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 · Desportivo Aves · Liga Portugal predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · K. YamgaDesportivo Aves
  • 20'Goal · M. MohammadiDesportivo Aves · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · ChiquinhoBenfica
  • 44'Yellow card · Zidane BanjaquiDesportivo Aves
  • 54'Yellow card · André AlmeidaBenfica
  • 72'Yellow card · Carlos ViníciusBenfica
  • 76'Penalty goal · PizziBenfica · 1-1
  • 89'Goal · André AlmeidaBenfica · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · FerroBenfica

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Benfica 6, draws 0, Desportivo Aves 0.

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