Académica have some lost ground to recover from their 18th spot, and the job starts vs Nacional. Read more!
- Académica have the most conceded goals (17) in Segunda Liga
- Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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!
Académica form and stats
Académica have played three Segunda Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Académica to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Académica in their previous match, an away game at Benfica II that ended in defeat 1-3.
Preceding that match was a Taça De Portugal defeat to Famalicão (0-4).This is expected to be a close game, with Académica perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Académica as a small favourite), we find nine games. Académica has won two of these, drawn three and lost four.
Académica has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Académica defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nacional form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nacional playing as the away team in the Segunda Liga this season.
Nacional's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mafra that finished 1-1.
A 1-3 defeat away at Feirense (after extra-time) before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Nacional in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Nacional, three draws and two defeats.
Nacional have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As for defending, Nacional rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Académica three wins, two draws and Nacional five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Rochez Mejia 3 goals |  J. Traquina André 2 goals |  J. Rubio Toro 2 goals |
Académica missing players
Nacional missing players
| Académica | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 8.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 3.8 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.2 | 10.2 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | 38% |
- Académica have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Académica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Académica have the most conceded goals (17) in Segunda Liga
- Académica have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Segunda Liga
- Académica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Académica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Académica have yet to win a game.
- Académica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Académica is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- All of Académica's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rio Ave | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Feirense | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Leixoes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Estrela Amadora | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Penafiel | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Academico Viseu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Chaves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Mafra | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Trofense | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Porto II | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Sporting Covilha | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Varzim | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Farense | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Académica | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 2 |