Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 November 2012
Result
Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 November 2012, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica: match report
Rio Ave were beaten by Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 11 November 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Lima of Benfica in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Rio Ave received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 5th on 14 points from 8 and Benfica 2nd on 20 points from 8. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 42 points, and Benfica 2nd with 77.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 1 draw and 1 for Benfica.
Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Benfica's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Lima
- 68'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 77'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 79'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 82'Yellow card · Artur Moraes
Head-to-head
Team news
Rio Ave line-up
Jan Oblak, Nivaldo, Edimar, Tarantini, Bruno Braga, Lionn, Marcelo, Filipe Augusto, Ukra, Wires, João Tomás
Benfica line-up
Nemanja Matić, Artur Moraes, Jardel, André Almeida, Óscar Cardozo, Lima, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, O. John, Eduardo Salvio, Ezequiel Garay