Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Rio Ave, 2019-20 Portuguese Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 31': Rúben Dias
  • 51': Pizzi
FT
2 - 0
Rio Ave

    About

    Benfica are hosting Rio Ave at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, 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.
    • 2': Dangerous play by Carlos Vinicius (Benfica).
    • 1': Toni Borevkovic (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
    • 6': Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave).
    • 7': Foul by André Almeida (Benfica).
    • 7': Nuno Santos (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Carlos Vinicius (Benfica).
    • 8': Toni Borevkovic (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Franco Cervi (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florentino Luís.
    • 9': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pawel Kieszek.
    • 9': Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Ferro (Benfica).
    • 11': Attempt missed. Tarantini (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nuno Santos.
    • 14': Chiquinho (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
    • 17': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
    • 17': Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Foul by Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
    • 18': Gabrielzinho (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Nélson Monte (Rio Ave).
    • 21': Franco Cervi (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 22': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Toni Borevkovic.
    • 24': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
    • 24': Franco Cervi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rúben Dias with a cross.
    • 28': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nélson Monte.
    • 29': Franco Cervi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Vinicius with a headed pass.
    • 30': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Matheus Reis.
    • 31': Goal! Benfica 1, Rio Ave 0. Rúben Dias (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
    • 35': Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 35': Foul by Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave).
    • 35': Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 37': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
    • 37': Hand ball by Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave).
    • 39': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rúben Dias.
    • 40': Foul by Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave).
    • 40': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Nuno Santos (Rio Ave) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Mehdi Taremi.
    • 41': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Toni Borevkovic.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Franco Cervi (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chiquinho.
    • 45': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Matheus Reis.
    • 45': Foul by Pizzi (Benfica).
    • 45': Nélson Monte (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+1': Nuno Santos (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by André Almeida.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Benfica 1, Rio Ave 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 1, Rio Ave 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Rio Ave. Ronan replaces Mehdi Taremi.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Chiquinho (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 49': Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by André Almeida (Benfica).
    • 51': Goal! Benfica 2, Rio Ave 0. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Franco Cervi with a cross.
    • 52': Foul by Ronan (Rio Ave).
    • 52': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Toni Borevkovic (Rio Ave).
    • 54': Substitution, Rio Ave. Carlos Mané replaces Gabrielzinho.
    • 56': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Foul by Carlos Mané (Rio Ave).
    • 57': Attempt missed. Rúben Dias (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Franco Cervi (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florentino Luís.
    • 58': Offside, Rio Ave. Carlos Mané tries a through ball, but Tarantini is caught offside.
    • 60': Foul by Nikola Jambor (Rio Ave).
    • 60': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Chiquinho with a cross.
    • 62': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by André Almeida.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Ronan (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Santos with a cross following a corner.
    • 63': Tarantini (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card.
    • 66': Foul by Tarantini (Rio Ave).
    • 66': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Franco Cervi (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chiquinho.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Franco Cervi.
    • 68': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Chiquinho (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
    • 72': Substitution, Rio Ave. Messias replaces Aderllan Santos because of an injury.
    • 74': Foul by Ronan (Rio Ave).
    • 74': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Tomas Tavares replaces Alejandro Grimaldo because of an injury.
    • 78': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
    • 78': Ronan (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 80': Filipe Augusto (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Pizzi (Benfica).
    • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Gedson Fernandes replaces Chiquinho.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Franco Cervi (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Vinicius.
    • 82': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pawel Kieszek.
    • 86': Foul by Tomas Tavares (Benfica).
    • 86': Tarantini (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Carlos Vinicius.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Gedson Fernandes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
    • 88': André Almeida (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 88': Foul by Matheus Reis (Rio Ave).
    • 89': Attempt missed. Franco Cervi (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Gedson Fernandes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pizzi.
    • 90'+2': Hand ball by Franco Cervi (Benfica).
    • 90'+4': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Tarantini.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 2, Rio Ave 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Benfica 2, Rio Ave 0.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 12
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    3 Corner Kicks 10
    2 Saves 0
    44 Possession 56
    3 SHOTS 20
    0 ON GOAL 4
    0.0 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    414 Accurate Passes 536
    487 Passes 604
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 13
    9 Crosses 28
    0.2 Cross % 0.5
    67 Long Balls 44
    44 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.6
    0 Blocked Shots 8
    7 Effective Tackles 11
    11 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    16 Interceptions 16
    19 Effective Clearances 6
    19 Clearances 6

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

    Venue: Estádio da Luz
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Attendance: 53,579

    Liga Portugal Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 FC Porto 6 +13 18
    2 Benfica 6 +17 16
    3 Sporting CP 6 +9 14
    4 Santa Clara 6 +7 14
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SLB Benfica (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
    97 Ferro
    6 Rúben Dias
    3 Alejandro Grimaldo
    34 André Almeida
    8 Gabriel
    61 Florentino
    11 Franco Cervi Yellow Card
    21 Pizzi
    95 Carlos Vinícius
    19 Chiquinho
    Benfica Substitutes:
    Ivan Zlobin, Tomas Tavares, Haris Seferovic, Jardel, Gedson Fernandes, Jota, Adel Taarabt.

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

    No. Name
    1 Pawel Kieszek (GK)
    15 Aderlan Santos Yellow Card
    6 Toni Borevkovic
    2 Matheus Reis
    4 Nélson Monte
    8 Tarantini Yellow Card
    23 Nikola Jambor
    5 Filipe Augusto
    99 Mehdi Taremi
    11 Nuno Santos Yellow Card
    70 Gabrielzinho
    Rio Ave Substitutes:
    Carlos Mané, Pedro Amaral, Ronan Jeronimo, Messias, Paulo Vítor, Diego Lopes, Lucas Piazon.

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