SL Benfica vs Celtic 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
Celtic
Ranking: #102 overall, #1 in Scotland

72.6 → 72.5 (-0.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-3 11 Dec Roma (H) 71.8 0.0
2-2 22 Jan Bologna (A) 71.9 +0.1
4-2 29 Jan Utrecht (H) 72.4 +0.5
1-4 19 Feb Stuttgart (H) 72.8 +0.4
0-1 26 Feb Stuttgart (A) 72.5 -0.3

SL Benfica vs Celtic: by the numbers

There are 89 places between these two in our European rankings, with SL Benfica the higher.

SL Benfica arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.7 rating points over their last 10 matches against Celtic's -0.1.

SL Benfica first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 87.9 on 10 May 2025.

The highest Celtic have ever stood in our European rankings is #86, first reached on 22 Feb 2026.