On Saturday, January 17, Benfica played an away match against Rio Ave as part of the 18th round of the Portuguese Championship.

Under the leadership of Jose Mourinho, the team defeated the opponent with a score of 2:0.

The Lisbon team opened the scoring in the 16th minute thanks to Ukrainian midfielder Georgiy Sudakov. He delivered a cross from the right flank into the penalty area, and Leandro Barreiro headed the ball into the goal. Midway through the first half, the Eagles doubled their lead thanks to an own goal..

Sudakov was replaced in the last minute of normal time. Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoly Trubin also started the match in the starting lineup and played the entire match.

Having collected 42 points, Benfica continues to occupy third place in the Portuguese Championship standings. Rio Ave is in 11th position with 20 points.

Statistics of the match Rio Ave - Benfica 18th round of the Portuguese championship Rio Ave - Benfica 0:2 Goals: Barreiro, 16, Ntoi, 25 (ag) Expected goals (xG): 0. 19 - 2. 47 Ball possession: 37% - 63% Shots: 7 - 24 Shots on target: 1 - 8 Corners: 3 - 11 Fouls: 12 - 8 Rio Ave: Meshta - Abbi, Petrasso, Brabec, Athanasiou (Nikicher, 73) - Ntoi (Papacanelios, 72), Aguilera (Liavas,.

Benfica: Trubin - Dedich, Dahl, Otamendi, Araujo - Aursnes, Sudakov (Manu, 90), Barreiro - Schjelderup (Cabral, 62), Prestianni (Regu, 78), Pavlidis.

Warnings: Ntoy - Schjelderup, Dahl.

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