Balanced ball game between Nacional and Torreense expected

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Madeira (5132 seats)

Torreense have restored their energy after their 1-0-fixture vs Farense and are looking forward to meet Nacional. Get all the data!

Insights:
  • Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Torreense have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Segunda Liga

Nacional and Torreense should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Nacional form and stats

With 2 Segunda Liga wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Nacional are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Nacional faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tondela (0-1).

Before that, Nacional played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Academico Viseu.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nacional perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nacional as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Nacional has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.

On the other hand, Nacional have conceded 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Nacional has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Torreense form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. When Torreense is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Belenenses, Mafra, Sporting Covilha, Torreense and Trofense is teams we like to compare Nacional with.

Afonso scored in Torreense's previous match, the home game against Farense that ended 1-0.

Before that, Torreense secured a home win against Feirense with the score 4-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Torreense playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 5 Torreense wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's last 12 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Torreense when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Torreense have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this season, as the records show this recent match: Torreense - Nacional 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Nacional two wins, zero draws and Torreense one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

NacionalV. Danilović
V. Danilović
3 goals
NacionalW. Quembo
W. Quembo
2 goals
NacionalL. Teodora da Silva
L. Teodora da Silva
2 goals

Nacional missing players

Torreense missing players

Nacional Torreense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 18
4 2 0 Won W 2 3 6
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
9 5 3 Lost L 0 4 9
16 9 1 Scored S 4 7 14
21 10 6 Conceded C 0 9 20
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
67% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 50%
28% 22% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 33%
17% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
39% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 22%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 33%
44% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 56%
 
5.1 5.4 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 4.7
7.2 7.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.4
2.7 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 3.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
10.3 11.2 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.1 10.1
3.4 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.6
26% 26% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 23% 22%
 
12.4 9.8 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.8 9.6
4.3 4.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.1 4.1
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Torreense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torreense have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Segunda Liga

  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 18 13 4 1 38 17 8 7 1 0 21 8 10 6 3 1 17 9 21 43
2 Farense 18 10 4 4 31 21 9 6 3 0 19 9 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 34
3 Estrela Amadora 18 8 9 1 29 17 10 5 5 0 19 10 8 3 4 1 10 7 12 33
4 Academico Viseu 18 8 7 3 32 24 10 5 3 2 18 13 8 3 4 1 14 11 8 31
5 Vilafranquense 18 8 5 5 25 19 9 4 2 3 14 13 9 4 3 2 11 6 6 29
6 Porto II 18 7 6 5 24 18 8 3 3 2 9 3 10 4 3 3 15 15 6 27
7 Tondela 18 5 11 2 21 16 10 3 5 2 10 9 8 2 6 0 11 7 5 26
8 Feirense 18 5 9 4 25 22 8 1 6 1 9 9 10 4 3 3 16 13 3 24
9 UD Oliveirense 18 6 6 6 25 26 8 3 5 0 12 7 10 3 1 6 13 19 -1 24
10 Benfica II 18 6 5 7 32 32 9 4 2 3 21 16 9 2 3 4 11 16 0 23
11 Leixoes 18 5 7 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 9 6 9 1 5 3 9 13 -1 22
12 Penafiel 18 5 7 6 17 20 8 1 4 3 8 9 10 4 3 3 9 11 -3 22
13 Torreense 18 6 3 9 14 20 10 3 2 5 7 11 8 3 1 4 7 9 -6 21
14 Mafra 18 5 5 8 23 31 10 3 3 4 13 14 8 2 2 4 10 17 -8 20
15 Nacional 18 4 5 9 16 21 9 2 2 5 9 10 9 2 3 4 7 11 -5 17
16 Belenenses 18 4 4 10 25 34 9 1 2 6 11 19 9 3 2 4 14 15 -9 16
17 Trofense 18 3 4 11 14 32 8 2 0 6 7 17 10 1 4 5 7 15 -18 13
18 Sporting Covilha 18 1 5 12 13 33 10 0 3 7 6 17 8 1 2 5 7 16 -20 8

Read more about Segunda Liga

The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.