Betting preview: Nacional vs Desportivo Aves should be interesting

Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Madeira

Season ticket holders at Estádio da Madeira haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nacional languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Desportivo Aves will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nacional form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Nacional, who have the most conceded goals (58) in Primeira Liga, has to build on here at Estádio da Madeira. Nacional has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Costinha and the players.

The fans are hoping that Nacional will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Maritimo. Before that game, the home loss against Rio Ave with the scoreline 0-1.

Nacional have scored 12 goals here in 14 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Nacional have conceded 17 goals.

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Desportivo Aves form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L7 on the road this term.

Desportivo Aves play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Rio Ave. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Chaves.

The attacking power of Desportivo Aves when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 13 matches. In the opposite end, Desportivo Aves have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Desportivo Aves - Nacional 2-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Nacional wins - draws - Desportivo Aves wins).

Nacional missing players

Desportivo Aves missing players

Nacional Desportivo Aves
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 14 Played 13 27
30 12 Scored 12 28
58 17 Conceded 20 39
89% 86% Over 0.5 92% 96%
70% 50% Over 1.5 69% 74%
59% 43% Over 2.5 31% 41%
41% 21% Over 3.5 23% 19%
30% 7% Over 4.5 15% 11%
44% 14% Both teams to score 38% 44%
26% 43% Clean Sheet 31% 22%
41% 57% Failed To Score 38% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Benfica 27 21 3 3 73 23 13 10 2 1 44 13 14 11 1 2 29 10 50 66
2 Porto 27 21 3 3 56 17 13 11 0 2 32 8 14 10 3 1 24 9 39 66
3 Sporting CP 27 18 4 5 53 28 14 12 1 1 32 12 13 6 3 4 21 16 25 58
4 Sporting Braga 27 18 4 5 46 27 14 11 1 2 26 11 13 7 3 3 20 16 19 58
5 Moreirense 27 14 3 10 33 34 13 7 3 3 15 13 14 7 0 7 18 21 -1 45
6 Vitória Guimarães 27 12 6 9 31 24 13 8 3 2 16 7 14 4 3 7 15 17 7 42
7 Belenenses 27 9 11 7 33 29 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 4 7 3 14 15 4 38
8 Santa Clara 27 10 5 12 33 33 14 5 2 7 19 21 13 5 3 5 14 12 0 35
9 Rio Ave 27 8 8 11 36 40 14 4 5 5 20 22 13 4 3 6 16 18 -4 32
10 Portimonense 27 9 5 13 36 43 14 6 4 4 25 19 13 3 1 9 11 24 -7 32
11 Marítimo 27 9 3 15 19 33 13 5 2 6 12 16 14 4 1 9 7 17 -14 30
12 Desportivo Aves 27 8 5 14 28 39 14 4 3 7 16 19 13 4 2 7 12 20 -11 29
13 Boavista 27 8 5 14 22 34 14 7 1 6 12 10 13 1 4 8 10 24 -12 29
14 Vitória Setúbal 27 6 10 11 21 27 13 3 5 5 10 11 14 3 5 6 11 16 -6 28
15 Nacional 27 7 5 15 30 58 14 5 2 7 12 17 13 2 3 8 18 41 -28 26
16 Tondela 27 6 7 14 29 41 13 4 3 6 12 17 14 2 4 8 17 24 -12 25
17 Chaves 27 6 6 15 20 39 14 3 5 6 13 18 13 3 1 9 7 21 -19 24
18 Feirense 27 2 9 16 16 46 13 1 5 7 12 20 14 1 4 9 4 26 -30 15

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