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Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2018-19
Rio Ave FC
2 – 3
Full Time
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Sun 12 May 2019 · 19:00 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube HT 45' · FT 45'
Junio 41' Y
Y 45' Ruben Dias
Fabio Coentrao 45' Y
Tarantini 45' Y
Y 79' Pizzi
Y 86' Alejandro Grimaldo
Y 90' Odisseas Vlachodimos

Overview

Match Preview

Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube.

Match Details

  • Referee Luis Godinho
  • Referee Hugo Miguel
  • Referee Alvaro Mesquita
  • Referee Ricardo Santos
  • Referee Carlos Macedo
8 games this season 🟨 4.8/game ⚽ 9.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 11 33
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 28
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 11 24
4 CD Santa Clara 11 21
5 FC Arouca 11 20
6 Académico de Viseu FC 11 20
7 Gil Vicente FC 11 18
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 11 17
9 Moreirense FC 11 14
10 FC Famalicão 11 13
11 FC Alverca 11 12
12 CF Estrela da Amadora 11 10
13 CD Nacional 11 10
14 Vitória SC 11 9
15 CS Marítimo 10 8
16 Casa Pia AC 11 8
17 Rio Ave FC 11 7
18 GD Estoril Praia 10 2

Head-to-Head

2
12
Rio Ave FC 14 games · Avg 3.5 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Last 5 meetings
2019-05-12 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-01-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–2 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 May Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 2–3 L
03 May Moreirense FC A 2–1 W
26 Apr FC Porto H 2–2 D
20 Apr Os Belenenses Futebol A 3–1 W
14 Apr Vitória SC H 2–1 W
07 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 0–3 L
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 May Rio Ave FC A 3–2 W
04 May Portimonense SC H 5–1 W
28 Apr Sporting Clube de Braga A 4–1 W
22 Apr CS Marítimo H 6–0 W
18 Apr Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–2 L
14 Apr Vitoria FC H 4–2 W

Season Stats

Rio Ave FC Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#17 Position #2
7 Points 28
11 Played 11
2 / 1 / 8 W / D / L 9 / 1 / 1
9 Scored 30
24 Conceded 10
-15 GD +20
0.64 PPG 2.55
18% Win % 82%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
9% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season
45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Rio Ave FC are 17th (7 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/4
16-30
–/3
31-45
3/2
46-60
2/5
61-75
2/3
76+
1/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
0-15
4/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
9/4
61-75
6/1
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 3 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Vangelis Pavlidis 11 G 3 A
Gianluca Prestianni 7 G 4 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins 2 G 1 A
Rafa Silva 1 G 2 A
Jhon Duran 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Rio Ave FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica get this one started.
  • 3' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is taking the lead after the goal scored by Rafa Silva on 3.
  • 8' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is showing some good football. However, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 13' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 18' Brazil international Junio has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 23' Rio Ave FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 28' Joao Felix is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sport Lisboa e Benfica so far.
  • 33' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Rio Ave FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 38' Ruben Dias has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 41' Junio is having his name booked by the referee on 41.
  • 45' Ruben Dias picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 47' Against the run of play, Joao Felix has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 50' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tarantini makes it 1-2.
  • 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' GOAL! Pizzi scores on 56. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo
  • 59' Nikola Jambor is replacing Tarantini for the Rio Ave FC side.
  • 64' Sport Lisboa e Benfica seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 69' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 74' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Franco Cervi made 482 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 79' The whistle greets Bruno Moreira as he departs to be replaced by Ronan Jeronimo.
  • 79' Sport Lisboa e Benfica receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 79.
  • 80' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Pizzi departs to be replaced by Gedson.
  • 84' What a moment for Ronan Jeronimo! That strike on 84 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 86' Sport Lisboa e Benfica receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 86.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Odisseas Vlachodimos.
  • 90' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Rafa Silva by Franco Cervi on 90 minute.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sport Lisboa e Benfica to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Daniel Ramos

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bruno Nascimento

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu 4
Goncalo Ramos 4
Haris Seferovic 4
Pizzi 3
Joao Felix 3
Rafa Silva 2
Guga Rodrigues 2
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 2

Head to Head

2019-05-12 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-01-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–2 Rio Ave FC

Rio Ave FC Form

2019-05-12 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2019-05-03 Moreirense FC 1–2 Rio Ave FC W 2019-04-26 Rio Ave FC 2–2 FC Porto D 2019-04-20 Os Belenenses Futebol 1–3 Rio Ave FC W 2019-04-14 Rio Ave FC 2–1 Vitória SC W 2019-04-07 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Rio Ave FC L

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2019-05-12 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2019-05-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–1 Portimonense SC W 2019-04-28 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2019-04-22 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6–0 CS Marítimo W 2019-04-18 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2019-04-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–2 Vitoria FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.31 Rio Ave FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
3.64 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Rio Ave FC17% Draw17% Sport Lisboa e Benfica66%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 4.95
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 99%
1%
± 1.5 95%
5%
± 2.5 85%
15%
± 3.5 70%
30%
± 4.5 52%
48%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw
34%
Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica
83%
Rio Ave FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica
83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Rio Ave FC11% Draw28% Sport Lisboa e Benfica61%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 3
7.4%
1 – 4
6.7%
1 – 2
6.4%
0 – 3
5.9%
0 – 4
5.2%
0 – 2
5.1%
1 – 5
4.9%
2 – 3
Actual
2 – 4
4.4%
1 – 1
4.1%
2 – 2
4.1%
0 – 5
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 6% 90%
-0.5 10% — 90%
+0.5 22% — 78%
+1 22% 16% 61%
+1.5 39% — 61%
+2 39% 19% 43%
+2.5 57% — 43%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
3% ✓
Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
28% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.