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# 21 December 2016, 18:00
Portugal
Primeira Liga
2016/2017

Benfica Benfica 2-0 Rio Ave Rio Ave

Finished

Benfica vs Rio Ave Summary
  Position Points Games Scored Conceded Home Win Away Win Draw Home Lost Away Lost
Benfica 1 35 14 30 8 545% 654% 214% 00% 1100%
Rio Ave 6 23 14 19 17 457% 342% 214% 480% 120%

Benfica vs Rio Ave Head 2 Head

K/O
Home
Away
Pts
HT
FT
ET
PN
21 Dec 18:00 18:00, 21 Dec fin
Benfica 1 1
2-0 2-0
Rio Ave
35-23
PL
2-0
2-0

Primeira Liga League Table. Season 2016/2017
Pos Team Home Away Total GD Goals
P W D L GS GC Pts P W D L GS GC Pts P W D L GS GC Pts
1 Benfica Benfica 6 5 1 0 16 3 16 8 6 1 1 14 5 19 14 11 2 1 30 8 35 22 2.1
2 FC Porto FC Porto 8 7 1 0 16 4 22 7 3 3 1 12 3 12 15 10 4 1 28 7 34 21 1.9
3 SC Braga SC Braga 7 6 1 0 18 5 19 7 3 1 3 7 7 10 14 9 2 3 25 12 29 13 1.8
4 Sporting CP Sporting CP 8 6 1 1 17 5 19 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 27 11 1.7
5 Vitoria Guimaraes Vitoria Guimaraes 7 3 3 1 15 11 12 7 5 0 2 11 6 15 14 8 3 3 26 17 27 9 1.9
6 Rio Ave Rio Ave 8 4 0 4 12 13 12 6 3 2 1 7 4 11 14 7 2 5 19 17 23 2 1.4
7 CS Maritimo De La Guaira 7 4 1 2 8 5 13 8 2 1 5 3 8 7 15 6 2 7 11 13 20 -2 0.7
8 Chaves Chaves 7 2 4 1 7 6 10 7 2 3 2 7 7 9 14 4 7 3 14 13 19 1 1
9 Belenenses Sad Belenenses Sad 6 2 3 1 4 4 9 8 2 2 4 6 10 8 14 4 5 5 10 14 17 -4 0.7
10 Arouca Arouca 7 3 1 3 6 6 10 7 2 1 4 7 12 7 14 5 2 7 13 18 17 -5 0.9
11 Vitoria Setubal 7 3 1 3 7 6 10 7 1 3 3 6 10 6 14 4 4 6 13 16 16 -3 0.9
12 Pacos Ferreira Pacos Ferreira 7 3 3 1 7 5 12 7 1 1 5 9 16 4 14 4 4 6 16 21 16 -5 1.1
13 Estoril Estoril 7 2 1 4 6 9 7 7 2 2 3 5 8 8 14 4 3 7 11 17 15 -6 0.8
14 Boavista Boavista 7 2 2 3 8 7 8 7 1 3 3 6 11 6 14 3 5 6 14 18 14 -4 1
15 Nacional Nacional 7 2 1 4 6 11 7 7 1 1 5 8 12 4 14 3 2 9 14 23 11 -9 1
16 Moreirense Moreirense 7 1 2 4 7 11 5 7 2 0 5 6 13 6 14 3 2 9 13 24 11 -11 0.9
17 Feirense Feirense 7 1 1 5 3 15 4 7 2 1 4 7 15 7 14 3 2 9 10 30 11 -20 0.7
18 Tondela Tondela 7 2 2 3 6 8 8 7 0 2 5 6 14 2 14 2 4 8 12 22 10 -10 0.9

Benfica Last Matches

+ - + - - + + 0 + + 0 + + - + + + + + + 0 + 0 + - - + + + +
K/O
Home
Away
Pts
HT
FT
ET
PN
03 Jan 19:15 19:15, 03 Jan fin
Benfica
1-0 4-0
Vizela
0-0
GS
1-0
4-0
29 Dec 21:15 21:15, 29 Dec fin
Benfica
1-0 1-0
Pacos Ferreira
0-0
GS
1-0
1-0
21 Dec 18:00 18:00, 21 Dec fin
Benfica 1 1
2-0 2-0
Rio Ave
35-23
PL
2-0
2-0
17 Dec 20:30 20:30, 17 Dec fin
Estoril 3
0-0 0-1
Benfica
15-32
PL
0-0
0-1
14 Dec 19:00 19:00, 14 Dec fin
Real Queluz
0-0 0-3
Benfica
R16
0-0
0-3
14 Dec 19:00 19:00, 14 Dec fin
Real Queluz
0-0 0-3
Benfica
R16
0-0
0-3
11 Dec 18:00 18:00, 11 Dec fin
Benfica 3
1-0 2-1
Sporting CP 3
29-27
PL
1-0
2-1
06 Dec 19:45 19:45, 06 Dec fin
Benfica 1
0-0 1-2
Napoli 1
0-0
GS
0-0
1-2
02 Dec 20:30 20:30, 02 Dec fin
CS Maritimo De La Guaira 6
1-1 2-1
Benfica 1
14-29
PL
1-1
2-1
27 Nov 18:00 18:00, 27 Nov fin
Benfica 1
1-0 3-0
Moreirense 4
26-8
PL
1-0
3-0

Rio Ave Last Matches

0 - + 0 0 - 0 + + + - - - 0 + - - + + + +
K/O
Home
Away
Pts
HT
FT
ET
PN
03 Jan 18:30 18:30, 03 Jan fin
CS Maritimo De La Guaira
0-0 1-0
Rio Ave
0-0
GS
0-0
1-0
29 Dec 19:30 19:30, 29 Dec fin
SC Braga
1-2 1-2
Rio Ave
0-0
GS
1-2
1-2
21 Dec 18:00 18:00, 21 Dec fin
Benfica 1 1
2-0 2-0
Rio Ave
35-23
PL
2-0
2-0
18 Dec 16:00 16:00, 18 Dec fin
Rio Ave 1
0-0 2-1
Nacional 4
20-11
PL
0-0
2-1
12 Dec 20:00 20:00, 12 Dec fin
Arouca 1 1
0-0 0-2
Rio Ave
14-17
PL
0-0
0-2
03 Dec 16:00 16:00, 03 Dec fin
Rio Ave 3
1-0 3-1
Tondela 4
14-9
PL
1-0
3-1
25 Nov 20:30 20:30, 25 Nov fin
Vitoria Setubal 6
0-1 0-1
Rio Ave 3 1
13-11
PL
0-1
0-1
05 Nov 20:30 20:30, 05 Nov fin
Rio Ave 3
1-1 1-2
Boavista 3
11-10
PL
1-1
1-2
30 Oct 18:00 18:00, 30 Oct fin
Rio Ave 2
0-1 0-3
Vitoria Guimaraes 4
11-14
PL
0-1
0-3
27 Oct 17:30 17:30, 27 Oct fin
Rio Ave
0-1 1-1 3-1
Chaves
2R
0-1
1-1
3-1

Benfica Results

Rio Ave Results

Benfica Goals

Rio Ave Goals

Benfica Strength

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Rio Ave Strength

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Benfica Early Birds (Last 30 games)

Total scored: 66. Total conceded: 24

Rio Ave Early Birds (Last 30 games)

Total scored: 26. Total conceded: 24

Benfica Top Scorers
Player 06 Nov 19 Nov 23 Nov 27 Nov 02 Dec 06 Dec 11 Dec 14 Dec 17 Dec Last 10 matchesGoals/Assists
Raul Jimenez 0/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 7/0
Kostas Mitroglou 0/0 2/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 4/0 0/0 6/0
Vasco Fernandes 0/0 1/0 0/0 2/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/0
Nelsinho Semedo 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/0
Goncalo Guedes 0/0 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/0
Eduardo Salvio 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Ljubomir Fejsa 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Franco Cervi 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Lisandro Lopez 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0

Rio Ave Top Scorers
Player 01 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 27 Oct 30 Oct 05 Nov 25 Nov 03 Dec 12 Dec 18 Dec Last 10 matchesGoals/Assists
0/0 2/0 0/0 3/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 5/0
Filip Krovinovic 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 2/0
David Ronan 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 2/0
Gil Dias 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 2/0
Filipe Augusto 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 2/0
Ali Ghazal 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 1/0
Barbosa Nelsinho 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 1/0
Pinto Yazalde 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Roderick Miranda 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Ramos Heldon 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0

Benfica Bad Boys
Player 06 Nov 19 Nov 23 Nov 27 Nov 02 Dec 06 Dec 11 Dec 14 Dec 17 Dec Last 10 matchesRed/Yellow Matches Avg
Vasco Fernandes 0/1 - 0/1 - - 0/1 - - - 0/3 3 0.0/1.0
Goncalo Guedes - - - - - - 0/1 - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Raul Jimenez - - - - - - 0/1 - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Danilo - - - - - - 0/1 - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Andre Carrillo - - - - 0/1 - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Ljubomir Fejsa - - - 0/1 - - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Silva Luisao Da - - 0/1 - - - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Ederson Moraes 0/1 - - - - - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Lisandro Lopez 0/1 - - - - - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0

Rio Ave Bad Boys
Player 01 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 27 Oct 30 Oct 05 Nov 25 Nov 03 Dec 12 Dec 18 Dec Last 10 matchesRed/Yellow Matches Avg
Marcelo Ferreira 0/1 - - - - - - 0/1 - 0/1 0/3 3 0.0/1.0
Alhassan Wakaso 0/1 - - - - 0/1 - 0/1 - - 0/3 3 0.0/1.0
Ruben Ribeiro 0/1 - - - 0/1 - 0/1 - - - 0/3 3 0.0/1.0
Ramos Heldon - - 1/1 - - 0/1 - - - - 1/2 3 0.3/0.7
Helder Guedes - - - - - - 1/1 - - - 1/1 2 0.5/0.5
Roderick Miranda - - 1/1 - - - - - - - 1/1 2 0.5/0.5
Filipe Augusto - - - - - - - 0/1 - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Rafa Soares - - - - - - 0/1 - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
David Ronan - - - - - 0/1 - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0
Tarantini Monteiro - - - - 0/1 - - - - - 0/1 1 0.0/1.0

Score Prediction

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Benfica - - -
Rio Ave - - -

Benfica vs Rio Ave

The match of 15th round between Benfica и Rio Ave took place at Estadio da Luz on 21 December 2016, Wednesday.

League table

The distance between the teams in the league table is 12 points.

Benfica is the leader of the tournament with 35 points. This is the 14th of 34 team game in the tournament.

The nearest pursuer is 1 point lower and has the opportunity to score 57 points additionally. The goal difference is 30:8. In additional, Benfica has the best offensive record in the league. The Benfica defensive line is one of the TOP-4 in the tournament.

Rio Ave takes the 6th position in the league table with 23 points. This is the 14th of 34 team game in the tournament.

The difference with the nearest team on top is 4 points (Rio Ave can score 60 points). In addition, the distance from the TOP-4 is 4 points (60 points are possible). The nearest pursuer is 3 points lower and has the opportunity to score 57 points additionally. The goal difference is 19:17.

Benfica Stats

Benfica has won all of 5 recent matches.

The team scored 27 points оn its own field in 10 last matches, with the following results 9 wins, zero draws and 1 loss. The difference between scored and conceded goals is 27-3. The average number of goals is 2.7. The average number of cards in 10 last matches is 1.2.

Sidelined players: CESAR JULIO, GRIMALDO ALEJANDRO, RIO AVE - SILVA LEANDRINHO

Rio Ave Stats

The team scored 14 points when playing away in 10 last matches, with the following results 4 wins, 2 draws и 4 losses. The difference between scored and conceded goals is 10-9. The average number of goals is 1. The average number of cards in 10 last matches is 1.9.

Team News

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the 2023-24 Portuguese Primeira Liga campaign when they go head to head on Saturday evening. 15 May 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Both aiming to end their respective campaigns on a positive note, Rio Ave will welcome Portuguese giants Benfica to Estadio do Rio Ave for a Primeira Liga clash on Friday night. 15 May 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Bringing the curtain down on another top-flight campaign, Famalicao will welcome top-half chasers Casa Pia to Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho on Friday night in the Primeira Liga. 11 May 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Manchester United are reportedly contemplating a cut-price transfer swoop for Atletico Madrid defender Reinildo Mandava in the upcoming transfer window. 11 May 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Sunday's Primeira Liga fixture at the Estadio da Luz sees second-placed Benfica welcome seventh-placed Arouca. 11 May 2024 sportsmole.co.uk Portimonense vs. Rio Ave (Saturday, 3.30pm) Portimonense will be hoping to move out of the bottom three of the Primeira Liga standings this 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