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

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Primeira Liga · 2018-19

CD Nacional

0 – 3

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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 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 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 Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Académico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicao	7	7
14	Vitória SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	2

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 Marítimo	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
#15	Position	#6
4	Points	11
7	Played	6
1 / 1 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 1
7	Scored	7
15	Conceded	5
-8	GD	+2
0.57	PPG	1.83
14%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

CD Nacional are 15th (4 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CD Nacional

0-15

1/3

16-30

–/2

31-45

2/6

46-60

–/1

61-75

2/2

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CD Nacional

Liziero	1 G	1 A
Leo Santos	1 G
Miguel Baeza	1 G
Ze Vitor	1 G

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — CD Nacional and Sporting Clube de Braga get this one started.
5' Sporting Clube de Braga come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Pablo.
14' Dyego Sousa is having his name booked by the referee on 14.
19' Jota has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Braga needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
29' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
34' It looks surprising CD Nacional does not make any changes. Joao Palhinha has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
39' A change in the CD Nacional ranks — Kenji Gorre exits the field as Witi enters on 39.
41' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Ailton Silva departs to be replaced by Nuno Sequeira.
46' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
51' CD Nacional are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Clube de Braga's shape.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both CD Nacional and Sporting Clube de Braga are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
61' Ricardo Horta doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
66' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
67' Another change for CD Nacional made on 67 minute. Fernando Tissone leaves to be changed by Okacha Hamzaoui.
72' The referee has no hesitation. Filipe Ferreira is booked for CD Nacional — Yellow card on 72.
73' Goal! Murilo scores his 21 goal in 430 matches.
76' Filipe Ferreira makes way for Kalindi de Souza at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from CD Nacional.
78' The crowd applauds Dyego Sousa as he leaves the pitch. Paulinho steps in for Sporting Clube de Braga.
83' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
84' Claudemir is replacing Raul Silva for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
86' A stunning finish from Paulinho — that came from absolutely nowhere!
Another three points for Sporting Clube de Braga.

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
Fransergio	2
Dyego Sousa	2
Bryan Rochez	2
Bryan Rochez	2
Dyego Sousa	2
Ricardo Horta	2
Iuri Medeiros	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 Marítimo 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

3 / 4

1 CD Nacional xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

CD Nacional23% Draw26% Sporting Clube de Braga51%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

CD Nacional or Draw

50%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

77%

CD Nacional or Sporting Clube de Braga

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

CD Nacional16% Draw45% Sporting Clube de Braga39%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

0 – 1

10.2%

0 – 2

9.7%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 0

7.9%

1 – 3

5.7%

0 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

5.2%

1 – 0

5.2%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 0

2 – 3

Asian Handicap — CD Nacional

Handicap	CD Nacional covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	12%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	23%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	17%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

CD Nacional keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

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