Benfica 3-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 3-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Sunday 20 December 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Benfica defeated Rio Ave 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 20 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jonas opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jonas (4'), Jonas (81') and Raúl Jiménez (83'). Rio Ave scored through R. Bressan (13').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 26 points from 13 and Rio Ave 7th on 20 points from 13. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Rio Ave 8th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Rio Ave.

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