Benfica vs Rio Ave

Primeira Liga ·Matchday 17

Benfica

4-1

Full-time HT 1-1

Rio Ave

Á. Di María 29'
António Silva 61'
Marcos Leonardo 80'
João Mário 90+1'

Guga 9'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Sunday 14 January · 21:00 Iancu Vasilica

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Benfica beat Rio Ave 4-1. Scorers for Benfica: Á. Di María 29', António Silva 61', Marcos Leonardo 80', João Mário 90+1'. Scorers for Rio Ave: Guga 9'. Benfica won after coming from behind. A. Santos of Rio Ave was sent off in minute 58'. Benfica had 58% of possession.

Benfica Rio Ave Rio Ave logo

Full-time 4 - 1
Added time: 3 minutes
90+3'
Patrick William Yellow card · Rio Ave Yellow card for Patrick William (Rio Ave)
90+2'
Chiquinho Out: João Neves · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Chiquinho comes on for João Neves
90+1'
João Mário 4-1 Goal · Assist: Rafa · Benfica Rafa provides, João Mário finishes for Benfica (4-1)
86'
M. Tanlongo Out: M. Nobrega · Rio Ave Substitution for Rio Ave: M. Tanlongo comes on for M. Nobrega
86'
A. Yakubu Out: A. Oudrhiri · Rio Ave Substitution for Rio Ave: A. Yakubu comes on for A. Oudrhiri
86'
Tomás Araújo Out: F. Aursnes · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Tomás Araújo comes on for F. Aursnes
80'
Marcos Leonardo 3-1 Goal · Benfica Marcos Leonardo finds the net for Benfica (3-1)
64'
Patrick William Out: E. Boateng · Rio Ave Substitution for Rio Ave: Patrick William comes on for E. Boateng
63'
Marcos Leonardo Out: Arthur Cabral · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Marcos Leonardo comes on for Arthur Cabral
63'
T. Gouveia Out: Á. Di María · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: T. Gouveia comes on for Á. Di María
63'
Florentino Luís Out: O. Kökçü · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Florentino Luís comes on for O. Kökçü
61'
António Silva 2-1 Goal · Benfica Goal for Benfica! António Silva makes it 2-1
58'
A. Santos Red card · Rio Ave Straight red card for A. Santos. Rio Ave are down a man
58'
A. Santos Yellow card · Rio Ave A. Santos of Rio Ave is booked
57'
Zé Manuel Out: Joca · Rio Ave Substitution for Rio Ave: Zé Manuel comes on for Joca
57'
Bruno Ventura Out: J. Graca · Rio Ave Substitution for Rio Ave: Bruno Ventura comes on for J. Graca
57'
O. Kökçü Yellow card · Benfica Yellow card for O. Kökçü (Benfica)
49'
A. Santos Yellow card · Rio Ave A. Santos of Rio Ave is booked
Half-time 1 - 1
29'
Á. Di María 1-1 Goal · Assist: Rafa · Benfica Rafa provides, Á. Di María finishes for Benfica (1-1)
9'
Guga 0-1 Goal · Assist: Fabio Ronaldo · Rio Ave Goal! Guga scores for Rio Ave, set up by Fabio Ronaldo. It is 0-1
Kick-off

The teams before the match

Benfica Rio Ave Rio Ave logo

WWWWW Last 5 matches DDDLW

2Position11

80Pts37

2.1Goals scored per match1.4

0.8Goals conceded per match1.4

5Clean sheets2

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Sporting CP	34	29	3	2	96	29	96:29	+67	90	WWWDW
2	Benfica	34	25	5	4	77	28	77:28	+49	80	DWLWW
3	FC Porto	34	22	6	6	63	27	63:27	+36	72	WWWDW
4	SC Braga	34	21	5	8	71	50	71:50	+21	68	LWWLW
5	Vitória SC	34	19	6	9	52	38	52:38	+14	63	WLLWL
6	Moreirense	34	16	7	11	36	35	36:35	+1	55	WWWWL
7	Arouca	34	13	7	14	54	50	54:50	+4	46	LLDDD
8	Famalicao	34	10	12	12	37	41	37:41	-4	42	LWWLD
9	Casa Pia	34	10	8	16	38	50	38:50	-12	38	WLLWL
10	Farense	34	10	7	17	46	51	46:51	-5	37	LLWWL
11	Rio Ave	34	6	19	9	38	43	38:43	-5	37	DDWDD
12	GIL Vicente	34	9	9	16	42	52	42:52	-10	36	LWDDW
13	Estoril	34	9	6	19	49	58	49:58	-9	33	LLLWD
14	Estrela	34	7	12	15	33	53	33:53	-20	33	WLDLD
15	Boavista	34	7	11	16	39	62	39:62	-23	32	DLDLD
16	Portimonense	36	8	8	20	41	76	41:76	-35	32	WDLLD
17	Vizela	34	5	11	18	36	66	36:66	-30	26	DWLDL
18	Chaves	34	5	8	21	31	72	31:72	-41	23	LLLLD