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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Fábio RonaldoRio Ave · 0-1
  • 13'Goal · Gonçalo RamosBenfica · 1-1
  • 19'Own goal · JhonatanBenfica · 2-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Gonçalo RamosBenfica · 3-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Petar MusaBenfica
  • 60'Yellow card · CostinhaRio Ave
  • 62'Goal · Petar MusaBenfica · 4-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Pedro AmaralRio Ave
  • 86'Goal · GugaRio Ave · 4-2

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