Benfica 2-0 Desportivo Aves: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 23 September 2018

Result

Benfica 2-0 Desportivo Aves

Liga Portugal · Sunday 23 September 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica 2-0 Desportivo Aves: match report

Benfica defeated Desportivo Aves 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 23 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

João Félix opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Benfica's goals came from João Félix (34') and Franco Cervi (62'). Desportivo Aves did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Desportivo Aves received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Desportivo Aves 17th on 1 point from 4. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Desportivo Aves 14th with 36.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Desportivo Aves in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (9.0), ahead of Odysseas Vlachodimos (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Desportivo Aves.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-W-W and Desportivo Aves's L-L-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · João FélixBenfica · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Vítor CostaDesportivo Aves
  • 61'Yellow card · Issam El AdouaDesportivo Aves
  • 62'Goal · Franco CerviBenfica · 2-0
  • 77'Yellow card · DerleyDesportivo Aves
  • 86'Yellow card · Rúben DiasBenfica
  • 90'Yellow card · Claudio FalcãoDesportivo Aves

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Benfica 4, draws 0, Desportivo Aves 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gabriel Pires, Eduardo Salvio, Haris Seferovic, João Félix

Desportivo Aves line-up (4-3-3)

Quentin Beunardeau, Rodrigo Soares, Ponck, Rodrigo Defendi, Vítor Costa, Vitor Gomes, Issam El Adoua, Bruno Braga, Mama Baldé, Bruno Gomes, Hamdou El Houni