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 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Claudio Pereira

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Académico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicão	7	7
14	Vitória SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	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
#16	Position	#2
4	Points	16
7	Played	7
1 / 1 / 5	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 1
5	Scored	22
15	Conceded	7
-10	GD	+15
0.57	PPG	2.29
14%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

43% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Rio Ave FC are 16th (4 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Rio Ave FC

0-15

1/4

16-30

–/3

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/3

61-75

1/1

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

4/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

8/3

61-75

3/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Rio Ave FC

Jalen Blesa	2 G	1 A
Tamble Monteiro	1 G

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Vangelis Pavlidis	8 G	2 A
Gianluca Prestianni	5 G	3 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 final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sport Lisboa e Benfica to claim maximum points.

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
Pizzi	3
Joao Felix	3
Rafa Silva	2
Guga Rodrigues	2
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	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

0.74 Rio Ave FC xG

Expected Goals

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

3.46 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC12% Draw15% Sport Lisboa e Benfica73%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 4.2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Rio Ave FC or Draw

26%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

88%

Rio Ave FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Rio Ave FC6% Draw27% Sport Lisboa e Benfica67%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 3

10.5%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 4

8.9%

1 – 3

7.5%

1 – 2

6.7%

1 – 4

6.5%

0 – 5

6.1%

0 – 1

5.5%

1 – 5

4.6%

1 – 1

4.5%

0 – 6

3.6%

2 – 3

2.8%

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%	3%	96%
-0.5	4%	—	96%
+0.5	14%	—	86%
+1	14%	16%	70%
+1.5	30%	—	70%
+2	30%	20%	50%
+2.5	50%	—	50%

Clean Sheet

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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.