Primeira Liga Portugal Regular Season - 18 Jan 17 2026 20:30 Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube

Rio Ave Home team

finished 0-2 Match Finished Kickoff · January 17 2026 at 20:30

Benfica Away team

Fixture events

Events improve post-match history and future player/team analysis.

16'

Goal · Normal Goal Benfica · L. Barreiro · Assists: H. Sudakov

23'

VAR

Var · Penalty cancelled Benfica · A. Dedić

25'

Goal · Own Goal Benfica · A. Ntoi

59'

Card · Yellow Card Benfica · A. Schjelderup · Argument

62'

SUB

subst · Substitution 1 Benfica · A. Schjelderup · Assists: S. Lopes Cabral

66'

Card · Yellow Card Rio Ave · A. Ntoi · Foul

72'

SUB

subst · Substitution 1 Rio Ave · N. Athanasiou · Assists: A. Papakanellos

73'

SUB

subst · Substitution 2 Rio Ave · A. Ntoi · Assists: T. Nikitscher

73'

SUB

subst · Substitution 3 Rio Ave · André Luiz · Assists: Ole Pohlmann

78'

SUB

subst · Substitution 2 Benfica · G. Prestianni · Assists: João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo

80'

SUB

subst · Substitution 4 Rio Ave · D. Spikic · Assists: Diogo Bezerra

80'

SUB

subst · Substitution 5 Rio Ave · B. Aguilera · Assists: G. Liavas

90'

SUB

subst · Substitution 3 Benfica · H. Sudakov · Assists: Manu Silva

90+1'

Card · Yellow Card Benfica · S. Dahl · Foul

Head to head

19:15 Finished

Home team Benfica 1-1 vs Away team Rio Ave

Primeira Liga Regular Season - 1

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Home team Rio Ave

Away team Benfica

AI match analysis

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Home 0%

Draw 50%

Away 50%

API adviceWinner : Benfica

Model edgeBenfica

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Preview of the locked analysis

Rio Ave vs Benfica in Primeira Liga already has enough context for a first read: recent form is 2-2-2 vs 3-1-2, H2H sample contains 1 matches, and 0 fixture-linked injuries are visible. The full AI analysis weighs home/away context, goal trends, squads, transfers, provider signals, API prediction signals and missing-data risk before assigning informational probabilities.

Recent form6/6

Head to head1

Squads0/24

Injuries0

Predictions1

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Match preview

Rio Ave face Benfica in Primeira Liga (Portugal) on January 17 2026 at 20:30. The match is part of Regular Season - 18 and is listed at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube in Vila do Conde. Current match status is Match Finished. This page brings together team links, recent form, H2H, squads, injuries, data coverage and AI analysis signals for pre-match research.