FC Porto vs SL Benfica prediction | 20 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


FC Porto
Ranking: #40 overall, #3 in Portugal

80.0 → 79.5 (-0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-0 16 May Santa Clara (H) 78.9 -0.3
2-0 09 Aug Alverca (H) 79.1 +0.2
0-2 15 Aug Rio Ave (A) 79.3 +0.2
2-0 23 Aug Arouca (H) 79.6 +0.3
0-3 29 Aug Académico (A) 79.5 -0.1
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

FC Porto vs SL Benfica: by the numbers

There are 27 places between these two in our European rankings, with SL Benfica the higher, and 2 places between them in Portugal.

SL Benfica arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.7 rating points over their last 10 matches against FC Porto's -0.5.

SL Benfica lost 1.0 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 8 Mar 2026.

The highest FC Porto have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #11, first reached on 1 Jan 2023.

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