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

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Tue 23 Sep 2025 · 19:15 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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

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

Match Details

Referee Sergio Guelho

5 games this season 🟨 3.6/game ⚽ 10.8 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	Academico 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 Famalicao	11	13
11	FC Alverca	11	12
12	CF Estrela da Amadora	11	10
13	CD Nacional	11	10
14	Vitoria SC	11	9
15	CS Maritimo	10	8
16	Casa Pia AC	11	8
17	Rio Ave FC	11	7
18	GD Estoril Praia	10	2

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2024-01-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–1 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Sep	Rio Ave FC	H	1–1	D
20 Sep	AVS	A	3–0	W
16 Sep	Qarabag Agdam FK	H	2–3	L
12 Sep	CD Santa Clara	H	1–1	D
31 Aug	FC Alverca	A	2–1	W
27 Aug	Fenerbahce SK	H	1–0	W

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Sep	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	1–1	D
19 Sep	FC Porto	H	0–3	L
13 Sep	Moreirense FC	A	1–3	L
31 Aug	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	2–2	D
23 Aug	FC Arouca	A	3–3	D
17 Aug	CD Nacional	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

9% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Rio Ave FC

Jalen Blesa	3 G	1 A
Tamble Monteiro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
The points are shared — Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1-1 Rio Ave FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Rio Ave FC 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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2025-09-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2025-09-20 AVS 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-09-16 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–3 Qarabag Agdam FK L 2025-09-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-08-31 FC Alverca 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-08-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 Fenerbahce SK W

Rio Ave FC Form

2025-09-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave FC D 2025-09-19 Rio Ave FC 0–3 FC Porto L 2025-09-13 Moreirense FC 3–1 Rio Ave FC L 2025-08-31 Rio Ave FC 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2025-08-23 FC Arouca 3–3 Rio Ave FC D 2025-08-17 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Nacional D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

3.71 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica77% Draw14% Rio Ave FC9%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 4.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	65%	35%
± 4.5	46%	54%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw

90%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

23%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Rio Ave FC

86%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica67% Draw26% Rio Ave FC7%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

8.5%

4 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

7.6%

2 – 0

7.3%

4 – 1

2 – 1

6.4%

5 – 0

5.7%

5 – 1

5.2%

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

3.9%

6 – 0

3.5%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5	50%	—	50%
-2	50%	19%	30%
-1.5	70%	—	30%
-1	70%	15%	15%
-0.5	85%	—	15%
+0.5	95%	—	5%
+1	95%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet

3% ✓

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