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 78, thanks above all to 21 final-third passes and 77 passes. Silva produced 1.9 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 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 77.
António Silva
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.89× and cost 0.36× 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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| António Silva ★ | Defender | 90 | 78 |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 89 | 63 |
| Enzo Barrenechea | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 25 | 49 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 25 | 42 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 65 | 35 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 65 | 23 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Henrique Araújo | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaos Athanasiou | Defender | 22 | 77 |
| Jonathan Panzo | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Omar Richards | Defender | 73 | 61 |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 68 | 60 |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| André Luiz | Forward | 32 | 59 |
| Jakub Brabec | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 58 | 35 |
| Brandon Aguilera | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Marios Vrousai | Defender | 73 | 27 |
| Marc Gual | Forward | 58 | 27 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Clayton | Forward | 32 | 20 |
| Cezary Miszta | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
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.