Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 7 May 2017
Result
Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 7 May 2017, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica: match report
Rio Ave were beaten by Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 7 May 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Raúl Jiménez of Benfica in the 75th minute.
Discipline: Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 7th on 45 points from 31 and Benfica 1st on 75 points from 31. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 49 points, and Benfica 1st with 82.
Rio Ave lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nélson Semedo of Benfica (8.0), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 1 draw and 8 for Benfica.
Going into the match Rio Ave's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Benfica's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 53'Yellow card · Franco Cervi
- 53'Yellow card · Radosav Petrovic
- 57'Yellow card · Roderick Miranda
- 75'Goal · Raúl Jiménez
Head-to-head
Team news
Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
André Kilian, Lionn, Roderick Miranda, Marcelo, Rafa Soares, Tarantini, Filip Krovinovic, Radosav Petrovic, Heldon, Gil Dias, Hélder Guedes
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Ederson, Alejandro Grimaldo, Luisão, Victor Lindelöf, Nélson Semedo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Rafa Silva, Raúl Jiménez, Jonas