-0Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave1-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica4-1Rio Ave
Show all 32 meetings
- Liga PortugalRio Ave0-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica4-2Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalBenfica2-0Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave0-3Benfica
- Liga PortugalRio Ave1-2Benfica
- Taça De PortugalBenfica3-2Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalBenfica2-0Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave2-3Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica4-2Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalBenfica5-1Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave1-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalRio Ave0-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica2-0Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave0-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica3-1Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave2-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica1-0Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalBenfica4-0Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave1-3Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica6-1Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave0-1Benfica
- Liga PortugalRio Ave2-2Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica5-1Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave1-2Benfica
- Liga PortugalBenfica5-2Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalBenfica2-1Rio Ave
- Liga PortugalRio Ave0-1Benfica
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 157 earlier results
Rio AveBenfica
#11Position#3
20Points17 v 17 games39
-7Goal difference+25
1.29Scored per gameleague avg 1.362.12
1.71Conceded per game0.65
#8Form table position#3
Match Timeline
Man of the Match
Rio AveBenfica
- 90+1'Yellow Card · Benfica · Samuel Dahl
- 90'Substitution · Benfica · Manu Silva · InOut: Georgiy Sudakov
- Substitution · Rio Ave · Diogo Bezerra · InOut: Dario Spikic80'
- Substitution · Rio Ave · Georgios Liavas · InOut: Brandon Aguilera80'
- 78'Substitution · Benfica · João Rego · InOut: Gianluca Prestianni
- Substitution · Rio Ave · Tamás Nikitscher · InOut: Andreas Ntoi73'
- Substitution · Rio Ave · Ole Pohlmann · InOut: André Luiz73'
- Substitution · Rio Ave · Antonis Papakanellos · InOut: Nikolaos Athanasiou72'
- Yellow Card · Rio Ave · Andreas Ntoi66'
- 62'Substitution · Benfica · Sidny Cabral · InOut: Andreas Schjelderup
- 59'Yellow Card · Benfica · Andreas Schjelderup
- 25'Own Goal · Benfica · Andreas Ntoi0-2 · Own Goal
- 16'Goal · Benfica · Leandro Barreiro0-1
Match Statistics
Match stats
Rio AveBenfica
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
Lineups
3-4-2-1 · 4-2-3-1
Player Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 30(90%) | - | 0/1 | |
| 7.3 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 46(80%) | 1 | 3/3 | |
Clayton FW | 6.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 9(88%) | - | 6/9 |
| 6.8 | 10' | 0 | 0 | - | 10(100%) | 2 | 2/2 | |
| 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 49(81%) | - | 1/5 | |
| 6.7 | 10' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 3(67%) | 1 | 1/1 | |
| 6.7 | 80' | 0 | 0 | - | 17(88%) | 3 | 4/9 | |
| 6.6 | 80' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 31(74%) | 1 | 2/3 | |
| 6.6 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 41(98%) | 3 | 3/6 | |
| 6.5 | 17' | 0 | 0 | - | 10(82%) | 1 | 1/1 | |
| 6.5 | 17' | 0 | 0 | - | 5(60%) | - | 0/1 | |
| 6.4 | 18' | 0 | 0 | - | 8(75%) | - | 0/1 | |
| 6.3 | 72' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 24(78%) | - | 2/7 | |
| 6.3 | 73' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 7(86%) | 1 | 4/17 | |
| 6.2 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 36(77%) | 4 | 6/16 | |
| 6.0 | 73' | 0 | 0 | - | 25(71%) | - | 1/3 |