Rio Ave 1-2 Benfica: result and report

Rio Ave 1-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Wednesday 17 June 2020, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rio Ave lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Wednesday 17 June 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mehdi Taremi opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Rio Ave's goal came from Mehdi Taremi (26'). Benfica scored through Haris Seferovic (64') and Julian Weigl (87').

Discipline: Rio Ave received 2 yellow cards and 3 red cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rio Ave were 6th on 41 points from 26 and Benfica 2nd on 61 points from 26. Rio Ave went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Benfica 2nd with 77.

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 Tavares of Benfica (7.8), level with Julian Weigl (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.