Primeira Liga / 17 January 2026

Rio Ave 0-2 Benfica

Primeira Liga / Matchday 18

0-2

Match Finished

Sat 17 Jan 2026 / 20:30 PT / Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube

Was the result deserved?

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

Rio Ave0 scored / 0.19 expected

Benfica2 scored / 2.48 expected

Benfica created the better chances and took them.

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

Rio Ave above the line, Benfica 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. Rio Ave on the left edge, Benfica on the right.

Kick-off
⚽
L. Barreiro
Normal Goal / assist H. Sudakov
16'
●
A. Dedić
Penalty cancelled
23'
⚽
A. Ntoi
Own Goal
25'
Half-time0–2
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A. Schjelderup
Yellow Card
59'
⇄
OnS. Lopes Cabral
OffA. Schjelderup
62'
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A. Ntoi
Yellow Card
66'
⇄
OnA. Papakanellos
OffN. Athanasiou
72'
⇄
OnT. Nikitscher
OffA. Ntoi
73'
⇄
OnOle Pohlmann
OffAndré Luiz
73'
⇄
OnJoão Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo
OffG. Prestianni
78'
⇄
OnDiogo Bezerra
OffD. Špikić
80'
⇄
OnG. Liavas
OffB. Aguilera
80'
⇄
OnManu
OffH. Sudakov
90'
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S. Dahl
Yellow Card
90'
Full-time0–2