Benfica

5 - 2

Rio Ave

Competition:	Primeira Liga
Date:
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Venue:	Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) (Lisboa)
Half Time:	2 - 1
Full Time:	5 - 2

Attendance:	38456

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Team Starting Line-ups

12	G	Roberto Jiménez	37	G	Paulo Santos
18	D	Fábio Coentrão	33	D	Éder
23	D	David Luiz	2	D	Gaspar
14	D	M. Pereira	15	D	Tiago Pinto
27	D	Sidnei	18	D	Zé Gomes
10	M	P. Aimar	14	M	Bruno China
20	M	N. Gaitán	7	M	Bruno Gama
6	M	Javi García	8	M	Tarantini
8	M	E. Salvio	30	M	Wires
7	A	O. Cardozo	13	A	Mendes
30	A	J. Saviola	9	A	João Tomás
Coach: Jorge Jesus

Substitutes

13	G	Júlio César	1	G	Pedro Trigueira
3	D	Fabio Faria	5	D	Jeferson
5	M	Ruben Amorim	11	M	Bruno Braga
16	M	Felipe Menezes	10	M	Vitor Gomes
21	A	Nuno Gomes	26	A	Cicero
11	A	F. Jara	19	A	Sidnei Sciola
19	A	Weldon	3	U	Ricardo Chaves

represents the top goal scorer for the team.
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Match Officials - Referees

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Referee:	Hugo Miguel
Assistant referee:	Hernâni Fernandes
Assistant referee:	Nuno Roque
Fourth official:	Hélder Malheiro

Goals

P. Aimar 5'	1 - 0
J. Saviola 8'	2 - 0
	2 - 1	43' João Tomás
J. Saviola 52'	3 - 1
E. Salvio 62'	4 - 1
	4 - 2	71' João Tomás (Penalty)
E. Salvio 73'	5 - 2

Disciplinary Action

		24' Bruno Gama
Fábio Coentrão 71'
		73' Tiago Pinto
		74' Paulo Santos
Fábio Coentrão 89'

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

Match Commentary

P. Aimar 5'	1 - 0
J. Saviola 8'	2 - 0
		24' Bruno Gama
	2 - 1	43' João Tomás
J. Saviola 52'	3 - 1
E. Salvio 62'	4 - 1
O. Cardozo 64'
F. Jara 64'
		67' Zé Gomes
		67' Bruno Braga
Fábio Coentrão 71'
	4 - 2	71' João Tomás (Penalty)
E. Salvio 73'	5 - 2
		73' Tiago Pinto
		74' Paulo Santos
		79' Bruno Gama
		79' Sidnei Sciola
P. Aimar 81'
Ruben Amorim 81'
		84' Mendes
		84' Vitor Gomes
J. Saviola 87'
Nuno Gomes 87'
Fábio Coentrão 89'

Football Charting Analysis

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Primeira Liga 2010/2011 Table

Benfica are in the 2nd position of Primeira Liga and they are in contention for Champions League qualifiers.

Rio Ave are in the 8th position of Primeira Liga.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Porto	30	27	3	0	73	16	+57	84
2	Benfica	30	20	3	7	61	31	+30	63
3	Sporting CP	30	13	9	8	41	31	+10	48
4	Sporting Braga	30	13	7	10	45	33	+12	46
5	Vitória Guimarães	30	12	7	11	36	37	-1	43
6	Nacional	30	11	9	10	28	31	-3	42
7	Paços de Ferreira	30	10	11	9	35	42	-7	41
8	Rio Ave	30	10	8	12	35	33	+2	38
9	Marítimo	30	9	8	13	33	32	+1	35
10	União de Leiria	30	9	8	13	25	38	-13	35
11	Olhanense	30	7	13	10	24	34	-10	34
12	Vitória Setúbal	30	8	10	12	29	42	-13	34
13	Beira-Mar	30	7	12	11	32	36	-4	33
14	Académica	30	7	9	14	32	48	-16	30
15	Portimonense	30	6	7	17	29	49	-20	25
16	Naval 1º de Maio	30	5	8	17	26	51	-25	23

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