Rio Ave 2-3 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 May 2019
Result
Rio Ave 2-3 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 May 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Rio Ave 2-3 Benfica: match report
Rio Ave were beaten by Benfica 2-3 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 12 May 2019. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Rafa Silva opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Rio Ave's goals came from Tarantini (50') and Ronan (84'). Benfica scored through Rafa Silva (3'), João Félix (45+2') and Pizzi (56').
Discipline: Rio Ave received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rio Ave were 8th on 42 points from 32 and Benfica 2nd on 81 points from 32. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 7th with 45 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.
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 Nuno Santos of Rio Ave (8.1), ahead of Pizzi (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rio Ave win, 1 draw and 8 for Benfica.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Rafa Silva
- 41'Yellow card · Junio
- 45+1'Yellow card · Rúben Dias
- 45+2'Goal · João Félix
- 45+3'Yellow card · Fábio Coentrão
- 45+4'Yellow card · Tarantini
- 50'Goal · Tarantini
- 56'Goal · Pizzi
- 79'Yellow card · Pizzi
- 84'Goal · Ronan
- 86'Yellow card · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 90+1'Yellow card · Odysseas Vlachodimos
Head-to-head
Team news
Rio Ave line-up (4-2-3-1)
Léo Jardim, Rúben Semedo, Toni Borevković, Junio, Fábio Coentrão, Tarantini, Nuno Santos, Filipe Augusto, Gabriel Airton de Souza, Gelson Dala, Bruno Moreira
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rúben Dias, André Almeida, Ferro, Pizzi, Andreas Samaris, Rafa Silva, Florentino, Haris Seferovic, João Félix