Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Sunday, March 16, 2025
Benfica WWLWL 3
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Rio Ave DDLWL 2
1st2ndT
SLB123
RAFC022
Estádio do Rio Ave · 4,753 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
5
59.7
Possession
40.3
20
SHOTS
7
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
387
Accurate Passes
250
462
Passes
313
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
10
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
58
34
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
1
14
Tackles
5
0.8
Tackle %
0.2
7
Interceptions
7
10
Effective Clearances
38
10
Clearances
38

Head to Head

SLB leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RAFC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Cezary MisztaG
  2. 2Jonathan PanzoCD-L
  3. 3Andreas NtoiCD-R
  4. 98Omar RichardsLB
  5. 17Marios VrousaiRB
  6. 80Ole PohlmannAM
  7. 16Brandon AguileraLM
  8. 34Demir Ege TiknazRM
  9. 9ClaytonF
  10. 19Kiko BondosoAM-L
  11. 7André LuizAM-R

SLB · 4-3-3

  1. 1Anatoliy TrubinG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 4António SilvaCD-R
  4. 3Álvaro CarrerasLB
  5. 44Tomás AraújoRB
  6. 61FlorentinoCM
  7. 10Orkun KökçüLM
  8. 8Fredrik AursnesRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 27BrumaLF
  11. 7Zeki AmdouniRF

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Benfica 1. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Tomás Araújo.
  3. 53' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 58' Substitution, Rio Ave. Tiago Morais replaces André Luiz.
  5. 58' Clayton (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Florentino (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Goal! Rio Ave 1, Benfica 2. Brandon Aguilera (Rio Ave) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 68' Ege Tiknaz (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. Theofanis Bakoulas replaces Ege Tiknaz.
  10. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. João Graça replaces Olé Pohlmann.
  11. 74' Substitution, Benfica. Renato Sanches replaces Orkun Kökçü.
  12. 74' Substitution, Benfica. Andrea Belotti replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  13. 74' Substitution, Benfica. Kerem Aktürkoglu replaces Zeki Amdouni.
  14. 75' Goal! Rio Ave 2, Benfica 2. Clayton (Rio Ave) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  15. 80' Goal! Rio Ave 2, Benfica 3. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes with a through ball following a fast break.
  16. 88' Substitution, Rio Ave. João Tomé replaces Marios Vrousai.
  17. 88' Substitution, Rio Ave. Karem Zoabi replaces Kiko Bondoso.
  18. 88' Substitution, Benfica. Samuel Dahl replaces Bruma.
  19. 90'+4' Second yellow card to Clayton (Rio Ave) for a bad foul.

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