The Mafra & Nacional managers V. Freire De Seabra and L. Batalha Freire are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Segunda Liga league table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Mafra form and stats
Mafra, who have the most scored goals (30) in Segunda Liga, are steadily winning Segunda Liga games and points here at Estádio Municipal de Mafra. 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Mafra has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Farense defeat 96 days ago.
A nice win for Mafra last time playing, versus Chaves. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Lucas scoring for the victors. Before that, Mafra played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Cova Piedade.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mafra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five Drawn three Lost zero.
A decent goal production from Mafra in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Mafra have conceded 9 goals.
Nacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Segunda Liga matches, Nacional, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Segunda Liga, have produced an overall stat of 5-3-2 so far.
The Nacional goalkeeper Daniel Martins Guimaraes is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 196 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from K. Gorré secured the home win 1-0 against Leixoes in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Chaves with the score of 2-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Nacional in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Nacional, three draws and two defeats.
Nacional find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Nacional as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Nacional - Mafra 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  B. Rochez Mejia 7 goals |  J. Riascos Valencia 7 goals |   J. Soares Ferreira 5 goals |
Mafra missing players
Nacional missing players
| Mafra | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 84% |
| 79% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 58% |
| 53% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 37% |
| 32% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 47% |
| 26% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 47% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 200 | 87 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 105 | 216 |
| 68 | 32 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 34 | 67 |
| 44% | 50% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 35% | 37% |
- Mafra has the most scored goals (30)
- Mafra have not yet lost a game at home.
- Mafra have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Mafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nacional has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Nacional has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Nacional has the the best goal difference (+13)
- Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Farense | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | Mafra | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Sporting Covilha | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Academica | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Feirense | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Academico Viseu | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Varzim | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Porto II | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | UD Oliveirense | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Vilafranquense | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Cova Piedade | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 12 |
| 18 | Casa Pia | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 10 |