Rio Ave 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Rio Ave 2-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 21 March 2015, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rio Ave beat Benfica 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 21 March 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.

Eduardo Salvio opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Ukra (74', penalty) and Yonathan Del Valle (90+5'). Benfica scored through Eduardo Salvio (5').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 4 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 10th on 29 points from 25 and Benfica 1st on 65 points from 25. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 12th with 39 points, and Benfica 1st with 85.

Rio Ave lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rio Ave wins, 1 draw and 9 for Benfica.

Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read W-D-L-L-D and Benfica's W-W-W-W-W.