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Rio Ave vs Benfica

20 Dec 2026, 00:00 · Liga Portugal · 2026/2027

30 completed meetings
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Before this match

Recent form

Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2026/2027.

Rio Ave

Latest: Estrela Amadora · 3–3

Match stats

14 Sept 2026, 18:45 · Home vs Estrela Amadora · 2026/2027

Benfica

Latest: Porto · 1–3

Match stats

20 Sept 2026, 20:30 · Away vs Porto · 2026/2027

The rivalry

Head-to-head record

Last 150 completed meetings at most
25Benfica wins
4Draws
1Rio Ave wins
60%Both teams scored
57%Over 2.5 goals
77Benfica goals
25Rio Ave goals

At Rio Ave’s ground: 15 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.

Matchup context

Home vs away this season

2026/2027 · Liga Portugal

Compare Rio Ave’s home games with Benfica’s away games.

Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.

Rio AvePer matchBenfica
1.00 / 3Goals scored3.75 / 4
3.00 / 3Goals conceded0.75 / 4
4.00 / 3Total match goals4.50 / 4
0.00 / 3Clean sheets / match0.75 / 4
0.67 / 3Failed to score / match0.00 / 4
10.00 / 3Shots16.00 / 4
4.00 / 3Corners4.50 / 4
8.67 / 3Total match corners7.00 / 4
1.00 / 3Cards3.00 / 4

The number after / is how many matches had that stat.

More team stats

Results & goals

Rio AveStatBenfica
0.333 matchesGoals scored by half-time1.004 matches
2.003 matchesGoals conceded by half-time0.254 matches
0% (0)3 matchesWins75% (3)4 matches
33% (1)3 matchesDraws0% (0)4 matches
67% (2)3 matchesLosses25% (1)4 matches
0% (0)3 matchesHalf-time clean sheets75% (3)4 matches
33% (1)3 matchesScored in both halves75% (3)4 matches
33% (1)3 matchesBoth teams scored25% (1)4 matches

Goal frequencies

Rio AveStatBenfica
33%3 matchesScored 1+ goals100%4 matches
33%3 matchesScored 2+ goals75%4 matches
33%3 matchesScored 3+ goals75%4 matches
0%3 matchesScored 4+ goals50%4 matches
100%3 matchesConceded 1+ goals25%4 matches
100%3 matchesConceded 2+ goals25%4 matches
67%3 matchesConceded 3+ goals25%4 matches
33%3 matchesScored 1+ by half-time75%4 matches
0%3 matchesScored 2+ by half-time25%4 matches
0%3 matchesScored 3+ by half-time0%4 matches
100%3 matchesConceded 1+ by half-time25%4 matches
33%3 matchesConceded 2+ by half-time0%4 matches
33%3 matchesConceded 3+ by half-time0%4 matches

Corners

Rio AveStatBenfica
4.673 matchesCorners conceded / match2.504 matches
67%3 matchesWon 3+ corners100%4 matches
33%3 matchesWon 5+ corners50%4 matches
0%3 matchesWon 7+ corners25%4 matches
0%3 matchesWon 9+ corners0%4 matches
67%3 matchesMatch had 8+ corners50%4 matches
33%3 matchesMatch had 10+ corners25%4 matches
33%3 matchesMatch had 12+ corners0%4 matches
0%3 matchesMatch had 14+ corners0%4 matches

Cards

Rio AveStatBenfica
1.673 matchesOpponent cards / match3.504 matches
2.673 matchesTotal cards / match6.504 matches
1.003 matchesYellow cards / match2.504 matches
67%3 matchesReceived 1+ cards75%4 matches
33%3 matchesReceived 2+ cards75%4 matches
0%3 matchesReceived 3+ cards50%4 matches
0%3 matchesReceived 4+ cards25%4 matches
0%3 matchesReceived 5+ cards25%4 matches
33%3 matchesMatch had 3+ cards100%4 matches
33%3 matchesMatch had 5+ cards100%4 matches
0%3 matchesMatch had 7+ cards25%4 matches

Shots & play

Rio AveStatBenfica
16.003 matchesShots conceded / match9.504 matches
41.67%3 matchesPossession / match63.25%4 matches
8.003 matchesFouls / match12.254 matches
0.673 matchesOffsides / match1.754 matches

Players

Top scorers and assist makers

Season totals for 2026/2027. These players are not a confirmed lineup.

Rio Ave

Goals

Jalen Blesa2
R. Galčík1
Tamble Monteiro1

Assists

Diogo Bezerra3
Jalen Blesa1

Yellow cards

Tamás Nikitscher2
Francisco Petrasso2
Jakub Brabec1

Red cards

Andreas Ntoi1

Tackles

Tamás Nikitscher19
Marios Vrousai15
Georgios Liavas10

Benfica

Goals

Vangelis Pavlidis8
Gianluca Prestianni5
Leandro Barreiro2

Assists

Gianluca Prestianni3
Vangelis Pavlidis2
Rafa Silva2

Yellow cards

Tomás Araújo3
João Palhinha2
Georgiy Sudakov2

Red cards

No recorded figure

Tackles

João Palhinha17
Gianluca Prestianni12
Vangelis Pavlidis8

Predicted chances for this match

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Previous meetings

Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.

2 May 2027, 01:00Benfica 01:00 Rio AveLiga Portugal20 Dec 2026, 00:00Rio Ave 00:00 BenficaLiga Portugal17 Jan 2026, 20:30Rio Ave 0–2 BenficaLiga Portugal23 Sept 2025, 20:15Benfica 1–1 Rio AveLiga Portugal16 Mar 2025, 18:00Rio Ave 2–3 BenficaLiga Portugal27 Oct 2024, 18:00Benfica 5–0 Rio AveLiga Portugal17 May 2024, 20:45Rio Ave 1–1 BenficaLiga Portugal14 Jan 2024, 18:00Benfica 4–1 Rio AveLiga Portugal2 Apr 2023, 18:00Rio Ave 0–1 BenficaLiga Portugal8 Oct 2022, 18:00Benfica 4–2 Rio AveLiga Portugal1 Mar 2021, 19:00Benfica 2–0 Rio AveLiga Portugal18 Oct 2020, 20:00Rio Ave 0–3 BenficaLiga Portugal