Benfica 2-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 2-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 May 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica defeated Rio Ave 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 9 May 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

O. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (3') and O. Cardozo (78'). Rio Ave scored through Faissal Zangre (71').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 73 points from 29 and Rio Ave 11th on 31 points from 29. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Rio Ave 12th with 31.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rio Ave.

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