Rio Ave 0–2 Benfica
- Barreiro 16'
- Ntoi 25' (o.g.)
17 January 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Benfica against Rio Ave on 17 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Samuel Dahl (Benfica), rated 70, thanks above all to 9 tackles and 11 recoveries. Dahl produced 1.8 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
For Rio Ave, the highest-rated player was Nelson Abbey, with 60.
Samuel Dahl
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.81× and cost 0.54× their position's average
- 9 tackles 4.0×
- 11 recoveries 3.0×
- 11 duels won 2.4×
- 0.14 xG not converted 3.9×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Abbey | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Brandon Aguilera | Midfielder | 80 | 48 |
| Cezary Miszta | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Dario Spikic | Forward | 80 | 40 |
| André Luiz | Forward | 73 | 38 |
| Clayton | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Jakub Brabec | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Francisco Petrasso | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Nikolaos Athanasiou | Defender | 73 | 32 |
| Andreas Ntoi | Defender | 72 | 29 |
| João Tomé | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| Antonis Papakanellos | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Ole Pohlmann | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Tamás Nikitscher | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Diogo Bezerra | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Georgios Liavas | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Dahl ★ | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 78 | 55 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Sidny Cabral | Defender | 28 | 54 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 62 | 40 |
| João Rego | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Manu Silva | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Benfica player made the most tackles?
Samuel Dahl, with 9 tackles. Next: Fredrik Aursnes 4, Leandro Barreiro 2.
Samuel Dahl delivered an outstanding defensive display for Benfica with 9 tackles. He more than doubled Fredrik Aursnes (4), while Leandro Barreiro added 2.
Which Rio Ave player recovered the most balls?
Nelson Abbey, with 9 recoveries. Next: André Luiz 7, João Tomé 4.
Nelson Abbey led Rio Ave's defensive work with 9 ball recoveries. André Luiz added 7 and João Tomé chipped in with 4 despite the 0–2 defeat.
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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