Rio Ave 0-3 Benfica: result and report

Rio Ave 0-3 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 October 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Rio Ave were beaten by Benfica 0-3 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 October 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Luca Waldschmidt opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rio Ave did not score. Benfica scored through Luca Waldschmidt (6'), Luca Waldschmidt (45+4') and Gabriel Pires (84').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 15th on 3 points from 3 and Benfica 1st on 9 points from 3. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 16th with 34 points, and Benfica 3rd with 76.

Rio Ave lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luca Waldschmidt of Benfica (8.9), ahead of Gabriel Pires (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.

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