FC ST. Gallen vs Benfica Prediction
World · Qualifying Round 2
Kybunpark, St.Gallen· Luca Pairetto, Italy 23/07/2026
AI Best Pick
Statistical forecasts for entertainment purposes only - not betting or financial advice.
Data Quality
Complete
Match Importance
5.4 / 10
Value Analysis
64%Trust
Corners Total
Corners Under 10.5
1.70SignalHIGHModel57%RiskMediumGap+8.9%
FC ST. Gallen Rest
6 days
Benfica Rest
5 days
Match Forecasts
Match Result
128%7.00
X12%5.00
260%1.36
Double Chance
1X40%2.98
X271%1.07
Both Teams to Score
Yes60%1.75
No40%1.95
Goals
Projected Goals: 1.41 + 1.78 = 3.19
Over 1.581%1.15
Over 2.557%1.53
Over 3.535%2.33
Under 1.519%4.75
Under 2.543%2.35
Under 3.565%1.56
Corners
Projected Corners: 4.7 + 5.2 = 10
Over 8.563%1.40
Over 9.547%1.65
Over 10.536%2.04
Under 8.537%2.69
Under 9.553%2.08
Under 10.564%1.70
Cards
Projected Cards: 2.1 + 1.9 = 4
Over 3.539%1.35
Over 4.527%1.95
Under 3.561%2.67
Under 4.573%1.78
Match Events
30'L. GortlerTripping
37'A. BaldeAssist: L. Gortler
44'Rafa SilvaAssist: V. Pavlidis
62'J. StanicFoul
65'V. PavlidisTripping
66'J. Kaminski INT. Gouveia out
66'M. Figueiredo INE. Barrenechea out
72'A. Balde IND. Besio out
72'C. Boukhalfa INL. Frokaj out
72'C. Witzig INA. Hunziker out
76'V. Pavlidis INF. Ivanovic out
80'T. GaalAssist: L. Daschner
84'Manu INJ. Rego out
90+3'J. Stanic INJ. Ruiz out
90+4'T. GaalFoul
Lineups
FC ST. GallenBenfica
4-2-3-1Coach: Marco Silva
1L. Ati ZigiLawrence Ati Zigi
26T. GaalTom Gaal
4J. StanićJozo Stanić
36C. OkorojiChima Okoroji
28H. VandermerschHugo Vandermersch
16L. GörtlerLukas Görtler
10L. DaschnerLukas Daschner
11C. BoukhalfaCarlo Boukhalfa
64M. StevanovićMihailo Stevanović
14A. BaldeAliou Balde
7C. WitzigChristian Witzig
1A. TrubinAnatoliy Trubin
6A. BahAlexander Bah
4A. SilvaAntónio Silva
2C. LengletClément Lenglet
26S. DahlSamuel Dahl
16M. SilvaManu Silva
13J. KamińskiJakub Kamiński
27R. SilvaRafa Silva
10G. SudakovGeorgiy Sudakov
73M. FigueiredoMiguel Figueiredo
14V. PavlidisVangelis PavlidisFC ST. Gallen Substitutes
20Leon FrokajM
31Diego BesioF
9Andrin HunzikerF
74Joel RuizD
25Lukas WatkowiakG
68Mostafa HeydariD
63Corsin KonietzkeM
23Betim FazlijiM
47Enoch OwusuF
Benfica Substitutes
5Enzo BarrenecheaM
47Tiago GouveiaF
9Franjo IvanovićF
84João RêgoF
24Samuel SoaresG
58Daniel BanjaquiD
17Amar DedićD
44Tomás AraújoD
62José NetoD
94Rui SilvaD
77Gonçalo MoreiraM
72Anísio CabralF
Match Stats
FC ST. GallenBenfica 3Yellow Cards1
Team Comparison
FC ST. GallenBenfica1642Elo Rating 1915
1.24Attack 3.06
0.72Defense 2.42
23%Hit Rate 100%
18.3Shots per Game 18.0
6.4Shots on Target 7.0
7.1Corners per Game 8.4
2.7Cards per Game 1.6
AI Insights
⚽High Goal Expectancy3.19 goals
📉Home Underperforming
📊Away Overperforming
Game State Tendencies
FC ST. Gallen- No tendency data available
Benfica- Leads at half-time in 80% of matches
- Scores more in 2nd half (2.1 vs 1 in first half)
Recent Form
FC ST. Gallen3W0D2L
17/07/2026FC ST. Gallen
Norwich
FC ST. GallenNorwich03
L11/07/2026
LyonFC ST. Gallen
LyonFC ST. Gallen63
L01/07/2026
FC WinterthurFC ST. Gallen
FC WinterthurFC ST. Gallen01
W27/06/2026FC ST. Gallen
SCR Altach
FC ST. GallenSCR Altach32
W24/05/2026
Stade Lausanne-OuchyFC ST. Gallen
Stade Lausanne-OuchyFC ST. Gallen03
WBenfica2W2D1L
17/07/2026Benfica
Villarreal
BenficaVillarreal20
W11/07/2026Benfica
Flamengo
BenficaFlamengo12
L16/05/2026
EstorilBenfica
EstorilBenfica13
W11/05/2026Benfica
SC Braga
BenficaSC Braga22
D02/05/2026
FamalicaoBenfica
FamalicaoBenfica22
DLeague Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sparta Praha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:1 | +3 | 3 | W |
| 2 | Benfica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:0 | +2 | 3 | W |
| 3 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:0 | +2 | 3 | W |
| 4 | Lyon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:1 | +1 | 3 | W |
| 5 |  Olympiakos Piraeus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:1 | +1 | 3 | W |
| 6 |  Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1:0 | +1 | 3 | W |
| 7 |  Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1:0 | +1 | 3 | W |
| 8 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 1 | D |
| 9 |  Hapoel Beer Sheva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 1 | D |
| 10 |  Rennes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 1 | D |
| 11 |  Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 1 | D |
| 12 |  Beşiktaş | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 13 |  Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 14 |  Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 15 |  Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 16 |  Ferencvarosi TC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 17 |  1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 18 |  Juventus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 19 |  Lech Poznan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 20 |  Levski Sofia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 21 |  Lillestrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 22 |  Marseille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 23 |  NEC Nijmegen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 24 |  OFI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 25 |  Real Sociedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 26 |  Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 27 |  Torreense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 28 |  Union St. Gilloise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 29 |  Plzen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 30 |  Jagiellonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:2 | -1 | 0 | L |
| 31 |  Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:2 | -1 | 0 | L |
| 32 |  AZ Alkmaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:1 | -1 | 0 | L |
| 33 |  Celta Vigo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:1 | -1 | 0 | L |
| 34 |  Celje | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:2 | -2 | 0 | L |
| 35 |  AC Milan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:2 | -2 | 0 | L |
| 36 |  Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:4 | -3 | 0 | L |
| # | Team | MP | G | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 1 | 4:1 | 3 |
| 2 | Benfica | 1 | 2:0 | 3 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 2:0 | 3 |
| 4 | Lyon | 1 | 2:1 | 3 |
| 5 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 1 | 2:1 | 3 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 1:0 | 3 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 1 | 1:0 | 3 |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0:0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 1 | 0:0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rennes | 1 | 0:0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sturm Graz | 1 | 0:0 | 1 |
| 12 | Beşiktaş | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 13 | Bournemouth | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 14 | Celtic | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ferencvarosi TC | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 17 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 18 | Juventus | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 19 | Lech Poznan | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 20 | Levski Sofia | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lillestrom | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 22 | Marseille | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 23 | NEC Nijmegen | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 24 | OFI | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 25 | Real Sociedad | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 26 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 27 | Torreense | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 28 | Union St. Gilloise | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 29 | Plzen | 0 | 0:0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jagiellonia | 1 | 1:2 | 0 |
| 31 | Anderlecht | 1 | 1:2 | 0 |
| 32 | AZ Alkmaar | 1 | 0:1 | 0 |
| 33 | Celta Vigo | 1 | 0:1 | 0 |
| 34 | Celje | 1 | 0:2 | 0 |
| 35 | AC Milan | 1 | 0:2 | 0 |
| 36 | Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 1:4 | 0 |
Bracket
Qualifying Round 1
Qualifying Round 2
Qualifying Round 3
Play-offs
Kairat Almaty
Mjallby AIF
Kauno ŽalgirisLillestrom
TrabzonsporArarat-Armenia
FK Crvena ZvezdaPlzenOFI
St. Truiden
Aarhus
Shamrock Rovers
Egnatia Rrogozhinë
Larne
Saburtalo
Gornik Zabrze
KuPS
Universitatea CraiovaJagiellonia
RangersLech Poznan
KI Klaksvik
Lincoln Red Imps FCOmonia NicosiaRed Bull Salzburg
FC Thun
Vikingur Reykjavik
Heart Of Midlothian
Hammarby FFAnderlecht
Tromso
Hradec Králové
PAOK
Maccabi Tel AvivBeşiktaş
FC MidtjyllandFC ST. GallenBenfica
Twente
PafosKairat AlmatyMjallby AIFKauno ŽalgirisLillestromTrabzonsporArarat-ArmeniaFK Crvena ZvezdaPlzenOFISt. TruidenAarhusShamrock RoversEgnatia RrogozhinëLarneSaburtaloGornik ZabrzeKuPSUniversitatea CraiovaJagielloniaRangersLech PoznanKI KlaksvikLincoln Red Imps FCOmonia NicosiaRed Bull SalzburgFC ThunVikingur ReykjavikHeart Of MidlothianKairat AlmatyMjallby AIFKauno ŽalgirisLillestromTrabzonsporArarat-ArmeniaFK Crvena ZvezdaPlzenOFISt. TruidenAarhusKairat AlmatyMjallby AIFKauno ŽalgirisLillestromTrabzonsporArarat-ArmeniaFK Crvena ZvezdaPlzenOFISt. TruidenAarhusShamrock RoversEgnatia RrogozhinëLarneSaburtaloGornik ZabrzeKuPSUniversitatea CraiovaJagielloniaRangersLech PoznanKI KlaksvikLincoln Red Imps FCOmonia NicosiaRed Bull SalzburgFC ThunVikingur ReykjavikHeart Of MidlothianFC ST. Gallen vs Benfica Prediction
As a knockout-stage UEFA Europa League fixture, this match carries added stakes for both sides. Our AI model analyses team Elo ratings, recent form, projected goals and head-to-head history to build forecasts across six independent markets.
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Key Factors for This Match
Benfica have led at half-time in 80% of their recent matches. FC ST. Gallen and Benfica have little recent head-to-head history for the model to draw on. This forecast is based on a complete recent-form dataset for both teams.
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