Primeira Liga / 23 September 2025

Benfica 1-1 Rio Ave

Primeira Liga / Matchday 1

1-1

Match Finished

Tue 23 Sept 2025 / 20:15 PT / Estádio da Luz

Was the result deserved?

The goals each side scored, next to the quality of the chances they created.

Benfica1 scored / 2.70 expected

Rio Ave1 scored / 0.15 expected

Benfica created enough to win it, and did not.

What is expected goals? Every chance is worth a fraction of a goal depending on how good it was. Added up, it describes the quality of what each side created - not what the score should have been.

How the match unfolded

Benfica above the line, Rio Ave below. Goals are filled circles, cards are squares, substitutions are small dots.

What happened, minute by minute

Kick-off, every goal and card, half-time and full time with the score at each, in the order they happened. Benfica on the left edge, Rio Ave on the right.

Kick-off
🟨
F. Ivanović
Yellow Card
10'
Half-time0–0
🟨
J. Brabec
Yellow Card
55'
🟨
S. Dahl
Yellow Card
57'
⇄
OnClayton
OffMarc Gual
58'
⇄
OnAndré Luiz
OffD. Špikić
58'
🟨
C. Miszta
Yellow Card
60'
●
António Silva
Goal cancelled
63'
⇄
OnD. Lukebakio
OffF. Ivanović
65'
⇄
OnA. Schjelderup
OffS. Dahl
65'
⇄
OnN. Athanasiou
OffOle Pohlmann
68'
⇄
OnT. Nikitscher
OffM. Vrousai
73'
⇄
OnG. Liavas
OffO. Richards
73'
⚽
H. Sudakov
Normal Goal / assist D. Lukebakio
86'
⇄
OnL. Barreiro
OffH. Sudakov
89'
🟨
Clayton
Yellow Card
90'
⚽
André Luiz
Normal Goal / assist T. Nikitscher
90'
⇄
OnHenrique Araújo
OffR. Rios
90'
🟨
E. Barrenechea
Yellow Card
90'
Full-time1–1