Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave
- Sudakov 86'
- Luiz 90+1'
23 September 2025
The match in data
Benfica and Rio Ave finished level at 1–1 on 23 September 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: António Silva (Benfica), rated 75, thanks above all to 21 final-third passes and 77 passes. Silva produced 1.7 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Rio Ave, the highest-rated player was Nikolaos Athanasiou, with 74.
António Silva
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.70× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 21 final-third passes 3.8×
- 77 passes 1.8×
- 7 duels won 1.5×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| António Silva ★ | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 89 | 60 |
| Enzo Barrenechea | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 25 | 45 |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 25 | 44 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 65 | 34 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 32 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 65 | 22 |
| Henrique Araújo | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaos Athanasiou | Defender | 22 | 74 |
| Jonathan Panzo | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Cezary Miszta | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Omar Richards | Defender | 73 | 57 |
| André Luiz | Forward | 32 | 54 |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 68 | 53 |
| Jakub Brabec | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 58 | 34 |
| Marc Gual | Forward | 58 | 31 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 73 | 26 |
| Brandon Aguilera | Midfielder | 90 | 25 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| Clayton | Forward | 32 | 15 |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Liga Portugal match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave. The side that created more danger did not win.
Benfica fired 19 shots and created 2.43 xG against a side limited to 0.22 xG. The 1–1 draw shows how volume does not always translate into victory.
Which Benfica player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Amar Dedić, with 3 key passes. Next: António Silva 2, Georgiy Sudakov 2.
In a 1–1 draw where creating chances proved difficult, Amar Dedić led Benfica with 3 key passes. Dedić finished ahead of António Silva and Georgiy Sudakov, who registered 2 each.
Which Rio Ave player won the most duels?
Ole Pohlmann, with 9 duels won. Next: Marios Vrousai 7, Brandon Aguilera 6.
Rio Ave secured a 1–1 draw largely through individual battles, with Ole Pohlmann leading the way on 9 duels won. Marios Vrousai followed with 7, while Brandon Aguilera recorded 6.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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