Both Nacional and Vilafranquense are desperate for points in this game, in spite of the guesting team carrying a 9 point edge so far this season.
- Nacional have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Segunda Liga
- Vilafranquense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nacional have scored home.
This field has grass, which is not Vilafranquense's regular surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Vilafranquense have performed like this: Played 36 matches taking 10 wins, 10 draws and 16 defeats with the goal difference 38-58 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Nacional nor Vilafranquense as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional have played 5 Segunda Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Nacional's previous game, also at home. Visiting Vilafranquense (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Esteves was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Vilafranquense after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Preceding that result, a home victory against UD Oliveirense (after extra-time) in the Taça De Portugal. 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 10 games. Nacional has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Nacional have scored {2 goals} here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nacional defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Vilafranquense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Vilafranquense are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Nacional (placed 14th).
A defeat, in the Taça De Portugal away at Moreirense, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Vilafranquense in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Vilafranquense, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Vilafranquense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Nacional - Vilafranquense 1-1 registered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the former five meetings): Nacional won three games, one match ended with a tie and Vilafranquense have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.
Top Goalscorers
  Â. da Silva 5 goals |   V. Danilović 3 goals | A. Castanheira Ceitil 2 goals |
Nacional missing players
Vilafranquense missing players
| Nacional | Vilafranquense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 6 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
| 7.1 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 11 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 29% | 31% |
| 11.2 | 9.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
- Nacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nacional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nacional have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Segunda Liga
- Nacional have yet to win a game at home.
- Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vilafranquense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nacional have scored home.
- Vilafranquense have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Vilafranquense 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 | Moreirense | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Farense | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Vilafranquense | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Porto II | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Tondela | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Penafiel | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Estrela Amadora | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Benfica II | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | Feirense | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Leixoes | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Academico Viseu | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Mafra | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 15 | Trofense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Torreense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 7 |
| 17 | UD Oliveirense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
