Rio Ave 2-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 29 April 2012
Result
Rio Ave 2-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 29 April 2012, 18:15 UTC · half-time 1-2
Rio Ave 2-2 Benfica: match report
Rio Ave drew with Benfica 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 29 April 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Christian Atsu opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Christian Atsu (8') and Yazalde (51'). Benfica scored through Nolito (37') and O. Cardozo (40', penalty).
Discipline: Rio Ave received 5 yellow cards; Benfica received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 13th on 26 points from 27 and Benfica 2nd on 62 points from 27. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 14th with 28 points, and Benfica 2nd with 69.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 1 draw and 4 for Benfica.
Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read D-D-L-L-L and Benfica's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Christian Atsu
- 16'Yellow card · Tiago Pinto
- 37'Goal · Nolito
- 37'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 40'Penalty goal · O. Cardozo
- 40'Yellow card · Gaspar
- 43'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 51'Goal · Yazalde
- 53'Yellow card · Nolito
- 55'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 66'Yellow card · Kelvin
- 72'Yellow card · Bruno Braga
- 77'Yellow card · Jeferson
- 78'Yellow card · Javi García
Head-to-head
Team news
Rio Ave line-up
Huanderson, Gaspar, Jeferson, Jean Sony Alcenat, Tiago Pinto, Tarantini, Vitor Gomes, Kelvin Oliveira, Christian Atsu, Yazalde, Bruno China
Benfica line-up
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Joan Capdevila, Bruno César, Nemanja Matić, Óscar Cardozo, Nolito, Pablo Aimar Giordano