Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Wednesday 21 December 2016
Result
Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Wednesday 21 December 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave: match report
Benfica defeated Rio Ave 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Wednesday 21 December 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Konstantinos Mitroglou opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Benfica's goals came from Konstantinos Mitroglou (13') and Pizzi (42'). Rio Ave did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Rio Ave received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 35 points from 14 and Rio Ave 6th on 23 points from 14. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Rio Ave 7th with 49.
Benfica lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Rio Ave in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (8.9), ahead of Ljubomir Fejsa (7.8).
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 W-W-L-W-D and Rio Ave's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 42'Goal · Pizzi
- 68'Yellow card · Pizzi
- 90+4'Second yellow · Pizzi
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-1-3-2)
Ederson, Luisão, Victor Lindelöf, André Almeida, Nélson Semedo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Rafa Silva, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Gonçalo Guedes
Rio Ave line-up (4-3-3)
André Kilian, Vilas Boas, Roderick Miranda, Pedrinho, Rafa Soares, Filipe Augusto, Filip Krovinovic, Alhassan Wakaso, Hélder Guedes, Heldon, Rúben Ribeiro