SL Benfica vs Sporting CP prediction | 27 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


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
Sporting CP
Ranking: #32 overall, #2 in Portugal

82.4 → 81.0 (-1.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-1 09 Sep Galatasaray (H) 82.1 -0.1
1-1 13 Sep Famalicão (A) 82.6 +0.5
2-2 19 Sep Arouca (H) 81.4 -1.2
1-3 09 Oct Braga (A) 80.6 -0.8
0-2 13 Oct Lens (A) 81.0 +0.4

SL Benfica vs Sporting CP: by the numbers

There are 20 places between these two in our European rankings, with SL Benfica the higher, and 1 place between them in Portugal.

Over their last 10 matches SL Benfica have moved -0.3 rating points, against -1.4 for Sporting CP.

Sporting CP lost 0.5 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 19 April 2026.

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

Sporting CP first climbed to #13 in our European rankings on 22 February 2024.