Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 17 Jan 2026 · 20:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga .

Rio Ave FC 2 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Claudio Pereira

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	2	6
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
3	CD Santa Clara	2	4
4	CS Marítimo	1	3
5	FC Arouca	1	3
6	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
7	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
8	Moreirense FC	1	1
9	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1	1
10	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
11	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
12	FC Famalicão	1	1
13	GD Estoril Praia	1	1
14	CD Nacional	1	1
15	FC Alverca	2	1
16	Casa Pia AC	1	0
17	Vitória SC	2	0
18	Rio Ave FC	2	0

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-17 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2025-09-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave FC 2025-03-16 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2024-10-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–0 Rio Ave FC 2024-05-17 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–2	L
04 Jan	Casa Pia AC	H	3–1	W
28 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–4	L
20 Dec	Gil Vicente FC	A	2–2	D
13 Dec	Vitória SC	H	0–1	L
06 Dec	AVS	A	2–1	W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jan	Rio Ave FC	A	2–0	W
03 Jan	GD Estoril Praia	H	3–1	W
28 Dec	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	2–2	D
22 Dec	FC Famalicão	H	1–0	W
14 Dec	Moreirense FC	A	4–0	W
10 Dec	SSC Napoli	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Rio Ave FC		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#18	Position	#9
0	Points	1
2	Played	1
0 / 0 / 2	W / D / L	0 / 1 / 0
0	Scored	2
3	Conceded	2
-3	GD	+0
0.00	PPG	1.00
0%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Rio Ave FC are 18th (0 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 9th (1 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/1

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Rio Ave FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — let the football do the talking.
The final score is 0-2.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-01-17 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-01-04 Rio Ave FC 3–1 Casa Pia AC W 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC L 2025-12-20 Gil Vicente FC 2–2 Rio Ave FC D 2025-12-13 Rio Ave FC 0–1 Vitória SC L 2025-12-06 AVS 1–2 Rio Ave FC W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2026-01-17 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2026-01-03 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 GD Estoril Praia W 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2025-12-22 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 FC Famalicão W 2025-12-14 Moreirense FC 0–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-12-10 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 SSC Napoli W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.43 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.17 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 68% + Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC12% Draw20% Sport Lisboa e Benfica68%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes32% 0% No68%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

33%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

88%

Rio Ave FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC5% Draw41% Sport Lisboa e Benfica54%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

15.8%

0 – 3

12%

0 – 0

1 – 1

7.4%

1 – 2

7.3%

0 – 4

6.5%

1 – 3

5.4%

1 – 4

3.1%

0 – 5

2.9%

1 – 0

2.6%

2 – 2

1.6%

Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC

Handicap	Rio Ave FC covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	0%	—	100%
-2	0%	1%	99%
-1.5	1%	—	99%
-1	1%	4%	95%
-0.5	5%	—	95%
+0.5	23%	—	77%
+1	23%	24%	52%
+1.5	48%	—	52%
+2	48%	23%	29%
+2.5	71%	—	29%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

65% ✓

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