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


Rio Ave FC
Ranking: #348 overall, #16 in Portugal

62.4 → 61.2 (-1.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 16 May Casa Pia (A) 62.1 -1.1
1-0 09 Aug Gil Vicente (A) 61.6 -0.5
0-2 15 Aug Porto (H) 61.4 -0.2
0-2 22 Aug Estoril (A) 61.4 0.0
0-4 28 Aug Sporting CP (H) 61.2 -0.2
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

Rio Ave FC vs SL Benfica: by the numbers

Rio Ave FC trail SL Benfica by 335 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 15 in Portugal.

Over their last 10 matches SL Benfica have moved +0.7 rating points, against -1.2 for Rio Ave FC.

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

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

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