SL Benfica vs CD Nacional prediction | 18 Apr 2027 | xGtoday


SL Benfica
Ranking: #12 overall, #1 in Portugal

85.4 → 85.3 (-0.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
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
4-1 15 Oct Celtic (H) 85.3 +0.2
CD Nacional
Ranking: #349 overall, #15 in Portugal

61.8 → 61.5 (-0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 30 Aug Estrela (H) 60.6 -1.1
2-0 05 Sep Sporting CP (A) 60.5 -0.1
1-3 12 Sep Alverca (H) 61.2 +0.7
0-4 19 Sep Famalicão (H) 61.7 +0.5
3-2 11 Oct Rio Ave (A) 61.5 -0.2

SL Benfica vs CD Nacional: by the numbers

CD Nacional trail SL Benfica by 337 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 14 in Portugal.

SL Benfica arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving -0.1 rating points over their last 10 matches against CD Nacional's -0.3.

Last time these teams played, on 12 April 2026, SL Benfica gained 0.1 rating points.

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

CD Nacional first climbed to #143 in our European rankings on 6 January 2019.