Nacional will hope that their home advantage is enough to get some points from this gruelling encounter, vs high-octane Estrela Amadora.
- Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Estrela Amadora have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Taça De Portugal match only four days back. This match was also played here at Estádio da Madeira. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Estrela Amadora have had more rest.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional's results here at Estádio da Madeira in the Segunda Liga have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio da Madeira.
Nacional's previous match was a Taça De Portugal game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 versus Rabo Peixe. The home team are looking to build on that result.
A Segunda Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Farense.The Nacional fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Estrela Amadora form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
Estrela Amadora's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Trofense that finished 2-2. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Trofense. Estrela Amadora were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Paulinho scoring the equalizer.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Moreirense.Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 12 of this club's latest 15 league matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Estrela have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nacional four wins, two draws and Estrela Amadora four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Araújo 9 goals | G. Alves Rodrigues 4 goals | J. Pereira Silva 4 goals |
Nacional missing players
Estrela Amadora missing players
| Nacional | Estrela Amadora | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 80% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 80% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 7.3 | 7 | 13 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 11.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 38% |
| 12.2 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- Estrela Amadora have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Estrela Amadora have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nacional 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 | Moreirense | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Farense | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Academico Viseu | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Feirense | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Vilafranquense | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Benfica II | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Porto II | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Tondela | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Leixoes | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Mafra | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Nacional | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Torreense | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Trofense | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 7 |
