Benfica 4-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 14 January 2024

Result

Benfica 4-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 14 January 2024, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Benfica 4-1 Rio Ave: match report

Benfica won against Rio Ave 4-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 14 January 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Guga opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Benfica's goals came from Ángel Di María (29'), António Silva (61'), Marcos Leonardo (80') and João Mário (90+1'). Rio Ave scored through Guga (9').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 39 points from 16 and Rio Ave 16th on 15 points from 16. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Rio Ave 11th with 37.

Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Mário of Benfica (8.2), ahead of João Neves (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · GugaRio Ave · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Ángel Di MaríaBenfica · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Aderllan SantosRio Ave
  • 57'Yellow card · Orkun KökcüBenfica
  • 58'Second yellow · Aderllan SantosRio Ave
  • 61'Goal · António SilvaBenfica · 2-1
  • 80'Goal · Marcos LeonardoBenfica · 3-1
  • 90+1'Goal · João MárioBenfica · 4-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Patrick WilliamRio Ave

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 0, Rio Ave 0.

Team news

Unavailable

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Morato, João Neves, Orkun Kökçü, Ángel Di María, Rafa Silva, João Mário, Arthur Cabral

Rio Ave line-up (3-5-2)

Jhonatan, Josué Sá, Aderllan Santos, Miguel Nóbrega, Costinha, Amine Oudrhiri, Guga, João Graça, Fábio Ronaldo, Joca, Emmanuel Boateng