Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Rio Ave LWWWW 0
–
Benfica WLLWW 2
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RAFC000
SLB202
Estádio da Luz · 51,566 att.

Team Stats

19
Fouls
20
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
5
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
2
46.7
Possession
53.3
7
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
330
Accurate Passes
397
404
Passes
469
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
50
25
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
16
21
Tackles
21
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
5
7
Clearances
5

Head to Head

SLB leads series 4-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1EdersonG
  2. 14Victor LindelöfCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 5Ljubomir FejsaSW
  5. 34André AlmeidaLB
  6. 50Nélson SemedoRB
  7. 21PizziCM
  8. 22Franco CerviLM
  9. 27Rafa SilvaRM
  10. 20Gonçalo GuedesCF-L
  11. 11Kostas MitroglouCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Guillermo Celis
  2. 33Jardel
  3. 9Raúl Jiménez
  4. 15André Carrillo
  5. 7Andreas Samaris
  6. 13Paulo Lopes
  7. 10Jonas

RAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1CássioG
  2. 25Roderick MirandaCD-L
  3. 14Andre Vilas BoasCD-R
  4. 55Rafa SoaresLB
  5. 26PedrinhoRB
  6. 30Alhassan WakasoCM
  7. 10Filip KrovinovicLM
  8. 5Filipe AugustoRM
  9. 7Hélder GuedesF
  10. 70Rúben RibeiroLF
  11. 24HéldonRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Luwagga KizitoSUB
  2. 8TarantiniSUB
  3. 88YazaldeSUB
  4. 31Gil DiasSUB
  5. 20João NovaisSUB
  6. 4Nélson MonteSUB
  7. 71Rui VieiraSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Benfica 1, Rio Ave 0. Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pizzi.
  2. 42' Goal! Benfica 2, Rio Ave 0. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafa.
  3. 45' Substitution, Rio Ave. Tarantini replaces Filipe Augusto.
  4. 45' Substitution, Rio Ave. Gil Dias replaces Filip Krovinovic.
  5. 45' Tarantini (Rio Ave) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Gil Dias (Rio Ave) Substitution at 45'
  7. 67' Substitution, Benfica. Jonas replaces Rafa.
  8. 68' Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 74' Substitution, Rio Ave. Yazalde replaces Guedes.
  10. 76' Raúl Jiménez (Benfica) Substitution at 76'
  11. 76' Substitution, Benfica. Raúl Jiménez replaces Kostas Mitroglou.
  12. 83' André Carrillo (Benfica) Substitution at 83'
  13. 83' Substitution, Benfica. André Carrillo replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  14. 90'+4' Second yellow card to Pizzi (Benfica).

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