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UEFA Europa League · Round 8 · Thu 28 Jan, 20:00

Benfica
vs
AZ Alkmaar

Prediction

75%
16%
Benfica 75% Draw 16% 9% AZ Alkmaar

⏳Awaiting confirmed lineups — this prediction will sharpen when team news lands (~1h before kickoff).

Expected goals
2.28 – 0.73
Over 2.5 goals
58%
Both teams to score
47%
Model confidence
normal

Most likely scorelines

2-0 13% 1-0 11% 3-0 10% 2-1 9% 1-1 8%

Benfica · last 5 A

Alverca (H) 1-0 W Alverca (H) 1-0 W Santa Clara (A) 1-2 W Omonia (A) 1-4 W Celtic (H) 4-1 W

AZ Alkmaar · last 5 E

Ajax (A) 1-0 L Twente (H) 0-2 L Ararat-Armenia (A) 0-4 W Cambuur (A) 2-2 D H. Beer-Sheva (H) 2-1 W

Head-to-head

These teams haven't met in our data.

News

Arsenal’s Slegers hails ‘role model’ Russo after historic hat-trick sinks Benfica guardian · 28 Oct Russo scores hat-trick as Arsenal beat Benfica bbc · 28 Oct