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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

The Liga NOS is the focus for both Benfica and Rio Ave on Tuesday night, as bosses Jose Mourinho and Sotiris Silaidopoulos go head to head at the Estádio da Luz. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is laid out below. Go between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for each one.

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Benfica's next match is v Gil Vicente at 20:15 on Friday 26th September
Rio Ave's next match is v Famalicao at 20:30 on Sunday 28th September
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Benfica and Rio Ave was on Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
September 23rd 2025
Benfica 1
1 Rio Ave
 
H. Sudakov 86'90' A. Inácio da Silva
 
BEF
RIO
Shots On
7
2
Shots Off
6
1
Corners
11
2
Possession
69%
31%
Fouls
16
17
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/0
 
BenficaRio Ave
 
A. Trubin
A. Tavares Silva
A. Dedić
E. Barrenechea
F. Aursnes
H. Sudakovfootball icon (L. Barreiro Martins 89')
F. Ivanović (D. Lukebakio 65')
V. Pavlidis
S. Dahl (A. Schjelderup 65')
N. Otamendi
R. Rios (H. Pereira Araújo 90')
C. Miszta
J. Panzo
A. Ntoi
B. Aguilera Zamora
(T. Nikitscher 73') M. Vrousai
F. Petrasso
J. Brabec
(Clayton 58') M. Gual Huguet
(G. Liavas 73') O. Richards
(N. Athanasiou 68') O. Pohlmann
(A. Inácio da Silva 58') D. Špikić

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Best Tip: Benfica to win

After looking at the bookmakers' odds and collated stats regarding the two sides ahead of this Liga NOS match, a bet on win / draw / win for Benfica to win and delight their home supporters is our recommendation. We predict they'll have too much for Rio Ave, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. There could be some bumps along the way, but Benfica claiming victory is the bet come Tuesday night.

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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
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Benfica
81%
1/917/4
Draw
12%
7/11/4
Rio Ave
7%
16/19/1
Benfica 3-0
10%
6/118/1
Benfica 2-0
10%
11/229/10
Benfica 3-1
8%
10/190/1
Benfica 2-1
8%
10/128/1
Benfica 4-0
8%
8/170/1
Benfica 1-0
7%
17/24/11
Benfica 4-1
6%
14/1250/1
Draw 1-1
5%
14/112/1
Benfica 5-0
5%
14/1250/1
Benfica 5-1
4%
22/1250/1
Benfica 3-2
3%
28/1200/1
Draw 2-2
3%
28/1150/1
Benfica 4-2
2%
40/1200/1
Benfica 6-0
2%
25/1200/1
Draw 0-0
2%
20/117/20
Over 2.5 Goals
73%
2/512/5
Under 2.5 Goals
27%
15/82/7
Home 1st Goal
63%
2/91/1
Away 1st Goal
36%
3/112/1
No 1st Goal
1%
20/117/20
BTTS - Yes
52%
11/1010/1
BTTS - No
48%
4/61/33
BTTS - Home Win
39%
7/425/1
BTTS - Draw
9%
9/112/1
BTTS - Away Win
4%
25/190/1
Home/draw
93%
1/401/25
Away/draw
18%
9/21/7
Home/away
88%
1/1213/5
Over 1.5 Goals
89%
1/919/10
Under 1.5 Goals
11%
11/24/11
Over 3.5 Goals
53%
10/1114/1
Under 3.5 Goals
47%
4/51/80
Over 4.5 Goals
33%
9/455/1
Under 4.5 Goals
66%
1/31/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
19%
5/1125/1
Under 5.5 Goals
81%
1/81/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
1/805/6
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
22/110/11
Home DNB
90%
1/331/1000
Away DNB
15%
14/190/1
Benfica win to nil
43%
4/5-
Rio Ave win to nil
3%
25/1-
Benfica / Benfica
52%
1/213/2
Benfica / Rio Ave
2%
50/190/1
Benfica / Draw
4%
22/145/1
Draw / Benfica
20%
3/110/21
Draw / Rio Ave
3%
33/112/1
Draw / Draw
7%
11/110/3
Rio Ave / Benfica
5%
18/133/1
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
4%
33/145/1
Rio Ave / Draw
3%
28/145/1
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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
Porto66001418 
Mar 8
Oct 5
l
 
0-3A
Feb 22
2
S. Lisbon65011415 
Dec 5
Apr 18
May 9
Dec 28
3
Benfica6420814 
-
-
Jan 18
d
 
1-1A
4
Gil Vicente6411513 
Sep 26
Mar 1
May 2
Dec 21
5
Moreirense6402112 
Apr 25
Dec 14
Feb 15
l
 
3-1A
6
Famalicao6321411 
Dec 21
May 2
Mar 1
Sep 28
7
Braga623159 
May 9
Dec 28
d
 
2-2F
Feb 8
8
V. Guimaraes6222-28 
Mar 22
Nov 1
Dec 14
Apr 25
9
Santa Clara6222-28 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 15
Nov 30
Apr 11
10
Arouca6222-58 
Oct 25
Mar 15
Feb 1
d
 
3-3A
11
Casa Pia6213-47 
Nov 9
Apr 3
Jan 4
May 16
12
Estoril6123-25 
Jan 4
May 16
Nov 1
Mar 22
13
Estrela Amadora6042-34 
Jan 25
w
 
0-1F
Mar 15
Oct 25
14
Rio Ave6042-54 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
-
-
15
Alverca6114-54 
Feb 8
w
 
1-2F
Apr 3
Nov 8
16
Nacional6114-54 
Apr 11
Nov 29
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
17
Tondela6024-82 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 1
Oct 5
Mar 8
18
AVS6015-101 
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
Apr 18
Dec 6
Win / draw / win form
7
Rio Ave have not won in 7 consecutive league games
Benfica 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
61
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Benfica1 - 1Santa Clara
Benfica3 - 0Tondela
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
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
16
D
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABenfica3 - 0AVS
HBenfica1 - 1Santa Clara
ABenfica2 - 1Alverca
HBenfica3 - 0Tondela
ABenfica1 - 0Estrela Amadora
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
Rio Ave 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
7
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Moreirense3 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca3 - 3Rio Ave
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
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
3
Draw
9
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave0 - 3Porto
ARio Ave1 - 3Moreirense
HRio Ave2 - 2Braga
ARio Ave3 - 3Arouca
HRio Ave1 - 1Nacional
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
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
Benfica 3rd Rio Ave 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
3.0
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
1
15%
2
22%
3
22%
4
17%
5+
24%
There is a 24% probability that Benfica will score 5 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
+25
Benfica have scored 25% more goals at home than predicted
+7
Rio Ave’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
3.1
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Benfica
PG (predicted goals)
Rio Ave
3
0.8
Attack rating
7%
better
BEF
RIO
view stats
Games scored4
4
Failed to score0
0
Scored first4
2
Goals scored7
7
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
18
Avg. XG for2.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
70%
better
BEF
RIO
view stats
Games conceded2
4
Clean sheets2
0
Conceded first0
2
Goals conceded2
9
Avg. goals conceded0.4
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded17
6
Conversion rate against6%
18%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+70%

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
6325
N OtamendiV PavlidisV PavlidisE Barrenechea
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Trubin GLK4
-
A Dedic DEF511
1
1
A Silva DEF5
1
-
N Otamendi DEF6
3
-
S Dahl DEF6
1
-
R Ríos MID6
2
-
E Barrenechea MID6
5
-
H Sudakov MID32
-
F Aursnes FWD611
-
V Pavlidis FWD632
-
F Ivanovic FWD62
1
-
Subs
S Soares GLK2
1
-
R Obrador DEF1
-
T Araújo DEF4
-
J. Fins Veloso MID
-
L Barreiro MID61
-
D Lukébakio FWD11
-
A Schjelderup FWD611
-
G Prestianni FWD51
-
H Araújo FWD3
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6532
C MisztaClaytonA LuizJ Brabec
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miszta GLK6
1
-
J Panzo DEF5
-
J Brabec DEF2
2
-
F. Petrasso DEF5
-
A Ndoj MID5
1
-
M Vrousai  MID6
-
B Aguilera MID5
1
-
O Richards MID2
-
O Pohlmann FWD5
-
M Gual FWD6
-
D Spikic FWD51
1
-
Subs
K Chamorro GLK
-
N Athanasiou DEF61
-
N Abby DEF5
1
-
J Graça MID1
-
T. Nikitscher MID31
-
G Liavas MID61
-
E. da Silva Moreira FWD1
-
Clayton FWD651
1
-
A Luiz FWD623
2
-