Benfica 4-2 Rio Ave: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 8 October 2022
Result
Benfica 4-2 Rio Ave
Liga Portugal · Saturday 8 October 2022, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Benfica 4-2 Rio Ave: match report
Benfica won against Rio Ave 4-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 8 October 2022. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Fábio Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Benfica's goals came from Gonçalo Ramos (13'), an own goal by Jhonatan (19'), Gonçalo Ramos (45+1') and Petar Musa (62'). Rio Ave scored through Fábio Ronaldo (6') and Guga (86').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Rio Ave 10th on 9 points from 8. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Rio Ave 12th with 40.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rio Ave in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gonçalo Ramos of Benfica (9.4), ahead of Enzo Fernández (9.2).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Rio Ave's W-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Fábio Ronaldo
- 13'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 19'Own goal · Jhonatan
- 45+1'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 58'Yellow card · Petar Musa
- 60'Yellow card · Costinha
- 62'Goal · Petar Musa
- 82'Yellow card · Pedro Amaral
- 86'Goal · Guga
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Gilberto, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Mihailo Ristic, Fredrik Aursnes, Enzo Fernández, João Mário, Julian Draxler, Diogo Gonçalves, Gonçalo Ramos
Rio Ave line-up (3-5-2)
Jhonatan, Josué Sá, Aderllan Santos, Patrick William, Costinha, Miguel Baeza, Andreas Samaris, Guga, Pedro Amaral, Aziz Yakubu, Fábio Ronaldo