Rio Ave vs Benfica

Primeira Liga 17 Jan 2026, 20:30
Rio Ave
Rio Ave
0–2
HT 0–2
FULL TIME
Benfica
Benfica
Round 18

Match report

Benfica beat Rio Ave 2-0 in the Primeira Liga on 17 January 2026.

Benfica had 24 shots to Rio Ave's 7.

Half-time 0-2 Shots 7 - 24 On target 1 - 8 Corners 3 - 11 Fouls 12 - 8 Yellow cards 3
8
Player of the match
Leandro Barreiro
Benfica · 1 goal
8 Anatoliy Trubin captained the side
8 Tomás Araújo captained the side
8 Nicolás Otamendi 73 passes (95% accurate)
8 Samuel Dahl 70 passes (93% accurate)
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 3–15 4–9
Shots On Goal 0–5 1–3
Ball Possession 27–73 —
Corners 1–6 2–5
Attacks 19–75 42–60
Match statistics
3 Corners 11
5 Substitution 3
61 Attacks 135
21 Dangerous Attacks 92
2 On Target 7
6 Off Target 17
7 Shots Total 24
1 Shots On Goal 8
2 Shots Off Goal 11
4 Shots Blocked 5
3 Shots Inside Box 15
4 Shots Outside Box 9
12 Fouls 8
3 Corners 11
2 Offsides 0
37% Ball Possession 63%
1 Yellow Cards 2
5 Saves 1
346 Passes Total 601
285 Passes Accurate 539
Line-ups 3-4-2-1  vs  4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Rio Ave · 3-4-2-1
1 C. Miszta
23 F. Petrasso 32 J. Brabec 6 N. Abbey
20 J. Tomé 5 A. Ndoj 10 B. Aguilera 3 N. Athanasiou
11 A. Luiz 18 D. Špikić
9 Clayton
Benfica · 4-2-3-1
1 A. Trubin
17 A. Dedić 44 T. Araújo 30 N. Otamendi 26 S. Dahl
18 L. Barreiro 8 F. Aursnes
25 G. Prestianni 10 G. Sudakov 21 A. Schjelderup
14 V. Pavlidis
Rio Ave
Coach
Sotiris Sylaidopoulos
Substitutes
  • 19 Antonis Papakanellos
  • 44 Tamás Nikitscher
  • 80 Ole Pohlmann
  • 7 Diogo Bezerra
  • 54 Georgios Liavas
  • 22 Kevin Chamorro
  • 77 Omar Richards
  • 4 Jonathan Panzo
  • 14 Karem Zoabi
Benfica
Coach
Jose Mourinho
Substitutes
  • 15 Sidny Lopes Cabral
  • 84 João Rêgo
  • 16 Manuel Silva
  • 50 Diogo Ferreira
  • 62 José Neto
  • 4 António Silva
  • 5 Enzo Barrenechea
  • 27 Bruma
  • 9 Franjo Ivanović
Substitutions
  • 62' ↑ S. Lopes Cabral ↓ A. Schjelderup Benfica
  • 72' ↑ A. Papakanellos ↓ N. Athanasiou Rio Ave
  • 73' ↑ T. Nikitscher ↓ A. Ntoi Rio Ave
  • 73' ↑ O. Pohlmann ↓ Andre Luiz Rio Ave
  • 78' ↑ J. Rego ↓ G. Prestianni Benfica
  • 80' ↑ Diogo Bezerra ↓ D. Spikic Rio Ave
  • 80' ↑ G. Liavas ↓ B. Aguilera Zamora Rio Ave
  • 90' ↑ Manu ↓ G. Sudakov Benfica
Cards
  • 59' A. Schjelderup Benfica
  • 66' A. Ntoi Rio Ave
  • 90+1' S. Dahl Benfica
Head-to-head
Rio Ave 0 2 draws 9 Benfica
2026-01-17 Rio Ave vs Benfica 0 - 2
2025-09-23 Benfica vs Rio Ave 1 - 1
2025-03-16 Rio Ave vs Benfica 2 - 3
2024-10-27 Benfica vs Rio Ave 5 - 0
2024-05-17 Rio Ave vs Benfica 1 - 1
2024-01-14 Benfica vs Rio Ave 4 - 1
Recent form
Rio Ave D D D L W
Benfica W D D D D
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Rio Ave vs Benfica?
Rio Ave lost 0-2 against Benfica on 17 January 2026.
Who won Rio Ave vs Benfica?
Benfica won the match 2-0.