The visiting Sporting CP side should be favourites in this visit to Nacional, as the away team holds a 37 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Nacional form and stats
When playing at home, Nacional, who have the most conceded goals (59) in Primeira Liga, have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games.In their previous game, the manager Costinha led his Nacional to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Boavista. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio da Madeira. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Desportivo Aves that ended 0-0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nacional here at Estádio da Madeira, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 15 games). Nacional have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Sporting CP form and stats
7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sporting CP playing as the away team this season. Things are running smoothly for Sporting CP who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Villarreal. Sporting CP have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.It's the second away game in a row for Sporting CP, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Desportivo Aves in the Primeira Liga last time out. Before that, Sporting CP secured a home win against Rio Ave with the score 3-0.
Sporting CP are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 24 times in 14 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sporting CP have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nacional and Sporting CP have met before this season: Sporting CP - Nacional 5-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Nacional, 3 draws and 7 wins for Sporting CP.Nacional missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Nacional | Sporting CP | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 30 | 12 | Scored | 24 | 59 |
| 59 | 17 | Conceded | 17 | 29 |
| 86% | 80% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 93% |
| 66% | 47% | Over 1.5 | 79% | 79% |
| 55% | 40% | Over 2.5 | 64% | 69% |
| 38% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 43% | 34% |
| 28% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 14% |
| 41% | 13% | Both teams to score | 79% | 66% |
| 28% | 47% | Clean Sheet | 7% | 28% |
| 45% | 60% | Failed To Score | 21% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 55 | 72 |
| 2 | Porto | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 44 | 72 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 30 | 64 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 61 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 49 |
| 6 | Vitória Guimarães | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 45 |
| 7 | Belenenses | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 35 |
| 10 | Marítimo | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 33 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -11 | 32 |
| 12 | Boavista | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | Vitória Setúbal | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Desportivo Aves | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Tondela | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -14 | 28 |
| 16 | Nacional | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 42 | -29 | 27 |
| 17 | Chaves | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -23 | 25 |
| 18 | Feirense | 29 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 28 | -35 | 15 |
