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Preview Rio Ave vs Benfica December 20, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

Rio Ave
Rio Ave
Home · last 5 L L W
Kick-off
Sun 20 Dec · 16:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
Benfica
Benfica
D W Away · last 5
Home Win · RIO
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Best
Draw
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Best
Away Win · BEN
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Best
AI preview · 90 sec read

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Last 5 matches · all competitions
Rio Ave
W/D/L 1-1-3
Goals (for / against) 4 / 8
Avg goals / match 2.4
Scored in 3/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 2/5
Over 2.5 1/5
Home (W-D-L) 0-0-2
Away (W-D-L) 1-1-1
xG (for / against) 0.58 / 1.71
Benfica
W/D/L 3-2-0
Goals (for / against) 19 / 5
Avg goals / match 4.8
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 4/5
Home (W-D-L) 2-1-0
Away (W-D-L) 1-1-0
xG (for / against) 3.08 / 0.65

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
0.67
Goals Scored
4.50
1
Goals Conceded
1
0.53
Expected Goals (xG)
3.08
2
Shots on Target
9.50
3.67
Corners
6.50
43
Possession (%)
63
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
12
OFF · home
94
18
DEF · home
47
6
OFF · away
94
53
DEF · away
100
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

Rio Ave wins when scoring first
50%
Benfica wins when scoring first
40%
Rio Ave BTTS rate · last 10
40%
Benfica BTTS rate · last 10
80%
Rio Ave Over 2.5 · last 10
30%
Benfica Over 2.5 · last 10
90%
Rio Ave comeback rate · last 10
0%
Benfica comeback rate · last 10

🔥 Goal timing

Rio Ave · last 10 at home

0–15 14%
16–30 29%
31–45 14%
46–60 29%
61–75 0%
76–90 14%

Benfica · last 10 away

0–15 25%
16–30 25%
31–45 5%
46–60 20%
61–75 15%
76–90 10%
Front-loaded — most goals fall in the opening half-hour.

Top scorers

J. Blesa
RIO · Attacker
1 G · 0.34 g/90
Tamble Monteiro
RIO · Attacker
1 G · 0.41 g/90
V. Pavlidis
BEN · Forward
4 G · 2.42 g/90
G. Prestianni
BEN · Forward
2 G · 1.05 g/90