CD Nacional vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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CD Nacional vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga .
- CD Nacional 34 games · 34 pts (2025/26)
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Iancu Vasilica
7 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Porto 34 88 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 82 3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 80 4 Sporting Clube de Braga 34 59 5 FC Famalicao 34 56 6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50 7 Moreirense FC 34 43 8 FC Arouca 34 42 9 Vitoria SC 34 42 10 GD Estoril Praia 34 39 11 FC Alverca 34 39 12 Rio Ave FC 34 36 13 CD Santa Clara 34 36 14 CD Nacional 34 34 15 CF Estrela da Amadora 34 30 16 Casa Pia AC 34 30 17 CD Tondela 34 28 18 AVS 34 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Jan Rio Ave FC H 4–0 W 17 Jan Gil Vicente FC A 1–2 L 11 Jan CD Santa Clara H 3–3 D 02 Jan Vitoria SC A 1–2 L 21 Dec AVS A 2–2 D 15 Dec CD Tondela H 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Jan CD Nacional A 0–4 L 17 Jan Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 0–2 L 04 Jan Casa Pia AC H 3–1 W 28 Dec Sporting Clube de Portugal A 0–4 L 20 Dec Gil Vicente FC A 2–2 D 13 Dec Vitoria SC H 0–1 L Season Stats
CD Nacional Rio Ave FC #14 Position #12 34 Points 36 34 Played 34 9 / 7 / 18 W / D / L 8 / 12 / 14 37 Scored 35 45 Conceded 57 -8 GD -22 1.00 PPG 1.06 26% Win % 24% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this seasonCD Nacional are 14th (34 pts). Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
CD Nacional0-152/216-301/131-45–/146-60–/–61-753/176+1/1■ Scored ■ ConcededRio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Rio Ave FC gets underway.
- Another three points for CD Nacional.
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Lineups
CD Nacional Lineups
Rio Ave FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Clayton 2 Carlos Vinicius 2 Demir Tiknaz 2 Bryan Rochez 1 Andre Sousa 1 Ronan Jeronimo 1 Aderllan Santos 1 Carlos Mane 1 Head to Head
CD Nacional Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.3 CD Nacional xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.08 Rio Ave FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + CD Nacional to win 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: CD Nacional winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.38Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 64% 36% ± 3.5 43% 57% ± 4.5 25% 75% Double Chance
CD Nacional or Draw 82%Draw or Rio Ave FC 40%CD Nacional or Rio Ave FC 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: CD Nacional win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 9.4%1 – 1 9.3%2 – 0 9%1 – 0 7.4%3 – 1 7.1%3 – 0 6.7%2 – 2 5.1%0 – 0 4.8%1 – 2 4.5%4 – 1 4.1%3 – 2 3.9%4 – 0 ActualAsian Handicap — CD Nacional
Handicap CD Nacional covers Push Rio Ave FC covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 19% 59% -1.5 41% — 59% -1 41% 22% 37% -0.5 63% — 37% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 10% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
CD Nacional keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.