Thursday , 2 July 2026

CD Nacional vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2025-26
CD Nacional
4 – 0
Full Time
Rio Ave FC
Sun 25 Jan 2026 · 15:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

CD Nacional vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga .

Match Details

  • Referee Iancu Vasilica
7 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/game

Standings

# 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 Famalicão 34 56
6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50
7 Moreirense FC 34 43
8 FC Arouca 34 42
9 Vitória 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

1
4
3
CD Nacional 8 games · Avg 3.1 goals Rio Ave FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-01-25 CD Nacional 4–0 Rio Ave FC 2025-08-17 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Nacional 2025-05-10 CD Nacional 3–3 Rio Ave FC 2024-12-29 Rio Ave FC 2–1 CD Nacional 2021-05-19 CD Nacional 1–2 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

CD Nacional
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Vitória SC A 1–2 L
21 Dec AVS A 2–2 D
15 Dec CD Tondela H 3–1 W
Rio Ave FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Vitória 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 history
24% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season
18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

CD Nacional are 14th (34 pts). Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CD Nacional
0-15
2/2
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
3/1
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/3
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/3
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • The final score is 4-0.

Lineups

CD Nacional Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Clayton 2
Carlos Vinicius 2
Demir Tiknaz 2
Witi 1
Leo Santos 1
Bryan Rochez 1
Andre Sousa 1
Ronan Jeronimo 1

Head to Head

2026-01-25 CD Nacional 4–0 Rio Ave FC 2025-08-17 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Nacional 2025-05-10 CD Nacional 3–3 Rio Ave FC 2024-12-29 Rio Ave FC 2–1 CD Nacional 2021-05-19 CD Nacional 1–2 Rio Ave FC

CD Nacional Form

2026-01-25 CD Nacional 4–0 Rio Ave FC W 2026-01-17 Gil Vicente FC 2–1 CD Nacional L 2026-01-11 CD Nacional 3–3 CD Santa Clara D 2026-01-02 Vitória SC 2–1 CD Nacional L 2025-12-21 AVS 2–2 CD Nacional D 2025-12-15 CD Nacional 3–1 CD Tondela W

Rio Ave FC Form

2026-01-25 CD Nacional 4–0 Rio Ave FC L 2026-01-17 Rio Ave FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-01-04 Rio Ave FC 3–1 Casa Pia AC W 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–0 Rio Ave FC L 2025-12-20 Gil Vicente FC 2–2 Rio Ave FC D 2025-12-13 Rio Ave FC 0–1 Vitória SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.3 CD Nacional xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + CD Nacional to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
CD Nacional60% Draw22% Rio Ave FC18%
Actual: CD Nacional win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.38
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line 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

✓ Correct
CD Nacional46% Draw39% Rio Ave FC15%
Actual: CD Nacional win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 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
Actual

Asian 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.