Benfica 6-1 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 30 March 2013
Result
Benfica 6-1 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Saturday 30 March 2013, 20:30 UTC · half-time 3-0
Benfica 6-1 Rio Ave: match report
Benfica beat Rio Ave 6-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 30 March 2013. The half-time score was 3-0.
L. Melgarejo opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Benfica's goals came from L. Melgarejo (11'), Nemanja Matić (15'), Lima (42'), Lima (49'), Lima (75') and Enzo Pérez (82'). Rio Ave scored through Tarantini (51').
Discipline: Benfica received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rio Ave received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 61 points from 23 and Rio Ave 7th on 30 points from 23. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Rio Ave 7th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 0 for Rio Ave.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Rio Ave's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Wires
- 11'Goal · L. Melgarejo
- 15'Goal · Nemanja Matić
- 18'Yellow card · Ukra
- 41'Yellow card · Edimar
- 42'Goal · Lima
- 44'Yellow card · Tarantini
- 49'Goal · Lima
- 51'Goal · Tarantini
- 52'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 60'Second yellow · Wires
- 62'Yellow card · Rodrigo
- 72'Second yellow · Edimar
- 75'Goal · Lima
- 78'Yellow card · L. Melgarejo
- 82'Goal · Enzo Pérez
- 84'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 88'Yellow card · O. Cardozo
- 90'Second yellow · L. Melgarejo
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Eduardo Salvio, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Lima, Rodrigo
Rio Ave line-up
Jan Oblak, Alberto Rodríguez, Nivaldo, Edimar, Lionn, Marcelo, Tarantini, Ukra, Wires, Ahmed Hassan, Bebé