Football · Primeira Liga

Rio Ave

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3:1 Full time

Benfica

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Kick-off

20.09.1997 15:00 UTC

State

1997/98

Head to head, from our own archive

Rio Ave and Benfica have met 47 times on this desk, first in 1996 and most recently in 2026. Rio Ave have won 2, Benfica 35, with 10 drawn. Aggregate score 37–104.

20:30 17.01.26 Primeira Liga Rio Ave Benfica 0 2 20:15 23.09.25 Primeira Liga Benfica Rio Ave 1 1 18:00 16.03.25 Primeira Liga Rio Ave Benfica 2 3 18:00 27.10.24 Primeira Liga Benfica Rio Ave 5 0 20:45 17.05.24 Primeira Liga Rio Ave Benfica 1 1 18:00 14.01.24 Primeira Liga Benfica Rio Ave 4 1

Rio Ave, last matches

17:45 14.09.26 Primeira Liga Rio Ave Estrela 3 3 14:30 06.09.26 Primeira Liga Santa Clara Rio Ave 4 0 20:15 28.08.26 Primeira Liga Rio Ave Sp Lisbon 0 4 19:15 28.08.26 Primeira Liga Rio Ave Sporting CP 0 4 17:00 22.08.26 Primeira Liga Estoril Rio Ave 0 2 19:30 15.08.26 Primeira Liga Rio Ave FC Porto 0 2

Benfica, last matches

19:00 16.09.26 UEFA Europa League AC Milan Benfica 0 2 17:00 13.09.26 Primeira Liga Benfica Gil Vicente 3 1 19:45 09.09.26 Primeira Liga Moreirense Benfica 0 4 17:00 05.09.26 Primeira Liga Maritimo Benfica 0 3 19:15 31.08.26 Primeira Liga Benfica Estoril 2 1 19:15 17.08.26 Primeira Liga Casa Pia Benfica 0 7

Where they stand

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	FC Porto	6	13	18
2	Benfica	6	17	16
3	Sporting CP	6	9	14
4	Santa Clara	6	7	14
5	Estrela	6	2	10
6	Arouca	6	3	10
7	Braga	5	2	10
8	Académico de Viseu	6	-2	8
9	Moreirense	6	-6	7
10	Gil Vicente	5	0	7
11	Maritimo	6	-4	7
12	Alverca	6	-3	5
13	Vitória de Guimaraes	6	-3	4
14	FC Famalicao	6	-2	4
15	C.D. Nacional	6	-4	4
16	Rio Ave	6	-9	4
17	Estoril	6	-6	2
18	Casa Pia	6	-14	1