Benfica vs Rio Ave

Primeira Liga · 23 sept 2025 · 19:15

Final score: Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave

Standings

• Benfica: #3 · 80 Pts · 34 P (23W 11D 0L)
• Rio Ave: #12 · 36 Pts · 34 P (8W 12D 14L)

Recent form

Benfica

• W 20 sept 2025: AVS 0–3 Benfica
• L 16 sept 2025: Benfica 2–3 Qarabag
• D 12 sept 2025: Benfica 1–1 Santa Clara
• W 31 ago 2025: Alverca 1–2 Benfica
• W 27 ago 2025: Benfica 1–0 Fenerbahçe

Rio Ave

• L 19 sept 2025: Rio Ave 0–3 Oporto
• L 13 sept 2025: Moreirense 3–1 Rio Ave
• D 31 ago 2025: Rio Ave 2–2 Braga
• D 23 ago 2025: Arouca 3–3 Rio Ave
• D 17 ago 2025: Rio Ave 1–1 Nacional

Head-to-head

• 2026-01-17T20:30:00+00:00: Rio Ave 0–2 Benfica
• 2025-09-23T19:15:00+00:00: Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave
• 2025-03-16T18:00:00+00:00: Rio Ave 2–3 Benfica
• 2024-10-27T18:00:00+00:00: Benfica 5–0 Rio Ave
• 2024-05-17T19:45:00+00:00: Rio Ave 1–1 Benfica

Match events

• 10' Card Yellow Card — Franjo Ivanović (Benfica)
• 55' Card Yellow Card — Jakub Brabec (Rio Ave)
• 57' Card Yellow Card — Samuel Dahl (Benfica)
• 58' subst Substitution 1 — M. Gual (Rio Ave) (assists: Clayton)
• 58' subst Substitution 2 — D. Spikic (Rio Ave) (assists: Andre Luiz)
• 60' Card Yellow Card — Cezary Miszta (Rio Ave)
• 63' Var Goal cancelled — António Silva (Benfica)
• 65' subst Substitution 1 — F. Ivanovic (Benfica) (assists: D. Lukebakio)
• 65' subst Substitution 2 — S. Dahl (Benfica) (assists: A. Schjelderup)
• 68' subst Substitution 3 — O. Pohlmann (Rio Ave) (assists: N. Athanasiou)
• 73' subst Substitution 4 — M. Vrousai (Rio Ave) (assists: T. Nikitscher)
• 73' subst Substitution 5 — O. Richards (Rio Ave) (assists: G. Liavas)
• 86' Goal Normal Goal — G. Sudakov (Benfica) (assists: D. Lukebakio)
• 89' subst Substitution 3 — G. Sudakov (Benfica) (assists: L. Barreiro)
• 90'+6 Card Yellow Card — Enzo Barrenechea (Benfica)
• 90' Card Yellow Card — Clayton (Rio Ave)
• 90'+2 subst Substitution 4 — R. Rios (Benfica) (assists: H. Araujo)
• 90' Goal Normal Goal — Andre Luiz (Rio Ave) (assists: T. Nikitscher)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 7 — 2
• Shots off Goal: 6 — 1
• Total Shots: 19 — 4
• Blocked Shots: 6 — 1
• Shots insidebox: 15 — 3
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 1
• Fouls: 16 — 16
• Corner Kicks: 11 — 2
• Offsides: 2 — 0
• Ball Possession: 69% — 31%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 3
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 1 — 6
• Total passes: 557 — 251
• Passes accurate: 482 — 186
• Passes %: 87% — 74%
• expected_goals: 2.70 — 0.15
• goals_prevented: 1.45 — 1.45