Benfica 5-1 Rio Ave: result and report

Benfica 5-1 Rio Ave

Liga Portugal · Saturday 3 February 2018, 18:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Benfica beat Rio Ave 5-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 3 February 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Hélder Guedes opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jardel (49'), Pizzi (63'), Jonas (71'), Rúben Dias (83') and Raúl Jiménez (87'). Rio Ave scored through Hélder Guedes (9').

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

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 47 points from 20 and Rio Ave 5th on 33 points from 20. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Rio Ave 5th with 51.

Benfica lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Rio Ave in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jardel of Benfica (9.2), ahead of Pizzi (8.4).

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