Benfica vs Rio Ave Prediction — Model Probabilities
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
Benfica v Rio Ave — Team-Based Signals
Benfica vs Rio Ave Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
0-1
HT 0-0
Benfica
POR
4-2
HT 3-1
Rio Ave
POR
2-0
HT 0-0
Rio Ave
POR
0-3
HT 0-2
Benfica
POR
Benfica 5-0 Rio Ave — Actual Match Statistics
Benfica cruised past Rio Ave 5-0. Half-time: 3-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.
As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Benfica as the likeliest winner at 70%, and the 5-0 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (61%) came in.
On the day, Benfica had 62% of the ball to Rio Ave's 38%, shots finished 29-4, expected goals 2.38 to 0.19.
Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Benfica had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.50 goals for Benfica and 0.67 for Rio Ave.
What was the final score of Benfica vs Rio Ave?
Benfica 5-0 Rio Ave in the Portugal - Premier League on 27/10/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
What did the model predict for Benfica vs Rio Ave?
Before kick-off our model rated a Benfica win the most likely single outcome at about 70%, with the full match-result split Benfica 70%, draw 17%, Rio Ave 12%. The final score 5-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Benfica), Over 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.