Liga Portugal · Matchday 15
Rio Ave
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Sunday 20 December
Benfica
Rio Ave in the table: 17 · 7 pts
Benfica in the table: 2 · 22 pts
Rio Ave - Benfica
Estádio do Rio Ave FC
Preview
Rio Ave, 17th on 7 points, host Benfica, 2nd on 22 points. A win would take Rio Ave to 10 points, more than Nacional de Madeira (7 points), the first club above the relegation zone. Benfica come in on a run of 2 straight Liga Portugal wins. Rio Ave and Benfica have met 10 times in our records: 2 draws and 8 wins for Benfica. The latest, on January 17, 2026, ended in a 2-0 win for Benfica. Moroccan interest: Souffian El Karouani (Benfica) is in the squad.
Written automatically from classement.ma’s data.
Form
Head to head
- Rio Ave
- 1
- Draws
- 3
- Benfica
- 22
From the 26 meetings in our data. Since 2012.
- Liga Portugal Rio Ave 0 - 2 Benfica
- Liga Portugal Benfica 1 - 1 Rio Ave
- Liga Portugal Rio Ave 2 - 3 Benfica
- Liga Portugal Benfica 5 - 0 Rio Ave
- Liga Portugal Rio Ave 1 - 1 Benfica
- Liga Portugal Benfica 4 - 1 Rio Ave
- Liga Portugal Rio Ave 0 - 1 Benfica
- Liga Portugal Benfica 4 - 2 Rio Ave
- Liga Portugal Benfica 2 - 0 Rio Ave
- Liga Portugal Rio Ave 0 - 3 Benfica
Squads
Both clubs' current squads, not the lineups for this match.
Rio Ave
Goalkeeper
Defender
- 4 Nelson Ighodaro Abbey
- 20 João Tomé
- 22 Jakub Brabec
- 23 Francisco Petrasso
- 24 Pedro Amaral
- 27 Omar Richards
- 28 Simón García
- 54 Georgios Liavas
- 74 Andreas Ntoi
- – Eliseu Cassamá
- – Bruno Moura
- – Bruno Teles
- – Giorgos Okkas
- – Gustavo Teixeira Lopes da Conceição
- – Josué Sá
- – Júnio Rocha
- – Renato Pantalon
Midfielder
- 4 Tamás Nikitscher
- 6 João Novais
- 16 Brandon Aguilera
- 25 Leandrinho
- 25 Nikola Jambor
- 33 Malik Sellouki
- – Filipe Souza
- – Tarantini
- – Andreas Samaris
- – Vítor Gomes da Silva
- – Ricardo Monteiro
- – Judilson Gomes
- – Rúben Gon
- – João Salazar da Graça
- – Diogo Santos Nascimento
- – Bruno Santos Ventura
- – Amine Idrissi
- – Pelé
Forward
- 8 André Pereira
- 11 Tiago Morais
- 11 Jalen Blesa
- 17 Manuel Namora
- 25 Rafael Lobato
- 77 Dario Špikić
- – Bruno Moreira
- – José Júnior
- – Anderson Cruz
- – Diogo Bezerra
- – Leandro Alves
- – Marios Vrousai
- – Jacinto Dala
- – Paulo Fernandes Pereira
- – Yazalde Pinto
- – Roland Galčík
- – Ronan Jerônimo
- – Said Said
- – Tamble Folgado Monteiro
- – Gabriel Souza
- – Gustavo Piazón
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