Football betting preview: Nacional vs Belenenses

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)

Only the second game in the Primeira Liga for these teams and it's all to play for as Nacional welcomes Belenenses. Check out this preview!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Nacional form and stats

A Primeira Liga draw at home so far for Nacional. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 12 matches. The Nacional fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Nacional has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus Boavista in the Primeira Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Nacional played out a Segunda Liga draw 1-1 when visiting Penafiel.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Nacional has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

Last season, Nacional's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Segunda Liga. Over these 24 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Nacional managed 9-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 5 conceded.

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Belenenses form and stats

Only one away game in the Primeira Liga so far for Belenenses and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 9 losses from 17 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Belenenses, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Vitória SC (placed 15th) in the Primeira Liga last time out. Prior to that match, the Belenenses manager A. Gonçalves Teixeira faced defeat when travelling to Vitoria Setubal and losing 0-2.

1 goal so far away for Belenenses, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Let's have a look at how Belenenses performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 14/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nacional three wins, three draws and Belenenses four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Nacional missing players

Belenenses missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nacional Belenenses
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored S 0 1 1
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
5 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 14 0 Total Shots T S 0 11 11
7 7 0 Shots on Target S O 0 2 2
43% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
Nacional Last season Belenenses
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 12   Played P   17 34
14 9   Won W   4 9
8 3   Drew D   4 8
2 0   Lost L   9 17
36 22   Scored S   14 27
16 5   Conceded C   29 54
88% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
62% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 68%
38% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 35%
17% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
54% 42%   BTTS BTTS   41% 41%
42% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 26%
17% 17%   Failed to Score F T   47% 44%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
3.2 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.8
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
267 136   Total Shots T S   148 319
89 48   Shots on Target S O   44 84
40% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 7 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 6 6
3 Santa Clara 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Moreirense 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
6 Marítimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Paços de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Portimonense 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tondela 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Boavista 2 0 1 1 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 -5 1
15 Vitória SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Sporting Braga 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nacional 24 14 8 2 36 16 12 9 3 0 22 5 12 5 5 2 14 11 20 50
2 Farense 24 15 3 6 35 22 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 7 2 3 17 10 13 48
3 Feirense 24 11 9 4 27 18 12 6 4 2 13 8 12 5 5 2 14 10 9 42
4 Estoril 24 12 3 9 35 26 12 8 1 3 22 11 12 4 2 6 13 15 9 39
5 Mafra 24 10 9 5 33 24 12 6 5 1 18 11 12 4 4 4 15 13 9 39
6 Varzim 24 10 7 7 32 31 12 7 1 4 15 12 12 3 6 3 17 19 1 37
7 Academica 24 10 5 9 34 26 12 7 2 3 23 13 12 3 3 6 11 13 8 35
8 Academico Viseu 24 9 7 8 21 24 12 4 4 4 9 10 12 5 3 4 12 14 -3 34
9 Leixoes 24 8 9 7 23 22 13 4 6 3 11 11 11 4 3 4 12 11 1 33
10 UD Oliveirense 24 9 5 10 36 31 12 6 3 3 20 10 12 3 2 7 16 21 5 32
11 Sporting Covilha 24 9 5 10 29 27 12 5 2 5 12 12 12 4 3 5 17 15 2 32
12 Chaves 24 9 5 10 26 26 12 5 2 5 15 15 12 4 3 5 11 11 0 32
13 Porto II 24 7 8 9 35 36 12 3 6 3 18 17 12 4 2 6 17 19 -1 29
14 Penafiel 24 6 10 8 23 24 12 4 7 1 14 8 12 2 3 7 9 16 -1 28
15 Benfica II 24 7 7 10 31 35 11 6 3 2 21 11 13 1 4 8 10 24 -4 28
16 Vilafranquense 24 6 6 12 27 45 12 5 3 4 19 21 12 1 3 8 8 24 -18 24
17 Cova Piedade 24 4 5 15 20 42 12 4 3 5 13 15 12 0 2 10 7 27 -22 17
18 Casa Pia 24 2 5 17 19 47 12 1 2 9 12 25 12 1 3 8 7 22 -28 11
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 34 26 4 4 74 22 17 15 1 1 44 7 17 11 3 3 30 15 52 82
2 Benfica 34 24 5 5 71 26 17 12 2 3 38 13 17 12 3 2 33 13 45 77
3 Sporting Braga 34 18 6 10 61 40 17 10 4 3 32 20 17 8 2 7 29 20 21 60
4 Sporting CP 34 18 6 10 49 34 17 12 1 4 25 13 17 6 5 6 24 21 15 60
5 Rio Ave 34 15 10 9 48 36 17 6 6 5 27 23 17 9 4 4 21 13 12 55
6 Famalicao 34 14 12 8 53 51 17 7 6 4 28 26 17 7 6 4 25 25 2 54
7 Vitória SC 34 13 11 10 53 38 17 8 4 5 27 15 17 5 7 5 26 23 15 50
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 42 44 17 6 6 5 23 20 17 4 7 6 19 24 -2 43
9 Gil Vicente 34 11 10 13 40 44 17 7 7 3 26 21 17 4 3 10 14 23 -4 43
10 Santa Clara 34 11 10 13 36 41 17 6 4 7 18 21 17 5 6 6 18 20 -5 43
11 Marítimo 34 9 12 13 34 42 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 4 4 9 10 21 -8 39
12 Boavista 34 10 9 15 28 39 17 5 4 8 15 18 17 5 5 7 13 21 -11 39
13 Paços de Ferreira 34 11 6 17 36 52 17 6 2 9 15 22 17 5 4 8 21 30 -16 39
14 Tondela 34 9 9 16 30 44 17 3 5 9 12 22 17 6 4 7 18 22 -14 36
15 Belenenses 34 9 8 17 27 54 17 5 4 8 13 25 17 4 4 9 14 29 -27 35
16 Vitoria Setubal 34 7 13 14 27 43 17 4 7 6 15 20 17 3 6 8 12 23 -16 34
17 Portimonense 34 7 12 15 30 45 17 5 7 5 18 18 17 2 5 10 12 27 -15 33
18 Desportivo Aves 34 5 2 27 24 68 17 4 1 12 12 26 17 1 1 15 12 42 -44 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 7 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 6 6
3 Santa Clara 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Belenenses 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Moreirense 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
6 Marítimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
7 Nacional 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Paços de Ferreira 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Portimonense 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rio Ave 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tondela 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Boavista 2 0 1 1 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 -5 1
15 Vitória SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Farense 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Sporting Braga 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.