Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Monday 1 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica won against Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Monday 1 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Haris Seferovic opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Benfica's goals came from Haris Seferovic (59') and Pizzi (78'). Rio Ave did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 4th on 39 points from 20 and Rio Ave 10th on 22 points from 20. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Rio Ave 16th with 34.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rio Ave in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Helton Leite of Benfica (8.0), level with Adel Taarabt (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rio Ave.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-D-W-D-L and Rio Ave's L-W-W-D-L.