Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Rio Ave, 2024-25 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 12': Kerem Aktürkoglu
  • 16': Kerem Aktürkoglu
  • 45'+2': Kerem Aktürkoglu
  • 79': Andreas Schjelderup
  • 81': Zeki Amdouni
FT
5 - 0
Rio Ave

    About

    Benfica are hosting Rio Ave at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by João Tomé (Rio Ave).
    • 2': Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Clayton (Rio Ave).
    • 2': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Jonathan Panzo (Rio Ave).
    • 4': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Jonathan Panzo (Rio Ave) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 7': Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).
    • 7': João Novais (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Brandon Aguilera (Rio Ave).
    • 8': Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste following a corner.
    • 12': Goal! Benfica 1, Rio Ave 0. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 16': Goal! Benfica 2, Rio Ave 0. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes with a through ball.
    • 18': Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 18': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Clayton (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 20': Foul by Clayton (Rio Ave).
    • 20': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Hand ball by Brandon Aguilera (Rio Ave).
    • 23': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jonathan Panzo.
    • 24': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu with a through ball.
    • 28': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Omar Richards.
    • 28': Delay in match because of an injury Jonathan Panzo (Rio Ave).
    • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 30': Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Ángel Di María (Benfica).
    • 30': Ángel Di María (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Jonathan Panzo (Rio Ave).
    • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 31': Substitution, Rio Ave. Renato Pantalon replaces Jonathan Panzo because of an injury.
    • 35': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 36': Foul by João Tomé (Rio Ave).
    • 36': Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Alexander Bah (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 37': Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
    • 39': Foul by Ege Tiknaz (Rio Ave).
    • 39': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
    • 45': Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Goal! Benfica 3, Rio Ave 0. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Benfica 3, Rio Ave 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 3, Rio Ave 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Rio Ave. João Graça replaces João Novais.
    • 45': Substitution, Rio Ave. Olé Pohlmann replaces Brandon Aguilera.
    • 46': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Orkun Kökçü.
    • 48': Offside, Rio Ave. Kiko Bondoso is caught offside.
    • 50': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Clayton (Rio Ave) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Omar Richards.
    • 53': Foul by Ege Tiknaz (Rio Ave).
    • 53': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 55': Attempt missed. João Graça (Rio Ave) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Omar Richards.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü with a cross.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste.
    • 58': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 60': Foul by Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica).
    • 60': João Tomé (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
    • 61': Omar Richards (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Delay in match because of an injury Ege Tiknaz (Rio Ave).
    • 62': Substitution, Rio Ave. Tobías Medina replaces Kiko Bondoso.
    • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 63': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 63': Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Arthur Cabral (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 64': Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Tomás Araújo (Benfica).
    • 64': Corner, Rio Ave. Conceded by Jan-Niklas Beste.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Aderllan Santos (Rio Ave) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Olé Pohlmann with a cross following a corner.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zeki Amdouni.
    • 68': Offside, Benfica. Álvaro Carreras is caught offside.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
    • 72': Offside, Rio Ave. Clayton is caught offside.
    • 74': Delay in match (Benfica).
    • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Foul by Clayton (Rio Ave).
    • 76': Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Renato Sanches replaces Ángel Di María.
    • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup replaces Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Arthur Cabral.
    • 79': Goal! Benfica 4, Rio Ave 0. Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Carreras with a cross.
    • 80': Substitution, Rio Ave. Fábio Ronaldo replaces João Tomé.
    • 81': Goal! Benfica 5, Rio Ave 0. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 82': Substitution, Benfica. Issa Kaboré replaces Alexander Bah.
    • 82': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Benfica).
    • 82': Olé Pohlmann (Rio Ave) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 83': Offside, Rio Ave. Clayton is caught offside.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeki Amdouni.
    • 85': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Omar Richards.
    • 87': Clayton (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 87': Foul by Renato Sanches (Benfica).
    • 88': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
    • 88': Tobías Medina (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Arthur Cabral (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü.
    • 89': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Cezary Pawet Miszta.
    • 89': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Aderllan Santos.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Patrick William.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste with a cross.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Graça.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Zeki Amdouni (Benfica).
    • 90'+3': Tobías Medina (Rio Ave) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Benfica 5, Rio Ave 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Benfica 5, Rio Ave 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 5
    2 Corner Kicks 8
    8 Saves 0
    38.4 Possession 61.6
    4 SHOTS 29
    0 ON GOAL 14
    0.0 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    260 Accurate Passes 459
    333 Passes 527
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 10
    6 Crosses 24
    0.2 Cross % 0.4
    49 Long Balls 34
    24 Accurate Long Balls 20
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 7
    9 Effective Tackles 13
    25 Tackles 17
    0.4 Tackle % 0.8
    14 Interceptions 12
    34 Effective Clearances 5
    34 Clearances 5

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

    Venue: Estádio da Luz
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Attendance: 58,961

    Liga Portugal Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Sporting CP 11 +34 33
    2 FC Porto 11 +20 27
    3 Benfica 10 +21 25
    4 Santa Clara 11 +2 21
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
    30 Nicolás Otamendi
    44 Tomás Araújo
    3 Álvaro Fernández
    6 Alexander Bah
    17 Kerem Aktürkoglu
    10 Orkun Kökçü
    8 Fredrik Aursnes
    14 Vangelis Pavlidis
    37 Jan-Niklas Beste
    11 Ángel Di María
    Benfica Substitutes:
    Benjamín Rollheiser, Issa Kaboré, Florentino Luís, Andreas Schjelderup, Zeki Amdouni, Samuel Soares, Arthur Cabral, António Silva, Renato Sanches.

    RIO Rio Ave (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Cezary Miszta (GK)
    33 Aderlan Santos
    2 Jonathan Panzo Yellow Card
    4 Patrick
    98 Omar Richards
    20 João Tomé
    34 Demir Ege Tiknaz
    6 João Novais
    19 Kiko Bondoso
    16 Brandon Aguilera
    9 Clayton
    Rio Ave Substitutes:
    Ole Pohlmann, Fábio Ronaldo, Koka, Jhonatan, Renato Pantalon, Tiago Morais, Joao Graça, Amine Oudrhiri, Tobias Medina.

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