Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Saturday, January 17, 2026
Benfica WWDWL 2
–
Rio Ave WLDLW 0
1st2ndT
SLB202
RAFC000
Estádio do Rio Ave · 4,435 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
11
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
63.2
Possession
36.8
24
SHOTS
7
8
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
540
Accurate Passes
289
599
Passes
351
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
46
23
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
6
12
Effective Clearances
33
12
Clearances
33

Head to Head

SLB leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

RAFC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Cezary MisztaG
  2. 32Jakub BrabecCD
  3. 6Nelson AbbeyCD-L
  4. 23Francisco PetrassoCD-R
  5. 10Brandon AguileraCM-L
  6. 5Andreas NtoiCM-R
  7. 3Nicolaos AthanasiouLM
  8. 20João ToméRM
  9. 9ClaytonF
  10. 18Dario SpikicCF-L
  11. 11André LuizCF-R

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anatoliy TrubinG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 44Tomás AraújoCD-R
  4. 26Samuel DahlLB
  5. 17Amar DedicRB
  6. 10Georgiy SudakovAM
  7. 8Fredrik AursnesLM
  8. 18Leandro BarreiroRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 21Andreas SchjelderupAM-L
  11. 25Gianluca PrestianniAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Rio Ave 0, Benfica 1. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross following a corner.
  2. 25' Own Goal by Andreas Ntoi, Rio Ave. Rio Ave 0, Benfica 2.
  3. 59' Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 62' Substitution, Benfica. Sidny Cabral replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
  5. 66' Andreas Ntoi (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Substitution, Rio Ave. Antonis Papakanellos replaces Nikolaos Athanasiou.
  7. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. Tamás Nikitscher replaces Andreas Ntoi.
  8. 73' Substitution, Rio Ave. Olé Pohlmann replaces André Luiz.
  9. 78' Substitution, Benfica. João Rego replaces Gianluca Prestianni.
  10. 80' Substitution, Rio Ave. Georgios Liavas replaces Brandon Aguilera.
  11. 80' Substitution, Rio Ave. Diogo Bezerra replaces Dario Spikic.
  12. 90' Substitution, Benfica. Manu Silva replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
  13. 90'+1' Samuel Dahl (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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