Boasting a 9 point edge in the league standings, Tondela regulars hope to see their team earn all points from this match against Nacional.
- Tondela have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Segunda Liga
- Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tondela and Nacional.
Tondela form and stats
The story so far in the Segunda Liga for Tondela at their home stadium (Estádio João Cardoso) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio João Cardoso.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Babacar Niasse not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.
A nice win for Tondela last time playing, versus Nacional. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Fonseca scoring for the victors. The victory against Nacional came after Fonseca's winning goal. The Tondela manager Gouveia was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the -1th minute.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Farense.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tondela handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 10 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Tondela have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Nacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nacional so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Nacional, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Tondela (placed 7th).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Academico Viseu.Nacional are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 10 league matches have had two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nacional as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Nacional in these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other earlier on this campaign: Tondela - Nacional 1-0. Clayton (Nacional) was shown a red card when these teams met earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Tondela victories, one draw and four Nacional wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva dos Anjos 6 goals |  T. Gomes Arcanjo 5 goals |   V. Danilović 3 goals |
Tondela missing players
Nacional missing players
| Tondela | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 94% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 94% |
| 72% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 28% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 22% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.6 | 12.3 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 22% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 26% |
| 9.9 | 8.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 15 | 12.4 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tondela have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Segunda Liga
- Tondela have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Vilafranquense | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Academico Viseu | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Benfica II | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Penafiel | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | UD Oliveirense | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Torreense | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Mafra | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 14 | Leixões | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Nacional | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Trofense | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -18 | 12 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilhã | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -20 | 8 |
