Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Rio Ave and Benfica, taking place on Sunday, 02 April 2023, at Estádio do Rio Ave in Vila do Conde.
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Rio Ave, Recent FormRio Ave enter this game with a comfortable 2-0 away win over Santa Clara last time out in the league. Their share of possession in that meeting was 60%, while racking up 17 shots along the way, 8 of which were on target, in contrast to Santa Clara, who had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target.
Manager Luís Freire will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 7 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. With just 2 clean sheets in the last 6 matches at home, he will be worried about the defensive frailties within his team of late.
They have had a good run of form recently, winning 4 out of their last 6 games.
Benfica, Recent FormWhen Benfica last played in the league they faced Vitória Guimarães and produced an outstanding 5-1 home win. They achieved 59% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Vitória Guimarães' tally of 6 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.
Roger Schmidt will be more than satisfied with his side's form of late, having recorded 18 goals in their last 6 encounters and only conceded 2 goals in that time. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 11 games. When on their travels they are proving difficult to break down, with an outstanding run of 5 clean sheets in a row, away from home.
They are showing impressive league form with a run of 9 straight wins in a row and are also unbeaten in their last 11 games.
João Mário will be looking forward to more goals after clocking up an impressive 7 goals in the past 6 league matches for Brentford.
Benfica recorded a 4-2 win last time these two sides went head to head in the league.
Goals should be on the cards for As Águias in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against Rio Ave in their last 29 meetings together. We've seen plenty of goals from Benfica when they've visited Vilacondenses in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 8 goals, which is an average of 2.67 per game.
Benfica have dominated this fixture in the past, winning the last 8 times in a row when they have played Rio Ave in the league.
There is only really one injury concern for the Rio Ave manager Luís Freire ahead of this clash, with Jorge Joca (Knee) missing out, which gives Freire a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Roger Schmidt has a number of injury concerns in his Benfica squad to contend with: Julian Draxler (Ankle), Gonçalo Guedes (Knee) and Mihailo Ristić (Muscle)
Rio Ave Playing at home | Benfica Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 2 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 0.3 |
| 45' | Time first goal scored | 37' |
| 55' | Time first goal conceded | 46' |
| 3.2 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | 5-1 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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