CD Nacional vs Sporting Clube de Braga, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2018-19

CD Nacional

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Fri 18 Jan 2019 · 18:45 UTC Estadio da Madeira HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 10' Pablo

Brayan Riascos 10' Y

Y 14' Dyego Sousa

Filipe Ferreira 72' Y

Overview

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CD Nacional vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio da Madeira.

CD Nacional 2 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Hugo Miguel
Referee Jorge de Sousa
Referee Pedro Ramalho
Referee Ricardo Santos
Referee Bruno Trindade

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Arouca	2	6
2	FC Porto	2	6
3	CD Nacional	2	4
4	CD Santa Clara	2	4
5	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
6	CS Maritimo	2	4
7	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
9	FC Famalicao	2	2
10	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1	1
11	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
12	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
13	Moreirense FC	2	1
14	FC Alverca	2	1
15	GD Estoril Praia	2	1
16	Casa Pia AC	1	0
17	Vitória SC	2	0
18	Rio Ave FC	2	0

Head-to-Head

CD Nacional 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2019-01-18 CD Nacional 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 2018-08-12 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–2 CD Nacional 2018-02-24 CD Nacional 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2017-09-23 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 CD Nacional 2017-03-17 CD Nacional 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga

Recent Form

CD Nacional

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jan	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	0–3	L
13 Jan	Os Belenenses Futebol	H	0–1	L
07 Jan	FC Porto	A	1–3	L
02 Jan	Vitória SC	H	1–0	W
23 Dec	GD Chaves	H	2–0	W
16 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	2–5	L

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jan	CD Nacional	A	3–0	W
10 Jan	Portimonense SC	A	1–1	D
06 Jan	Boavista FC	H	1–0	W
02 Jan	CS Maritimo	H	2–0	W
23 Dec	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	2–6	L
14 Dec	CD Feirense	H	4–0	W

Season Stats

CD Nacional		Sporting Clube de Braga
#3	Position	#11
4	Points	1
2	Played	1
1 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 1 / 0
4	Scored	2
2	Conceded	2
+2	GD	+0
2.00	PPG	1.00
50%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

CD Nacional are 3rd (4 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 11th (1 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CD Nacional

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

2/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Estadio da Madeira will turn into a battlefield for CD Nacional and Sporting Clube de Braga.
5' Sporting Clube de Braga have won 575 goals from 428 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Clube de Braga. Pablo will be fuming at that decision.
14' Dyego Sousa was booked on 14.
19' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Braga is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
24' A quiet spell here at Estadio da Madeira. Sporting Clube de Braga seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
29' Both keepers have barely been tested. CD Nacional and Sporting Clube de Braga are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
34' The 35-year-old Nuno Sequeira has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
39' It is a substitution in CD Nacional team. Kenji Gorre is replaced by Witi on 39 minute.
41' Ailton Silva makes way for Nuno Sequeira at the 41 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
46' Joao Camacho has been relatively quiet despite scoring 15 goals in his last 266 appearances.
51' Sporting Clube de Braga seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
56' CD Nacional started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
61' Goal! Ricardo Horta scores his 118 goal in 428 matches.
66' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CD Nacional needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
67' The supporters are chanting for Okacha Hamzaoui. He replaces Fernando Tissone on 67 minute.
72' CD Nacional receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 72.
73' Assisted by Joao Novais with the perfectly-timed delivery and Murilo makes no mistake. 0-2!
76' Another substitution for CD Nacional to replace Filipe Ferreira by Kalindi de Souza on 76 minute.
78' Paulinho has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dyego Sousa on 78 minute.
83' CD Nacional currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
84' Claudemir gets the nod from Sporting Clube de Braga. He replaces Raul Silva and will look to change the dynamic.
86' Against the run of play, Paulinho has scored! This game has turned on its head.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Clube de Braga to claim maximum points.

Lineups

CD Nacional Lineups

Starting XI

96
Lucas Franca
11
Kenji Gorre ↓ Witi 39'
12
Fernando Tissone ↓ Okacha Hamzaoui 67'
2
Nuno Campos C
19
Joao Camacho
8
Jota
4
Diogo Coelho
80
Vitor Goncalves
44
Julio
35
Bryan Rochez
20
Filipe Ferreira ↓ Kalindi de Souza 76'

Bench

Coach Costinha

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

28
Marafona
36
Bruno Viana
5
Nuno Sequeira ↑ 41'
7
Wilson Eduardo
20
Paulinho ↑ 78'
25
Claudemir ↑ 84'
77
Trincao

Coach Abel Ferreira

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ricardo Horta	3
Dyego Sousa	2
Ricardo Horta	2
Iuri Medeiros	2
Fransergio	2
Dyego Sousa	2
Bryan Rochez	2
Bryan Rochez	2

Head to Head

CD Nacional Form

2019-01-18 CD Nacional 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2019-01-13 CD Nacional 0–1 Os Belenenses Futebol L 2019-01-07 FC Porto 3–1 CD Nacional L 2019-01-02 CD Nacional 1–0 Vitória SC W 2018-12-23 CD Nacional 2–0 GD Chaves W 2018-12-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–2 CD Nacional L

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2019-01-18 CD Nacional 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2019-01-10 Portimonense SC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2019-01-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Boavista FC W 2019-01-02 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 CS Maritimo W 2018-12-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2018-12-14 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–0 CD Feirense W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.36 CD Nacional xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.65 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

CD Nacional47% Draw23% Sporting Clube de Braga30%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.01

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

CD Nacional or Draw

70%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

53%

CD Nacional or Sporting Clube de Braga

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

CD Nacional40% Draw37% Sporting Clube de Braga23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–3 not predicted

0 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 1

7.9%

2 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

1 – 0

3.9%

4 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

3.6%

1 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — CD Nacional

Handicap	CD Nacional covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	19%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	13%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

CD Nacional keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

10% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.