Benfica 1-0 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 1-0 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 31 January 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica beat Rio Ave 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 31 January 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Mantorras of Benfica in the 70th minute.

Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Rio Ave received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 30 points from 15 and Rio Ave 16th on 10 points from 15. This fixture belongs to an earlier Liga Portugal season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rio Ave.

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