Primeira Liga Gameweek 18
Jan 17, 2026 8.30pm
0
2
HT : 0 2
FT Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
  • Antonis Papakanellos 72' yellowcard
  • Ole Pohlmann 73' yellowcard
  • Tamas Nikitscher 73' yellowcard
  • Tamás Nikitscher 73' yellowcard
  • 74' yellowcard
  • Ole Pohlmann 74' yellowcard
  • Georgios Liavas 80' yellowcard
  • Dario Spikic 80' yellowcard
  • Diogo Bezerra de Oliveira 80' yellowcard
  • Diogo Bezerra 80' yellowcard
  • goal Leandro Barreiro 16'
  • goal Andreas Ntoi 25' (OG)
  • yellowcard Sidny Lopes Cabral 62'
  • yellowcard Sidny Cabral 62'
  • yellowcard Joao Pedro Seno Luis Rego 78'
  • yellowcard João Rego 78'
  • yellowcard Manu Silva 90'

Rio Ave vs Benfica - Match Guide, Data Analysis, Standings

The match

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Form, Standings, Stats

Rio Ave

All competitions
Last game
Jan 4, 2026 3.30pm
Rio Ave 3 - 1 Casa Pia
Goals scored
23
Top scorer
Andre Luiz

Benfica

All competitions
Last game
Jan 3, 2026 6.00pm
Benfica 3 - 1 Estoril
Goals scored
49
Top scorer
Vangelis Pavlidis

Data analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 64.91%. A draw had a probability of 21.15% and a win for Rio Ave had a probability of 13.94%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.21%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.73%) and 1-2 (9.9%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.55%) , while for a Rio Ave win it was 1-0 (5.07%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 12.7% likelihood.

Result

Rio Ave 13.94% (+0.03)
Draw 21.15% (+0.03)
Benfica 64.91% (-0.07)

Both Teams to Score: 

45.58% (+0.04)

Goals

Over 1.5 74.56%
Under 1.5 25.44%
Over 2.5 50.37% (-0.04)
Under 2.5 49.63% (+0.04)
Over 3.5 28.42%
Under 3.5 71.58%
Over 4.5 17.51% (-0.01)
Under 4.5 82.49% (+0.01)

First Half Winner

Rio Ave 15.65%
Draw 39.76%
Benfica 44.6%

Team To Score First

Rio Ave 24.4%
No Goal 7.15%
Benfica 68.45%

Corners

Over 8 62.08%
Equal 8 10.8%
Under 8 27.12%
Over 9 50.71%
Equal 9 11.38%
Under 9 37.92%
Over 10.5 39.7%
Under 10.5 60.3%

Rio Ave Goals

Over 1.5 16.03% (+0.02)
Under 1.5 83.97% (-0.02)
Over 2.5 3.84% (-0.02)
Under 2.5 96.16% (+0.01)
Over 3.5 0.73%
Under 3.5 99.27%

Benfica Goals

Over 0.5 84.62% (-0.04)
Under 0.5 15.38% (+0.04)
Over 1.5 57.13% (-0.04)
Under 1.5 42.87% (+0.04)
Over 2.5 29.63% (-0.04)
Under 2.5 70.37% (+0.04)
Over 3.5 12.56% (-0.02)
Under 3.5 87.44% (+0.02)

Score analysis

Rio Ave 13.93%
Draw 21.15%
Benfica 64.91%
Rio Ave
1-0 @ 5.07% (+0.03)
2-1 @ 3.65%
2-0 @ 1.93% (+0.03)
3-1 @ 1.08%
Other @ 0.71%
Total : 13.93%
Draw
1-1 @ 9.55% (+0.04)
0-0 @ 7.15%
2-2 @ 3.89%
Other @ 0.02%
Total : 21.15%
Benfica
0-1 @ 13.21% (-0.02)
0-2 @ 12.73% (-0.01)
1-2 @ 9.9%
0-3 @ 7.88% (-0.03)
1-3 @ 5.93%
2-3 @ 2.72% (+0.02)
Other @ 12.54% (-0.03)
Total : 64.91%

Head to Head

Primeira Liga
Sep 23, 2025 8.15pm
1
1
HT : 0 0
FT
Primeira Liga Gameweek 26
Mar 16, 2025 6.00pm
2
3
HT : 0 1
FT Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
  • Clayton 58' yellowcard
  • Brandon Aguilera 64' goal
  • Ege Tiknaz 68' yellowcard
  • Clayton 75' goal
  • Clayton 90'+4' redcard
  • goal Orkun Kokcu 30'
  • goal Vangelis Pavlidis 53'
  • yellowcard Florentino Luis 62'
  • goal Kerem Akturkoglu 80'
Primeira Liga Gameweek 9
Oct 27, 2024 6.00pm
5
0
HT : 3 0
FT Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
  • Kerem Akturkoglu 12' goal
  • Kerem Akturkoglu 16' goal
  • Angel di Maria 30' yellowcard
  • Kerem Akturkoglu 45'+2' goal
  • Andreas Schjelderup 79' goal
  • Zeki Amdouni 81' goal
  • yellowcard Jonathan Panzo 4'
Primeira Liga Gameweek 34
May 17, 2024 8.45pm
1
1
HT : 0 1
FT Estadio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
  • Joao Graca 23' yellowcard
  • Patrick 45' yellowcard
  • Amine Oudrhiri 57' yellowcard
  • Adrien Silva 86' yellowcard
  • Costinha 90'+3' goal
  • goal Orkun Kokcu 32'
  • yellowcard Casper Tengstedt 39'
  • yellowcard Adrien Silva 86'
Primeira Liga Gameweek 17
Jan 14, 2024 6.00pm
4
1
HT : 1 1
FT Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
  • Angel di Maria 29' goal
  • Orkun Kokcu 57' yellowcard
  • Antonio Silva 61' goal
  • Marcos Leonardo 80' goal
  • Joao Mario 90'+1' goal
  • goal Goncalo Rodrigues 9'
  • yellowcard Aderlan 49'
  • redcard Aderlan 58'
  • yellowcard Patrick 90'+3'
Primeira Liga Gameweek 26
Apr 2, 2023 6.00pm
0
1
HT : 0 0
FT Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
  • goal Goncalo Ramos 46'