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 11 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Claudio Pereira

3 games this season 🟨 5.3/game ⚽ 14.0 goals/game

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

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
#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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Rio Ave FC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica has kicked off!
The points are shared — Rio Ave FC 0-2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Honours even.

Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Haris Seferovic	4
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu	4
Goncalo Ramos	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

2 / 4

0.76 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

3.27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC12% Draw16% Sport Lisboa e Benfica72%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 4.03

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

28%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

88%

Rio Ave FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC7% Draw29% Sport Lisboa e Benfica64%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 3

10.3%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 4

8.3%

1 – 3

7.7%

1 – 2

7.2%

1 – 4

6.3%

0 – 1

0 – 5

5.4%

1 – 1

5.1%

1 – 5

4.2%

0 – 6

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%	1%	99%
-1.5	1%	—	99%
-1	1%	4%	95%
-0.5	5%	—	95%
+0.5	17%	—	83%
+1	17%	17%	67%
+1.5	33%	—	67%
+2	33%	21%	46%
+2.5	54%	—	46%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

47% ✗

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