Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2020-21

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Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 19:00 UTC Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube HT 45+6' · FT 45+4'

Y 78' Gilberto

Y 80' Nicolas Otamendi

Ivo Pinto 81' Y

Y 90' Julian Weigl

Overview

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

Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 games · 80 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro
Referee Hugo Miguel
Referee Nuno Eiras
Referee Iancu Vasilica
Referee Tiago Costa

20 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	34	88
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	34	82
3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	34	80
4	Sporting Clube de Braga	34	59
5	FC Famalicão	34	56
6	Gil Vicente FC	34	50
7	Moreirense FC	34	43
8	FC Arouca	34	42
9	Vitória SC	34	42
10	GD Estoril Praia	34	39
11	FC Alverca	34	39
12	Rio Ave FC	34	36
13	CD Santa Clara	34	36
14	CD Nacional	34	34
15	CF Estrela da Amadora	34	30
16	Casa Pia AC	34	30
17	CD Tondela	34	28
18	AVS	34	21

Head-to-Head

Rio Ave FC 14 games · Avg 3.5 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-18 Rio Ave FC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2020-06-17 Rio Ave FC 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-11-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Rio Ave FC 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–3	L
04 Oct	FC Famalicão	A	1–1	D
01 Oct	AC Milan	H	2–2	D
27 Sep	Vitória SC	H	0–0	D
24 Sep	Besiktas JK	A	1–1	D
20 Sep	CD Tondela	A	1–1	D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Rio Ave FC	A	3–0	W
04 Oct	SC Farense	H	3–2	W
26 Sep	Moreirense FC	H	2–0	W
18 Sep	FC Famalicão	A	5–1	W
15 Sep	PAOK FC	A	1–2	L
25 Jul	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Rio Ave FC		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#12	Position	#3
36	Points	80
34	Played	34
8 / 12 / 14	W / D / L	23 / 11 / 0
35	Scored	74
57	Conceded	25
-22	GD	+49
1.06	PPG	2.35
24%	Win %	68%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

41% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 3rd (80 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Rio Ave FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/3

46-60

3/–

61-75

–/3

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

6/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/2

76+

4/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — let the football do the talking.
5' Rio Ave FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sport Lisboa e Benfica's shape.
6' Gian-Luca Waldschmidt does the damage! The net is bulging and Sport Lisboa e Benfica surge ahead!
11' It is a cagey affair so far. Rio Ave FC in their trying to find a way past Sport Lisboa e Benfica's compact .
14' Gilberto is ready to make an impact after coming on for Andre Almeida at the 14 minute mark.
19' A stunning finish from Darwin Nunez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
24' Gabrielzinho has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
29' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
34' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Rio Ave FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
39' Gilberto has been relatively quiet despite scoring 18 goals in his last 386 appearances.
44' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
49' GOAL! Gian-Luca Waldschmidt scores on 45. Assisted by Darwin Nunez
54' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nicolas Otamendi made 436 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
59' Rio Ave FC is showing some good football. However, Rio Ave FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
62' A change in the Rio Ave FC ranks — Chico Geraldes exits the field as Ronan Jeronimo enters on 62.
63' The supporters are chanting for Pele. He replaces Bruno Moreira on 63 minute.
66' Sport Lisboa e Benfica make a change. Everton trudges off to be replaced by Julian Weigl on 66 minutes.
71' Sport Lisboa e Benfica come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
76' The crowd applauds Lucas Piazon as he leaves the pitch. Diego Lopes steps in for Rio Ave FC.
77' Gabrielzinho gets the nod from Rio Ave FC. He replaces Carlos Mane and will look to change the dynamic.
78' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Gilberto.
80' Nicolas Otamendi was booked on 80.
81' Ivo Pinto picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
81' Fresh legs for Sport Lisboa e Benfica! Haris Seferovic comes on to replace Darwin Nunez.
84' Gabriel does the damage! The net is bulging and Sport Lisboa e Benfica surge ahead!
89' With 0 assists to his name this season, Andre Almeida is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
90' A moment of madness from Julian Weigl on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sport Lisboa e Benfica will be frustrated.
0-3 the final result. Rio Ave FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

18
Pele ↑ 63'
23
Nikola Jambor
19
Ronan Jeronimo ↑ 62'
7
Gelson Dala ↑ 62'
10
Diego Lopes ↑ 76'
70
Gabrielzinho ↑ 77'
40
Ryotaro Meshino
22
Leo Vieira
24
Pedro Amaral

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

38
Pedrinho
2
Gilberto ↑ 14'
28
Julian Weigl ↑ 66'
19
Chiquinho
77
Helton Leite
14
Haris Seferovic ↑ 81'
33
Jardel
71
Nuno Tavares ↑ 81'
88
Goncalo Ramos

Coach Jorge Jesus

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2020-10-18 Rio Ave FC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2020-10-04 FC Famalicão 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2020-10-01 Rio Ave FC 2–2 AC Milan D 2020-09-27 Rio Ave FC 0–0 Vitória SC D 2020-09-24 Besiktas JK 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2020-09-20 CD Tondela 1–1 Rio Ave FC D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2020-10-18 Rio Ave FC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-10-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–2 SC Farense W 2020-09-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Moreirense FC W 2020-09-18 FC Famalicão 1–5 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-09-15 PAOK FC 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2020-07-25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.75 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.66 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC13% Draw18% Sport Lisboa e Benfica69%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

32%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

87%

Rio Ave FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC8% Draw35% Sport Lisboa e Benfica57%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

11.7%

0 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

8.5%

1 – 3

7.5%

1 – 1

7.3%

0 – 4

6.6%

1 – 4

0 – 0

4.6%

0 – 5

3.6%

2 – 2

3.2%

2 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	0%	—	100%
-2	0%	2%	98%
-1.5	2%	—	98%
-1	2%	5%	92%
-0.5	8%	—	92%
+0.5	24%	—	76%
+1	24%	21%	56%
+1.5	44%	—	56%
+2	44%	22%	34%
+2.5	66%	—	34%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

48% ✗

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