Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 November 2019
Result
Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 November 2019, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: match report
Benfica beat Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 2 November 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Rúben Dias opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Benfica's goals came from Rúben Dias (31') and Pizzi (51'). Rio Ave did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 24 points from 9 and Rio Ave 7th on 12 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Liga Portugal season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franco Cervi of Benfica (8.4), ahead of Pizzi (8.3).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Rio Ave's D-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Franco Cervi
- 31'Goal · Rúben Dias
- 35'Yellow card · Aderllan Santos
- 45+1'Yellow card · Nuno Santos
- 51'Goal · Pizzi
- 63'Yellow card · Tarantini
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Ferro, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Florentino, Gabriel Pires, Franco Cervi, Chiquinho, Carlos Vinícius
Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pawel Kieszek, Nélson Monte, Toni Borevković, Aderllan Santos, Matheus Reis, Filipe Augusto, Nikola Jambor, Gabriel Airton de Souza, Tarantini, Nuno Santos, Mehdi Taremi