St. Gallen 2-1 Benfica — Result, Statistics & Match Review — UEFA Europa League, 23 Jul 2026

📅23/07/2026 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-3 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
17%
5.91
Draw
19%
4.49
Away
64%
1.41
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.38
Over 2.5
53%
1.52
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.73
No
49%
1.99
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
4.59
2-3 Goals
39%
1.87
4-5 Goals
24%
2.64
6+ Goals
11%
6.93
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
6%
1/2
8%
1/X
5%
X/1
6%
X/2
21%
X/X
9%
2/1
5%
2/2
34%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Away Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
17%
Home Win
14%
+3.3pp
19%
Draw
19%
-0.0pp
64%
Away Win
67%
-3.2pp
47%
Under 2.5
38%
+9.2pp
53%
Over 2.5
62%
-9.2pp
51%
BTTS Yes
54%
-2.9pp
49%
BTTS No
46%
+2.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME St. Gallen EU Bookmakers 17%
Head to Head
AWAY Benfica EU Bookmakers 71%
-12% / -12% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +1% / +1%
1.52/2.04 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 2.98/2.00
+65% / -15% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +53% / -65%
44% Ball Possession 56%
11 Total Shots 15
3 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 5
300 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 378 · 78%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 36.9
Crosses 12.0
Yellow Cards 1.0
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME St. Gallen
2-1
AWAY Benfica
1.74 xG 1.32
17 Total Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 5
195 Passes 394
21 Box Touches 23
21 Crosses 9
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH St. Gallen vs Benfica
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

St. Gallen nicked a narrow win over Benfica 2-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

By our pre-match numbers this was an upset: we had Benfica at 64% and the game still went the other way. Single results are noisy — probabilities earn their keep across thousands of matches, not one.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 53% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, shots finished 17-14, expected goals 1.74 to 1.32.

What was the final score of St. Gallen vs Benfica?

St. Gallen 2-1 Benfica in the UEFA Europa League on 23/07/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for St. Gallen vs Benfica?

Before kick-off our model rated an Benfica win the most likely single outcome at about 64%, with the full match-result split St. Gallen 17%, draw 19%, Benfica 64%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Benfica) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Benfica) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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