SL Benfica vs AZ Alkmaar prediction | 17 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


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
AZ Alkmaar
Ranking: #95 overall, #4 in Netherlands

73.6 → 73.1 (-0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-3 17 May NAC Breda (H) 71.6 -0.9
2-0 08 Aug ADO (H) 71.7 +0.1
1-4 15 Aug Utrecht (A) 72.6 +0.9
0-2 22 Aug Fortuna (A) 73.2 +0.6
5-2 29 Aug Go Ahead (H) 73.1 -0.1

SL Benfica vs AZ Alkmaar: by the numbers

There are 82 places between these two in our European rankings, with SL Benfica the higher.

Over their last 10 matches SL Benfica have moved +0.7 rating points, against -0.5 for AZ Alkmaar.

The highest SL Benfica have ever stood in our European rankings is #7, first reached on 2 May 2025.

AZ Alkmaar first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 76.2 on 29 Aug 2021.