CD Santa Clara vs CD Nacional, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
CD Santa Clara vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga at Estadio de Sao Miguel.
- CD Santa Clara 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- CD Nacional 34 games · 34 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Helder Carvalho (Portugal)
- Assistant 1 Jose Mira (Portugal)
- Assistant 2 Ruben Silva (Portugal)
9 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.8 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 11 May CD Nacional H 2–0 W 02 May FC Arouca A 2–2 D 26 Apr Sporting Clube de Braga H 2–1 W 18 Apr Casa Pia AC A 0–0 D 11 Apr Rio Ave FC H 0–2 L 03 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 2–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 May CD Santa Clara A 0–2 L 02 May AVS H 1–2 L 25 Apr CD Tondela A 2–0 W 18 Apr FC Alverca H 1–0 W 12 Apr Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 0–2 L 04 Apr CF Estrela da Amadora H 2–0 W Season Stats
CD Santa Clara CD Nacional #13 Position #14 36 Points 34 34 Played 34 9 / 9 / 16 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 18 32 Scored 37 41 Conceded 45 -9 GD -8 1.06 PPG 1.00 26% Win % 26% Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season24% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this seasonCD Santa Clara are 13th (36 pts). CD Nacional are 14th (34 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
CD Santa Clara0-152/116-30–/231-45–/246-60–/161-751/–76+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededCD Nacional0-152/216-301/131-45–/146-60–/–61-753/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between CD Santa Clara and CD Nacional is underway.
- 5' CD Santa Clara is showing some good football. However, CD Santa Clara are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' CD Santa Clara looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Elias Manoel scoring 1 goals.
- 15' Francisco Goncalves needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 20' It looks surprising CD Nacional does not make any changes. Filipe Soares has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 24' It is a substitution in CD Santa Clara team. Goncalo Paciencia is replaced by Elias Manoel on 24 minute.
- 27' GOAL! Pedro Pacheco scores on 27.
- 29' The referee calls foul for Paulinho Boia. He receives a card.
- 34' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Leo Santos suffering a number of foals already.
- 39' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with CD Santa Clara winning 50% of all matches.
- 44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 46' Gabriel Veron has so much to prove this time. He replaces Witi on 46 minute.
- 51' CD Nacional is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Paulinho Boia made 368 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' That looks like a foul for a card for Joao Aurelio.
- 62' The whistle greets Joao Aurelio as he departs to be replaced by Alan Nunez.
- 64' Darlan Mendes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Klismahn on 64 minute.
- 69' Supporters expect more eagerness from Diogo Calila, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio de Sao Miguel with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 74' 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.
- 79' It’s high time Petit made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 80' Darlan Mendes was booked on 80.
- 82' Another substitution for CD Santa Clara to replace Welinton by Vinicius on 82 minute.
- 87' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- Another three points for CD Santa Clara.
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Lineups
CD Santa Clara Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 49
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Gabriel Silva ↓ Luis Fernando 82'
- 64
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77
Klismahn ↓ Darlan Mendes 64'
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- 50
- 23
- 65
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Bench
- 1
- 21
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37
Darlan Mendes ↑ 64'
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70
Vinicius ↑ 82'
- 42
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Elias Manoel ↑ 24'
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52
Isaac ↑ 64'
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26
Luis Fernando ↑ 82'
- 94
Coach PetitCD Nacional Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Joao Aurelio ↓ Alan Nunez 62'
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Witi ↓ Gabriel Veron 46'
- 11
- 1
- 9
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6
Matheus Dias ↓ Chiheb Labidi 46'
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10
Daniel Jr. ↓ Lucas Joao 82'
- 33
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Bench
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19
Lucas Joao ↑ 82'
- 18
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27
Gabriel Veron ↑ 46'
- 26
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Alan Nunez ↑ 62'
- 30
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15
Chiheb Labidi ↑ 46'
- 50
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Coach Tiago Margarido -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Carlos 2 Osamah Rashid 2 Rui Costa 2 Elias Manoel 1 Guilherme Schettine 1 Joao Costa 1 Thiago Santana 1 Kenji Gorre 1 Head to Head
CD Santa Clara Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.43 CD Santa Clara xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.94 CD Nacional xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: CD Santa Clara winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.37Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
CD Santa Clara or Draw 77%Draw or CD Nacional 50%CD Santa Clara or CD Nacional 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: CD Santa Clara win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.4%1 – 0 12.3%0 – 0 11.4%2 – 0 Actual2 – 1 8.7%0 – 1 7.6%1 – 2 5.7%3 – 0 4.4%3 – 1 4.2%2 – 2 4.2%0 – 2 4%3 – 2 2.1%Asian Handicap — CD Santa Clara
Handicap CD Santa Clara covers Push CD Nacional covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 14% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 23% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet 40% ✗CD Nacional keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.