Benfica 6-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 6-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 30 March 2013, 20:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Benfica beat Rio Ave 6-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 30 March 2013. The half-time score was 3-0.

L. Melgarejo opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Benfica's goals came from L. Melgarejo (11'), Nemanja Matić (15'), Lima (42'), Lima (49'), Lima (75') and Enzo Pérez (82'). Rio Ave scored through Tarantini (51').

Discipline: Benfica received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rio Ave received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 61 points from 23 and Rio Ave 7th on 30 points from 23. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Rio Ave 7th with 42.

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

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