Vitória SC supporters put their faith in manager T. Cardoso Mendes to deliver victory against Nacional

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 03.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques (30008 seats)

Vitória SC have performed better than Nacional so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Vitória SC has the most clean sheets (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Nacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC's results here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Vitória SC's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Porto (placed 3rd). Before that match, a win away at Santa Clara.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Vitória's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn one and lost one.

Vitória SC aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vitória defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Nacional form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Nacional has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing from Rúben Micael and Brayan Riascos secured the home win 2-0 against Tondela in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Leixoes.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Nacional playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.

A new game in only four days for Nacional, the Primeira Liga home match versus Sporting CP. Busy days.

Nacional are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. Nacional have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Vitória SC-Nacional H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vitória three wins, Nacional four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VitóriaA. Bras André
A. Bras André
4 goals
NacionalJ. Riascos Valencia
J. Riascos Valencia
4 goals
Vitória SCD. Costa Rocha
D. Costa Rocha
2 goals

Vitória SC missing players

Nacional missing players

Vitória SC Nacional
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 11
6 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 4 1 Lost L 2 3 4
13 4 0 Scored S 1 2 11
10 9 1 Conceded C 4 5 13
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
45% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 64%
36% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 36%
27% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
18% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 45%
55% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
36% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8 10.6
2.6 1.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 3.5
45% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 17% 28%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Nacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vitória SC has the most clean sheets (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Vitória SC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Vitória SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 11 9 2 0 26 8 5 4 1 0 12 4 6 5 1 0 14 4 18 29
2 Benfica 11 9 0 2 25 12 6 5 0 1 13 7 5 4 0 1 12 5 13 27
3 Porto 11 8 1 2 28 15 6 5 0 1 15 8 5 3 1 1 13 7 13 25
4 Sporting Braga 11 8 0 3 21 10 5 4 0 1 7 2 6 4 0 2 14 8 11 24
5 Vitória SC 11 6 1 4 13 10 6 2 0 4 4 9 5 4 1 0 9 1 3 19
6 Pacos de Ferreira 11 4 4 3 13 12 5 3 1 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 1 16
7 Maritimo 11 4 1 6 14 16 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 9 11 -2 13
8 Nacional 11 3 4 4 11 13 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
9 Moreirense 11 3 4 4 8 10 6 3 2 1 7 4 5 0 2 3 1 6 -2 13
10 Santa Clara 11 4 1 6 10 14 5 1 1 3 3 7 6 3 0 3 7 7 -4 13
11 Gil Vicente 11 3 3 5 9 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 12
12 Belenenses 11 2 5 4 6 9 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 1 2 2 1 3 -3 11
13 Famalicao 11 2 5 4 13 19 6 1 3 2 8 12 5 1 2 2 5 7 -6 11
14 Rio Ave 11 2 5 4 6 13 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 1 3 2 3 7 -7 11
15 Farense 11 2 3 6 12 16 6 2 2 2 9 8 5 0 1 4 3 8 -4 9
16 Boavista 11 1 6 4 12 20 5 1 1 3 4 10 6 0 5 1 8 10 -8 9
17 Tondela 11 2 3 6 9 20 6 2 2 2 4 7 5 0 1 4 5 13 -11 9
18 Portimonense 11 2 2 7 7 14 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 1 0 5 4 9 -7 8

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.