Rio Ave FC vs SL Benfica prediction | 20 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Rio Ave FC
Ranking: #408 overall, #22 in Portugal

63.2 → 59.5 (-3.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-4 28 Aug Sporting CP (H) 61.2 -0.2
4-0 06 Sep Santa Clara (A) 60.7 -0.5
3-3 14 Sep Estrela (H) 60.2 -0.5
1-0 19 Sep Alverca (A) 59.4 -0.8
3-2 11 Oct Nacional (H) 59.5 +0.1
SL Benfica
Ranking: #12 overall, #1 in Portugal

85.4 → 85.1 (-0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-4 09 Sep Moreirense (A) 85.5 +0.1
3-1 13 Sep Gil Vicente (H) 85.7 +0.2
0-2 16 Sep Milan (A) 85.4 -0.3
3-1 20 Sep Porto (A) 84.9 -0.5
2-0 11 Oct Vitória (H) 85.1 +0.2

Rio Ave FC vs SL Benfica: by the numbers

Rio Ave FC trail SL Benfica by 396 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 21 in Portugal.

Over their last 10 matches SL Benfica have moved -0.3 rating points, against -3.7 for Rio Ave FC.

Rio Ave FC lost 0.1 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 17 January 2026.

Rio Ave FC first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 71.0 on 20 September 2020.

SL Benfica first climbed to #7 in our European rankings on 2 May 2025.