NEC Nijmegen vs SL Benfica prediction | 17 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


NEC Nijmegen
Ranking: #172 overall, #7 in Netherlands

66.6 → 68.0 (+1.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 10 May Groningen (A) 67.5 -0.5
2-1 17 May Go Ahead (H) 68.0 +0.5
1-2 08 Aug Telstar (H) 67.8 -0.2
1-4 15 Aug Willem II (A) 68.3 +0.5
1-3 29 Aug Zwolle (A) 68.0 -0.3
SL Benfica
Ranking: #13 overall, #1 in Portugal

84.8 → 85.5 (+0.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 02 May Famalicão (A) 84.8 -0.7
2-2 11 May Braga (H) 85.2 +0.4
1-3 16 May Estoril (A) 85.4 +0.2
2-2 09 Aug Académico (H) 85.4 0.0
0-7 17 Aug Casa Pia (A) 85.5 +0.1

NEC Nijmegen vs SL Benfica: by the numbers

There are 159 places between these two in our European rankings, with SL Benfica the higher.

Over their last 10 matches NEC Nijmegen have moved +1.4 rating points, against +0.7 for SL Benfica.

The highest NEC Nijmegen have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #159, first reached on 15 Aug 2026.

The best xGtoday rating SL Benfica have ever held is 87.9, first set on 10 May 2025.