NEC Nijmegen vs SL Benfica prediction | 21 Jan 2027 | xGtoday


NEC Nijmegen
Ranking: #249 overall, #9 in Netherlands

67.8 → 64.2 (-3.6 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 10 Oct 26 Ajax (A) 63.8 -0.1
1-1 15 Oct 26 Levski Sofia (H) 64.0 +0.2
2-2 18 Oct 26 Fortuna (H) 64.5 +0.5
2-4 22 Oct 26 Din Zagreb (A) 64.1 -0.4
2-2 25 Oct 26 Groningen (H) 64.2 +0.1
SL Benfica
Ranking: #13 overall, #1 in Portugal

85.5 → 85.5 (0.0 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-2 16 Sep 26 Milan (A) 85.4 -0.3
3-1 20 Sep 26 Porto (A) 84.9 -0.5
2-0 11 Oct 26 Vitória (H) 85.1 +0.2
4-1 15 Oct 26 Celtic (H) 85.3 +0.2
1-4 22 Oct 26 Omonoia (A) 85.5 +0.2

NEC Nijmegen vs SL Benfica: by the numbers

There are 236 places between these two in our European rankings, with SL Benfica the higher.

SL Benfica arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.0 rating points over their last 10 matches against NEC Nijmegen's -3.6.

The best xGtoday rating NEC Nijmegen have ever held is 68.3, first set on 15 August 2026.

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