Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 April 2023

Result

Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 April 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rio Ave · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica: match report

Rio Ave lost to Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Gonçalo Ramos of Benfica in the 46th minute.

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

Going into the game Rio Ave were 9th on 33 points from 25 and Benfica 1st on 68 points from 25. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 40 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.

Rio Ave lined up in a 3-4-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Odysseas Vlachodimos of Benfica (8.1), level with Chiquinho (8.1).

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 W-W-L-W-L and Benfica's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Goal · Gonçalo RamosBenfica · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · João MárioBenfica
  • 61'Yellow card · Patrick WilliamRio Ave
  • 71'Yellow card · Gonçalo RamosBenfica
  • 82'Yellow card · HernâniRio Ave
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Odysseas VlachodimosBenfica
  • 90+4'Yellow card · André PereiraRio Ave

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rio Ave 0, draws 0, Benfica 1.

Team news

Rio Ave line-up (3-4-3)

Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Andreas Samaris, Guga, Fábio Ronaldo, João Graça, André Pereira, Emmanuel Boateng

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

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Chiquinho, Fredrik Aursnes, João Mário, Rafa Silva, David Neres, Gonçalo Ramos