footballtoday
39′ Burkina Faso crestBurkina Faso0 Mauritania crestMauritania0 37′ Cape Verde Islands crestCape Verde Islands1 Liberia crestLiberia1 37′ Gabon crestGabon0 Lesotho crestLesotho0 40′ Nigeria crestNigeria1 Tanzania crestTanzania1 39′ South Africa crestSouth Africa1 Kenya crestKenya0 38′ Tunisia crestTunisia0 Libya crestLibya0 10′ Kuwait crestKuwait0 Syria crestSyria0 9′ Poland U21 crestPoland U210 Norway U21 crestNorway U210 FT Llaneros crestLlaneros0 Chico crestChico0 FT Czechia U18 crestCzechia U180 Poland U18 crestPoland U183 FT Singapore crestSingapore1 Paraguay crestParaguay4 12:00 Chinese Taipei crestChinese Taipei Kyrgyzstan crestKyrgyzstan FT Comoros crestComoros0 Congo crestCongo0 FT Mozambique crestMozambique0 Ethiopia crestEthiopia1 FT Zambia crestZambia1 Burundi crestBurundi1 FT Congo DR U23 crestCongo DR U232 Nigeria U23 crestNigeria U230 FT United Arab Emirates crestUnited Arab Emirates3 Honduras crestHonduras1 FT Saudi Arabia crestSaudi Arabia3 South Korea crestSouth Korea2 FT Qatar crestQatar0 Australia crestAustralia3 17:00 Moldova crestMoldova Kazakhstan crestKazakhstan 17:00 JS Saoura crestJS Saoura Khenchela crestKhenchela 17:00 Germany U21 crestGermany U21 Belgium U21 crestBelgium U21 17:30 France U21 crestFrance U21 Italy U21 crestItaly U21 17:30 Chile U20 crestChile U20 Mexico U20 crestMexico U20
UEFA Europa League League Stage · 8
Benfica crestBenficaWWWWW
20:00
Thursday 28 January 2027 · UK time
AZ Alkmaar crestAZ AlkmaarWLLLW
Add to calendar

This page updates itself — line-ups appear as soon as they are announced

Match preview

Benfica host AZ Alkmaar in UEFA Europa League League Stage · 8 on Thursday 28 January 2027, 20:00 (UK time) at Lisbon.

Benfica sit 2nd with 28 points from 11 matches, 5 points ahead of 5th-placed AZ Alkmaar.

Benfica are in excellent form (5W 0D 0L in their last 5). AZ Alkmaar are in mixed form (2W 0D 3L in their last 5).

Our data model gives Benfica a 36% chance of victory, AZ Alkmaar 39% and the draw 25%. It projects a tight contest, with expected goals of 1.39 against 1.47.

Confirmed line-ups usually appear about an hour before kick-off. This page updates automatically.

Questions & answers

What time is Benfica vs AZ Alkmaar?

Kick-off is Thursday 28 January 2027, 20:00 UK time.

Where is Benfica vs AZ Alkmaar played?

The match is played at Lisbon.

Who is predicted to win Benfica vs AZ Alkmaar?

Our Poisson data model rates Benfica at 36%, the draw at 25% and AZ Alkmaar at 39%. The most likely single scoreline is 1-1. This is statistical analysis, not betting advice.