Benfica vs Rio Ave

14 January 2024 · Liga Portugal · 2023/24

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Ángel Di María 29’
António Silva 61’
Marcos Leonardo 80’
João Mário 90+1’

Guga 9’

Match summary

Benfica came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Rio Ave. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Guga put Rio Ave ahead in the 9th minute and Ángel Di María equalised in the 29th minute. In the second half, António Silva put Benfica in front in the 61st minute, Marcos Leonardo made it 3-1 with a header in the 80th minute, and João Mário made it 4-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Benfica created 2.76 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Rio Ave's 2.15 from 11. Rio Ave had a player sent off.

Match stats

15 Shots 9

12 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

2.76 xG 1.81

2.76 Non-penalty xG 1.81

Key events

Benfica Rio Ave

Kick-off

9’

Guga

0-1

Ángel Di María

1-1

29’

Half-time1-1

António Silva

2-1

61’

Marcos Leonardo

3-1

80’

João Mário

4-1

90+1’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Benfica

Orkun Kökçü

Rio Ave

Aderllan Santos
Patrick William

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Benfica 2.76 xGRio Ave 2.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Rio Ave attacking Benfica attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Anatoliy Trubin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fredrik Aursnes Taken off	86′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
António Silva	90′	1	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Nicolás Otamendi	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morato	90′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
João Neves Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkun Kökçü Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ángel Di María Taken off	63′	1	–	2	0.38	–	–	–
Rafa Silva	90′	–	–	2	0.15	–	–	–
João Mário	90′	1	–	2	0.82	–	–	–
Arthur Cabral Taken off	63′	–	–	2	0.18	–	–	–
Florentino Luís Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcos Leonardo Came on as a substitute	27′	1	–	2	0.27	–	–	–
Tiago Gouveia Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	3	0.80	–	–	–
Tomás Araújo Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Jhonatan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josué Sá	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aderllan Santos Sent off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Miguel Nóbrega Taken off	86′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Costinha	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Amine Oudrhiri Taken off	86′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Guga	90′	1	–	4	0.36	–	–	–
João Graça Taken off	57′	–	–	1	0.42	–	–	–
Fábio Ronaldo	90′	–	–	2	0.04	–	–	–
Joca Taken off	57′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emmanuel Boateng Taken off	64′	–	–	4	1.34	–	–	–
Bruno Ventura Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zé Manuel Came on as a substitute	33′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Patrick William Came on as a substitute	26′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mateo Tanlongo Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aziz Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Benfica win 80% Avg odds 1.19

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.30

Rio Ave win 7% Avg odds 13.33

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Benfica D D W W W

Rio Ave D D D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Rio Ave 0-1 Benfica, 02 Apr 23 Next meeting: Rio Ave 1-1 Benfica, 17 May 24 All Benfica vs Rio Ave meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.