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Rio Ave

Competition:	Taça da Liga
Date:
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Venue:	Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) (Lisboa)
Half Time:	1 - 0
Full Time:	2 - 1

Attendance:	30132

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Team Starting Line-ups

1	G	M. Svilar	20	G	Leonardo
34	D	André Almeida	12	D	Junio
15	D	Yuri Ribeiro	25	D	Afonso Figueiredo
2	D	G. Conti	6	D	T. Borevković
33	D	Jardel	5	D	Jonathan Buatu
16	M	Alfa Semedo	23	M	N. Jambor
21	M	Pizzi	15	M	João Schmidt
83	M	Gedson Fernandes	95	M	Carlos
18	M	E. Salvio	10	M	Diego Lopes
27	M	Rafa Silva	26	A	Gabrielzinho
14	A	H. Seferović	90	A	Galeno
Coach: Bruno Lage			Coach: Daniel Ramos

Substitutes

12	G	Bruno Varela	29	G	Paulo Vitor
25	D	C. Lema	2	D	Matheus Reis
8	M	Gabriel	3	D	Miguel Rodrigues
17	M	A. Živković	8	M	Tarantini
22	M	A. Samaris	9	A	Bruno Moreira
30	A	N. Castillo	57	A	Gelson
79	A	João Félix	91	A	D. Furtado

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represents the top assist, also known as the playmaker of the team.

Match Officials - Referees

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Referee:	Rui Oliveira
Assistant referee:	Paulo Vieira
Assistant referee:	Tiago Costa
Fourth official:	Fábio Melo

Goals

E. Salvio (Penalty) 21'	1 - 0
Rafa Silva 50'	2 - 0
	2 - 1	60' Carlos

Disciplinary Action

Alfa Semedo 12'
E. Salvio 35'
		38' Galeno
		51' Gabrielzinho
A. Samaris 79'
		90+3' Jonathan Buatu

Head to Head Summary

Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Score	Goals Scored	Goals Allowed
Benfica	43	30	10	3	86:36	2	0.84
Rio Ave	43	3	10	30	36:86	0.84	2

Benfica vs Rio Ave 1x2 In-Play Odds

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Benfica to win	Draw	Rio Ave to win
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High Alert on Match Dominated by One Team

Minutes	Criteria	Value	Dominant Team
6'	Dangerous Attacks	2	Rio Ave
8'	Ball Possession	69%	Rio Ave
31'	Corner Kicks	3	Benfica

Live In-Play Match Statistics

Comprehensive real-time match stats to give you a winning edge. Based on our experience, the total number of shots may increase the team winning chance.

Benfica		Rio Ave
2	Goals		1

1	Penalties		0

48%	Ball Possession		52%

62	Attacks		57

41	Dangerous Attacks		31

7	Shots Off Target		4

5	Shots On Target		2

6	Corner Kicks		1

20	Free Kicks		25

6	Goal Kicks		10

2	Offsides		1

22	Throw ins		17

23	Fouls Committed		19

3	Yellow Cards		3

3	Substitutions		3

Match Commentary

Alfa Semedo 12'
E. Salvio (Penalty) 21'	1 - 0
E. Salvio 35'
		38' Galeno
Rafa Silva 50' (assist by E. Salvio)	2 - 0
		51' Gabrielzinho
	2 - 1	60' Carlos (assist by Galeno)
Alfa Semedo 61'
A. Samaris 61'
Pizzi 70'
Gabriel 70'
		71' Gabrielzinho
		71' D. Furtado
		75' Galeno
		75' Gelson
A. Samaris 79'
		84' Carlos
		84' Bruno Moreira
H. Seferović 86'
N. Castillo 86'
		90+3' Jonathan Buatu

Football Charting Analysis

The graph compares the results of Benfica and Rio Ave in Taça da Liga.

Taça da Liga 2018/2019 Table

Benfica are in the 1st position of Taça da Liga and they are in contention for Next round.

Rio Ave are in the 4th position of Taça da Liga.

Group A

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Benfica	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
2	Desportivo Aves	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Paços de Ferreira	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
4	Rio Ave	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

Next round

Group B

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Sporting Braga	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
2	Tondela	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Vitória Setúbal	3	0	1	2	4	9	-5	1
4	Nacional	3	0	1	2	4	10	-6	1

Next round

Group C

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Porto	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
2	Chaves	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Varzim	3	1	0	2	5	8	-3	3
4	Belenenses	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0

Next round

Group D

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	L	F	A	D	P
1	Sporting CP	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6
2	Estoril	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Feirense	3	2	1	6	7	-1	6
4	Marítimo	3	0	3	3	7	-4	0

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