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Benfica 2-1 Rio Ave - September 15, 2018 / Taça CTT 2018/2019

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Taça CTT 2018/2019 - Round 1 - Group A

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

September 15, 2018

30 132

Benfica

2 - 1

Rio Ave

(penalty) Toto Salvio

21'

Assist by Toto SalvioRafa Silva

50'

60'

Carlos ViníciusAssist by Galeno

logo Benfica BEN

12' - Yellow card Alfa Semedo12

21' - Goal Toto Salvio21

35' - Yellow card Toto Salvio35

38' - Yellow card Galeno

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50' - Goal Rafa Silva50

51' - Yellow card Gabrielzinho

60' - Goal Carlos Vinícius

61' - Substitution Alfa Semedois substituted by Andreas Samaris61

70' - Substitution Pizziis substituted by Gabriel Pires70

71' - Substitution Gabrielzinhois substituted by Damien Furtado

75' - Substitution Galenois substituted by Gelson Dala

84' - Substitution Carlos Viníciusis substituted by Bruno Moreira

86' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Nicolas Castillo86

93' - Yellow card Jonathan Buatu

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 1

Rio Ave

Benfica Rio Ave

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Seferovic86

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age26 years

H1m89

positionStriker

27Silva50

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age25 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

18Salvio2135

Toto Salvio

Argentina

B.date13/07/1990

Age28 years

H1m69

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

83Fernandes

Gedson Fernandes

Portugal

B.date09/01/1999

Age19 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

21Pizzi70

Pizzi

Portugal

B.date06/10/1989

Age28 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

16Semedo6112

Alfa Semedo

Guinea-Bissau

B.date30/08/1997

Age21 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Yuri Ribeiro

Yuri Ribeiro

Portugal

B.date24/01/1997

Age21 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

33Jardel

Jardel

Brazil

B.date29/03/1986

Age32 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

2Conti

German Conti

Argentina

B.date03/06/1994

Age24 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

34Almeida

André Almeida

Portugal

B.date13/09/1990

Age28 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

1Svilar

Mile Svilar

Serbia

B.date27/08/1999

Age19 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mile Svilar		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Jardel		32	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	German Conti		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	André Almeida		28	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Yuri Ribeiro		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Alfa Semedo	6112	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pizzi	70	28	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
83	M	Gedson Fernandes		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Toto Salvio	2135	28	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Haris Seferovic	86	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Rafa Silva	50	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Rio Ave

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

95Carlos Vinícius6084

Carlos Vinícius

Brazil

B.date22/03/1995

Age23 years

H1m90

positionStriker

90Galeno7538

Galeno

Brazil

B.date21/10/1997

Age20 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Diego Lopes

Diego Lopes

Brazil

B.date03/05/1994

Age24 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

26Gabrielzinho7151

Gabrielzinho

Brazil

B.date29/03/1996

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

23Jambor

Nikola Jambor

Croatia

B.date25/09/1995

Age22 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Joao Schmidt

Joao Schmidt

Brazil

B.date19/05/1993

Age25 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

25Afonso Figueiredo

Afonso Figueiredo

Portugal

B.date06/01/1993

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

5Buatu93

Jonathan Buatu

Angola

B.date27/09/1993

Age24 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6Borevkovic

Toni Borevkovic

Croatia

B.date18/06/1997

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

12Junio

Junio

Brazil

B.date27/02/1997

Age21 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

20Léo Jardim

Léo Jardim

Brazil

B.date20/03/1995

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Léo Jardim		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jonathan Buatu	93	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Toni Borevkovic		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Afonso Figueiredo		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Junio		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Nikola Jambor		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Joao Schmidt		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Gabrielzinho	7151	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
90	M	Galeno	7538	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Diego Lopes		24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
95	F	Carlos Vinícius	6084	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Bruno Varela		23
25	D	Cristian Franco Lema		28
22	M	Andreas Samaris	61	29	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gabriel Pires	70	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Andrija Zivkovic		22
30	F	Nicolas Castillo	86	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
79	F	João Félix		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Paulo Vitor		29
3	D	Miguel Rodrigues		25
2	D	Matheus Reis		23
8	M	Tarantini		34
57	F	Gelson Dala	75	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
91	F	Damien Furtado	71	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Bruno Moreira	84	31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mile Svilar

Odisseas Vlachodimos

OUT

Yuri Ribeiro

Alejandro Grimaldo

OUT

Rafa Silva

Franco Cervi

OUT

German Conti

Ruben Dias

OUT

Alfa Semedo

Ljubomir Fejsa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joao Schmidt

Tarantini

OUT

Carlos Vinícius

Bruno Moreira

OUT

Nikola Jambor

Leandrinho

OUT

Diego Lopes

Gelson Dala

OUT

Afonso Figueiredo

Matheus Reis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rui Vitória

162

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Rui Vitória vs Rio Ave

11 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 15, 2018

Rui Vitória vs Gomes

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 15, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

José Gomes

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Gomes vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 15, 2018

Gomes vs Rui Vitória

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 15, 2018

Referee

Rui Filipe Cunha Folha Oliveira

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica2 matches	General total	Rio Ave7 matches	2 victories	1 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Rio Ave1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 03, 2019					Latest figure on December 17, 2019

Videos

September 15, 2018

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 4 consecutive matches without a win in Taça da Liga (since 26/01/2017). It's a record streak. The first of history

Benfica keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Rio Ave in Taça da Liga running (since 24/01/2010). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Toto Salvio scores a goal in Taça da Liga since the 26/01/2017 (with vs )

Read the next 25 key stats

General ranking

1	Benfica	3 pts	1 rd
2	Aves	1 pt	1 rd
3	Paços de Ferreira	1 pt	1 rd
4	Rio Ave	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

1	Benfica	3 pts	1 rd
2	Aves	1 pt	1 rd
3	Paços de Ferreira	1 pt	1 rd
4	Rio Ave	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBenfica 2-3 Tondela28/04/2018

VBenfica 1-0 Moreirense13/05/2018

VBenfica 1-0 Fenerbahçe07/08/2018

VBenfica 3-2 Vitória Guimarães10/08/2018

DBenfica 1-1 PAOK FC21/08/2018

DBenfica 1-1 Sporting CP25/08/2018

Overall

DFenerbahçe 1-1 Benfica14/08/2018

VBoavista 0-2 Benfica18/08/2018

DBenfica 1-1 PAOK FC21/08/2018

DBenfica 1-1 Sporting CP25/08/2018

VPAOK FC 1-4 Benfica29/08/2018

VNacional Madeira 0-4 Benfica02/09/2018

Current form

Away

LMoreirense 2-1 Rio Ave22/04/2018

DPaços de Ferreira 0-0 Rio Ave07/05/2018

LJagiellonia Bialystok 1-0 Rio Ave26/07/2018

VPortimonense 0-2 Rio Ave05/08/2018

LFeirense 2-0 Rio Ave12/08/2018

DTondela 1-1 Rio Ave26/08/2018

Overall

DRio Ave 4-4 Jagiellonia Bialystok02/08/2018

VPortimonense 0-2 Rio Ave05/08/2018

LFeirense 2-0 Rio Ave12/08/2018

VRio Ave 3-1 Maritimo Funchal19/08/2018

DTondela 1-1 Rio Ave26/08/2018

VRio Ave 2-1 Portimonense02/09/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	5	10
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	6	9
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

28	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	135
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Gabrielzinho
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gabrielzinho
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Gelson Dala
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Gelson Dala
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Gabrielzinho

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

21 v

4 d

0 l

69 gf

15 ga

Away

29 matches

19 v

6 d

4 l

46 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

57 matches

41 v

11 d

5 l

118 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

4 v

6 d

19 l

22 gf

46 ga

Away

25 matches

0 v

4 d

21 l

15 gf

69 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

57 matches

5 v

11 d

41 l

40 gf

118 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	January 27, 1980
Home	8 - 0	January 27, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 20, 1997
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 03, 2018 - Liga NOS 2017/2018

Benfica

5 - 1

Rio Ave

December 13, 2017 - Taça de Portugal 2017/2018

Rio Ave

3 - 2

Benfica

August 26, 2017 - Liga NOS 2017/2018

Rio Ave

1 - 1

Benfica

May 07, 2017 - Liga NOS 2016/2017

Rio Ave

0 - 1

Benfica

December 21, 2016 - Liga NOS 2016/2017

Benfica

2 - 0

Rio Ave

Best historical scorers against Rio Ave

Óscar Cardozo	10 goals	2010 - 2014
Lima	6 goals	2012 - 2013
Nuno Gomes	6 goals	1998 - 2008
Jonas	5 goals	2015 - 2018
Javier Saviola	4 goals	2010 - 2011
Raúl Jiménez	4 goals	2015 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Guedes	2 goals	2017 - 2018
Ukra	2 goals	2013 - 2015
João Tomas	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Christian Atsu	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Marcos	2 goals	1997 - 1998
José Semedo	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Rio Ave

Luisão	25 matches	2004 - 2017
Maxi Pereira	18 matches	2008 - 2015
Nuno Gomes	15 matches	1997 - 2010
Nicolás Gaitán	14 matches	2010 - 2016
Óscar Cardozo	14 matches	2008 - 2014
Toto Salvio	13 matches	2010 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/10/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Tarantini	24 matches	2008 - 2018
Marcelo	15 matches	2012 - 2018
Niquinha	12 matches	1998 - 2009
Gama	11 matches	1997 - 2006
Zé Gomes	11 matches	2004 - 2011
Bruno Braga	11 matches	2010 - 2014