1st position in the Primeira Liga table for Benfica so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Rio Ave visits Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Benfica form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Benfica, who have the most scored goals (21) in Primeira Liga, have to build on here at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Primeira Liga. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Benfica has won six games in a row. The Porto match was the last time out without a victory. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica after three straight home wins.
The Benfica supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Portimonense in Primeira Liga and win 4-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tondela and winning 1-0.
As mentioned above, Benfica "killed" Portimonense in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Benfica are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: W1-D0-L0.
There will be little rest for Benfica after this match as they are travelling to Olympique Lyonnais for a Champions League game in only three days.
The Benfica manager Bruno Lage has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. Defensively Benfica have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rio Ave form and stats
As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Rio Ave have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
Rio Ave's last game was the home draw against Moreirense (1-1). A 0-0 draw at Paços de Ferreira's stadium before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Rio Ave played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Rio Ave find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Rio Ave as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 8 - 1 - 1 (Benfica wins - draws - Rio Ave wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Pizzi
6 goals
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M. Taremi
4 goals
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Bruno Moreira
3 goals
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Benfica missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Benfica | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 56% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 6.9 | 8.6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rio Ave have scored away.
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Benfica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rio Ave have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | Famalicão | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Vitória Guimarães | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Boavista | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Tondela | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Marítimo | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Vitória Setúbal | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 3 |