Benfica 2-1 Desportivo Aves: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 10 January 2020
Result
Benfica 2-1 Desportivo Aves
Liga Portugal · Friday 10 January 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 2-1 Desportivo Aves: match report
Benfica defeated Desportivo Aves 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 10 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
M. Mohammadi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Benfica's goals came from Pizzi (76', penalty) and André Almeida (89'). Desportivo Aves scored through M. Mohammadi (20').
Discipline: Benfica received 4 yellow cards; Desportivo Aves received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 42 points from 15 and Desportivo Aves 18th on 6 points from 15. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Desportivo Aves 18th with 17.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Desportivo Aves in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (8.5), ahead of Quentin Beunardeau (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Desportivo Aves.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Desportivo Aves's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · K. Yamga
- 20'Goal · M. Mohammadi
- 22'Yellow card · Chiquinho
- 44'Yellow card · Zidane Banjaqui
- 54'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 72'Yellow card · Carlos Vinícius
- 76'Penalty goal · Pizzi
- 89'Goal · André Almeida
- 90+5'Yellow card · Ferro
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-1-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Ferro, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Julian Weigl, Gabriel Pires, Jota, Chiquinho, Haris Seferovic
Desportivo Aves line-up (4-1-4-1)
Quentin Beunardeau, Adam Dzwigala, Claudio Falcão, Bruno Morais, Ricardo Mangas, Estrela, Arthur Kevin Yamga, Rúben Oliveira, Reko Silva, Zidane Banjaqui, Mehrdad Mohammadi