Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Monday 7 April 2014
Result
Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Monday 7 April 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: match report
Benfica won against Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Monday 7 April 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Rodrigo opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rodrigo (17'), Nicolás Gaitán (29'), O. Cardozo (77', penalty) and O. Cardozo (90+1', penalty). Rio Ave did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Rio Ave received 9 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 62 points from 25 and Rio Ave 11th on 29 points from 25. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 73 points, and Rio Ave 13th with 30.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rio Ave in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rio Ave.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Rio Ave's W-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Filipe Augusto
- 8'Yellow card · Edimar
- 17'Goal · Rodrigo
- 20'Yellow card · Pedro Santos
- 28'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 29'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 38'Yellow card · Diego Lopes
- 58'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 66'Yellow card · Luisão
- 76'Yellow card · Braga
- 76'Yellow card · Bruno Braga
- 77'Penalty goal · O. Cardozo
- 86'Yellow card · Tarantini
- 90'Second yellow · Marcelo
- 90'Yellow card · Ederson
- 90+1'Penalty goal · O. Cardozo
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Guilherme Siqueira, Sílvio, Ruben Amorim, André Gomes, Eduardo Salvio, Óscar Cardozo
Rio Ave expected line-up (4-3-3)
Jan Oblak, Edimar, Alberto Rodríguez, Lionn, Marcelo, Tarantini, Bruno Braga, Diego Lopes, Ukra, Ahmed Hassan, Wires