Portuguese Primeira Liga

Rio Ave vs Benfica, 2019-20 Portuguese Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Rio Ave
  • 26': Mehdi Taremi
  • Red Card 62': Moatasem Al-Musrati
  • Red Card 73': Nuno Santos
  • Red Card 90'+2': Diogo Figueiras
FT
1 - 2
Benfica
  • 64': Haris Seferovic
  • 87': Julian Weigl

About

Rio Ave are hosting Benfica at Estádio do Rio Ave, Vila do Conde, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
  • 3': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Al Musrati (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Dyego Sousa (Benfica).
  • 5': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Toni Borevkovic.
  • 6': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Filipe Augusto.
  • 6': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Lucas Piazon.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Ferro (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 10': Diego Lopes (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 10': Foul by Al Musrati (Rio Ave).
  • 10': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Nuno Tavares (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
  • 13': Foul by Al Musrati (Rio Ave).
  • 13': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Al Musrati (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dyego Sousa.
  • 15': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Dyego Sousa (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adel Taarabt.
  • 17': Foul by Dyego Sousa (Benfica).
  • 17': Lucas Piazon (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 18': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Dyego Sousa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Toni Borevkovic (Rio Ave).
  • 20': Diego Lopes (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Adel Taarabt (Benfica).
  • 21': Foul by Rafa (Benfica).
  • 21': Lucas Piazon (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Ferro (Benfica).
  • 26': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 26': Goal! Rio Ave 1, Benfica 0. Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) header from very close range to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Dyego Sousa (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
  • 31': Diego Lopes (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 31': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Benfica).
  • 33': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Benfica).
  • 33': Lucas Piazon (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Santos.
  • 35': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Nuno Tavares.
  • 36': Foul by Diogo Figueiras (Rio Ave).
  • 36': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
  • 37': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dyego Sousa.
  • 39': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Ferro.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filipe Augusto with a cross following a corner.
  • 41': Foul by Diogo Figueiras (Rio Ave).
  • 41': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Offside, Benfica. Adel Taarabt tries a through ball, but Dyego Sousa is caught offside.
  • 42': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Rafa (Benfica) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 45'+2': VAR Decision: No Goal Rio Ave 1-0 Benfica.
  • 45'+3': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
  • 45'+3': Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Pizzi.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Rio Ave 1, Benfica 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Rio Ave 1, Benfica 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Dyego Sousa.
  • 46': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Matheus Reis.
  • 47': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 47': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
  • 48': Haris Seferovic (Benfica) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 48': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Matheus Reis.
  • 50': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
  • 50': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Nuno Tavares.
  • 53': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Diogo Figueiras.
  • 54': Foul by Matheus Reis (Rio Ave).
  • 54': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  • 57': Foul by Diogo Figueiras (Rio Ave).
  • 57': Nuno Tavares (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 59': Foul by Ferro (Benfica).
  • 59': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Al Musrati (Rio Ave) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Nuno Santos with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 60': Foul by Al Musrati (Rio Ave).
  • 60': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Haris Seferovic with a through ball.
  • 62': Substitution, Benfica. Carlos Vinicius replaces Adel Taarabt.
  • 62': Foul by Al Musrati (Rio Ave).
  • 62': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Second yellow card to Al Musrati (Rio Ave) for a bad foul.
  • 64': Goal! Rio Ave 1, Benfica 1. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
  • 66': Substitution, Rio Ave. Tarantini replaces Diego Lopes.
  • 67': Foul by Ferro (Benfica).
  • 67': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Filipe Augusto.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Ferro (Benfica) with an attempt from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 69': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
  • 69': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Foul by Nuno Santos (Rio Ave).
  • 71': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Nuno Santos (Rio Ave).
  • 73': Nuno Santos (Rio Ave) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  • 74': Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
  • 74': Rúben Dias (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 78': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 78': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Matheus Reis.
  • 80': Foul by Diogo Figueiras (Rio Ave).
  • 80': Tomas Tavares (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Diogo Figueiras (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 80': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Gabriel Pires.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chiquinho with a cross.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing misses to the right.
  • 83': Substitution, Rio Ave. Nélson Monte replaces Diogo Figueiras.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
  • 86': Foul by Chiquinho (Benfica).
  • 86': Matheus Reis (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Chiquinho (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 87': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Lucas Piazon.
  • 87': Goal! Rio Ave 1, Benfica 2. Julian Weigl (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 89': Foul by Chiquinho (Benfica).
  • 89': Matheus Reis (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Pizzi (Benfica).
  • 89': Lucas Piazon (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Substitution, Rio Ave. Bruno Moreira replaces Mehdi Taremi.
  • 90': Substitution, Rio Ave. Carlos Mané replaces Lucas Piazon.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Chiquinho (Benfica).
  • 90'+1': Matheus Reis (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Benfica. Jota replaces Pizzi.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Samaris replaces Rafa.
  • 90'+2': Diogo Figueiras (Rio Ave) is shown the red card.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Jota (Benfica).
  • 90'+3': Nélson Monte (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Nélson Monte (Rio Ave).
  • 90'+4': Nuno Tavares (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+5': Bruno Moreira (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Rio Ave 1, Benfica 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Rio Ave 1, Benfica 2.

Statistics

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21 Fouls 16
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 3
1 Offsides 0
10 Corner Kicks 4
0 Saves 2
53 Possession 47
16 SHOTS 5
4 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
362 Accurate Passes 328
452 Passes 418
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
13 Accurate Crosses 4
31 Crosses 11
0.4 Cross % 0.4
47 Long Balls 59
23 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 1
6 Effective Tackles 12
15 Tackles 19
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 16
16 Effective Clearances 23
16 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio do Rio Ave
Location: Vila do Conde, Portugal

Liga Portugal Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 FC Porto 6 +13 18
2 Benfica 5 +15 13
3 Sporting CP 5 +9 13
4 Santa Clara 5 +6 11
Full Table

Line-Ups

RAFC Rio Ave (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Pawel Kieszek (GK)
15 Aderlan Santos
6 Toni Borevkovic
2 Matheus Reis
7 Diogo Figueiras Yellow Card
10 Diego Lopes
5 Filipe Augusto
18 Moatasem Al-Musrati Yellow Card
99 Mehdi Taremi
11 Nuno Santos Red Card
14 Lucas Piazon
Rio Ave Substitutes:
Bruno Moreira, Messias, Carlos Mané, Pedro Amaral, Nélson Monte, Tarantini, Paulo Vítor, Gelson Dala, Junio.

SLB Benfica (4-4-2)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
97 Ferro
6 Rúben Dias Yellow Card
71 Nuno Tavares
84 Tomas Tavares
8 Gabriel
28 Julian Weigl
27 Rafa Silva
21 Pizzi Yellow Card
20 Dyego Sousa
49 Adel Taarabt
Benfica Substitutes:
Andreas Samaris, Jota, Florentino, Carlos Vinícius, Andrija Zivkovic, Haris Seferovic, Franco Cervi, Ivan Zlobin, Chiquinho.

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