Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Benfica and Rio Ave, taking place on Sunday, 14 January 2024, at Estádio da Luz in Lisboa.
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Benfica, Recent FormIn their last match Benfica enforced their superiority over Arouca with a 3-0 away win. They achieved 48% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Arouca's tally of 11 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
Manager Roger Schmidt will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 2 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. They're currenlty on a run of 3 consecutive clean sheets, and over the course of the season they've scored in 15 of their 16 games played so far.
Their impressive run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 15 games in a row.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Benfica, Rafa Silva will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Rio Ave, Recent FormRio Ave will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 2-0 win in their home outing against Portimonense. In that game they recorded 48 % of the possession, with 14 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 3 of their 8 shots on goal.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 7, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 6 goals and some valuable points in the process. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 11 games.
On an individual basis, Emmanuel Boateng will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 3 goals in Rio Ave's last 6 league games.
There was no upset on the cards last time these two sides met; on that occasion, Benfica produced a comfortable 0-1 victory.
Benfica will be confident of finding the net in this one against Vilacondenses, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 30 encounters between the two sides.
It's been a long time since Rio Ave has enjoyed a trip to Estádio da Luz in the league, with Benfica having won each of their last 14 meetings there and not lost to the visitors in 18 games.
Benfica manager Roger Schmidt has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Alexander Bah (Thigh), Juan Bernat (Muscle) and David Neres (Meniscus) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Rio Ave manager Luís Freire has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Benfica Playing at home | Rio Ave Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 0.4 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 57' | Time first goal scored | 30' |
| 59' | Time first goal conceded | 50' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 4.9 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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