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Benfica v Rio Ave : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 23rd Sep, 20:15 BST, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Benfica and their manager Bruno Lage will be aiming to beat Sotiris Silaidopoulos and his Rio Ave side on Sunday evening, as the pair go head to head at the Estádio da Luz in the Liga NOS. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. The best odds are provided too.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Benfica
74%
--
Draw
16%
--
Rio Ave
10%
--
Benfica 2-0
12%
--
Benfica 3-0
10%
--
Benfica 1-0
9%
--
Benfica 2-1
9%
--
Benfica 3-1
8%
--
Draw 1-1
7%
--
Benfica 4-0
6%
--
Benfica 4-1
5%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Benfica 3-2
3%
--
Rio Ave 1-0
3%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
3%
--
Benfica 5-0
3%
--
Benfica 5-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
64%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
36%
--
Home 1st Goal
61%
--
Away 1st Goal
37%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
33%
--
BTTS - Draw
12%
--
BTTS - Away Win
5%
--
Home/draw
90%
--
Away/draw
26%
--
Home/away
84%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
85%
--
Away DNB
21%
--
Benfica win to nil
41%
--
Rio Ave win to nil
5%
--
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table
Won
Draw
Lost
Benfica
Rio Ave
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Alverca000000 
Feb 8
Aug 31
Apr 4
Nov 9
2
Arouca000000 
Oct 26
Mar 15
Feb 1
Aug 24
3
AVS000000 
Feb 22
Sep 21
Apr 19
Dec 7
4
Benfica000000 
-
-
Jan 18
Sep 23
5
Casa Pia000000 
Nov 9
Apr 4
Jan 4
May 17
6
Estoril000000 
Jan 4
May 17
Nov 2
Mar 22
7
Estrela Amadora000000 
Jan 25
Aug 17
Mar 15
Oct 26
8
Famalicao000000 
Dec 21
May 3
Mar 1
Sep 28
9
Gil Vicente000000 
Sep 28
Mar 1
May 3
Dec 21
10
Moreirense000000 
Apr 26
Dec 14
Feb 15
Sep 14
11
Nacional000000 
Apr 12
Nov 30
Aug 17
Jan 25
12
Porto000000 
Mar 8
Oct 5
Sep 21
Feb 22
13
Rio Ave000000 
Sep 23
Jan 18
-
-
14
Santa Clara000000 
Sep 14
Feb 15
Nov 30
Apr 12
15
Braga000000 
May 10
Dec 28
Aug 31
Feb 8
16
S. Lisbon000000 
Dec 7
Apr 19
May 10
Dec 28
17
Tondela000000 
Aug 24
Feb 1
Oct 5
Mar 8
18
V. Guimaraes000000 
Mar 22
Nov 2
Dec 14
Apr 26
Win / draw / win form
Benfica
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
63
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
17
D
2
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Benfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
Benfica6 - 0AVS
Benfica2 - 2Arouca
Benfica3 - 2Sporting Farense
Benfica3 - 0Nacional
Benfica3 - 0Boavista
Benfica3 - 2Moreirense
Benfica4 - 0Famalicao
Benfica1 - 2Braga
Benfica3 - 0Estoril
Benfica1 - 0V. Guimaraes
Benfica4 - 1Porto
Benfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Benfica5 - 1Gil Vicente
Benfica4 - 1Santa Clara
Benfica1 - 0Estrela Amadora
Benfica3 - 0Casa Pia
Benfica5 - 0Arouca
Benfica3 - 1Braga
Benfica3 - 0Moreirense
Goals: Scored
50
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
D
3
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABenfica1 - 1Braga
HBenfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
ABenfica2 - 1Estoril
HBenfica6 - 0AVS
ABenfica3 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBenfica2 - 2Arouca
ABenfica4 - 1Porto
HBenfica3 - 2Sporting Farense
ABenfica3 - 0Gil Vicente
ABenfica3 - 2Rio Ave
HBenfica3 - 0Nacional
HBenfica3 - 0Boavista
ABenfica1 - 0Santa Clara
HBenfica3 - 2Moreirense
ABenfica3 - 2Estrela Amadora
ABenfica1 - 3Casa Pia
HBenfica4 - 0Famalicao
HBenfica1 - 2Braga
ABenfica0 - 1S. Lisbon
HBenfica3 - 0Estoril
Rio Ave
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nacional3 - 3Rio Ave
V. Guimaraes3 - 0Rio Ave
Moreirense0 - 2Rio Ave
Casa Pia2 - 1Rio Ave
Famalicao1 - 0Rio Ave
Estoril2 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca1 - 1Rio Ave
Sporting Farense1 - 2Rio Ave
Gil Vicente1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora1 - 0Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 2Rio Ave
Benfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Braga4 - 0Rio Ave
AVS1 - 0Rio Ave
Porto2 - 0Rio Ave
S. Lisbon3 - 1Rio Ave
Portimonense2 - 2Rio Ave
Vizela1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora2 - 2Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
ARio Ave3 - 3Nacional
HRio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
ARio Ave0 - 3V. Guimaraes
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
ARio Ave2 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave0 - 2Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 2Casa Pia
HRio Ave2 - 3Benfica
ARio Ave0 - 1Famalicao
HRio Ave2 - 1Braga
ARio Ave1 - 2Estoril
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
ARio Ave0 - 1Estrela Amadora
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
Benfica have beaten Rio Ave in 9 consecutive home league meetings
18
Benfica have not lost to Rio Ave in 18 consecutive league meetings
League games at Benfica since 2015
Benfica
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
31
7
Games: Scored
9 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
0 / 9
BEF
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Benfica
Benfica5 - 0
Benfica4 - 1
Benfica4 - 2
Benfica2 - 0
Benfica2 - 0
Benfica4 - 2
Benfica5 - 1
Benfica2 - 0
Benfica3 - 1
League games at Rio Ave since 2016
Rio Ave
Benfica
Goals: Scored
7
16
Games: Scored
5 / 9
9 / 9
Clean sheets
0 / 9
4 / 9
BEF
7
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
2 - 3Benfica
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Benfica
0 - 3Benfica
1 - 2Benfica
2 - 3Benfica
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Benfica
0 - 1Benfica
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.5 is decent for Benfica in their meeting with Rio Ave, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 56 consecutive Liga NOS outings.

Benfica Rio Ave
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.5
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
1
21%
2
26%
3
21%
4+
24%
There is a 71% probability that Benfica will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Rio Ave scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+31
Benfica have scored 31% more goals at home than predicted
=0
Rio Ave’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
3.2
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Benfica
PG (predicted goals)
Rio Ave
2.5
0.8
Attack rating
0%
better
BEF
RIO
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
BEF
RIO
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Benfica v Rio Ave Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Benfica Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Soares GLK
-
A Trubin GLK
-
R Obrador DEF
-
S Dahl DEF
-
A Bah DEF
-
A Silva DEF
-
T Araújo DEF
-
N Otamendi DEF
-
L. Sousa Santos DEF
-
A Dedic DEF
-
J. Fins Veloso MID
-
R Ríos MID
-
E Barrenechea MID
-
Manu MID
-
F Aursnes MID
-
Florentino MID
-
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID
-
L Barreiro MID
-
F Ivanovic FWD
-
H Araújo FWD
-
K Aktürkoglu FWD
-
A Schjelderup FWD
-
G Prestianni FWD
-
V Pavlidis FWD
-
T Gouveia FWD
-
Bruma  FWD
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Chamorro GLK
-
A. Sina GLK
-
C Miszta GLK
-
J Panzo DEF
-
M Vrousai  DEF
-
G Okkas DEF
-
J Tomé DEF
-
F. Petrasso DEF
-
N Athanasiou DEF
-
N Abby DEF
-
A Ndoj DEF
-
T. Bakoulas MID
-
O Pohlmann MID
-
B Aguilera MID
-
J Graça MID
-
J Novais MID
-
A. Papakanellos MID
-
Clayton FWD
-
A. Rehmi FWD
-
T. Medina FWD
-
A Luiz FWD
-
V. Ferreira de Sousa FWD
-
K. Zoabi FWD
-