Wednesday , 30 September 2026

CD Santa Clara vs CD Nacional, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2025-26
CD Santa Clara
2 – 0
Full Time
CD Nacional
Mon 11 May 2026 · 19:15 UTC Estadio de Sao Miguel HT 45' · FT 45'
Witi og 27' 1–0
Elias Manoel 90+2' 2–0
Y 29' Paulinho Boia
Y 60' Joao Aurelio
Darlan Mendes 80' Y

Overview

Match Preview

CD Santa Clara vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga at Estadio de Sao Miguel.

Match Details

  • Referee Helder Carvalho (Portugal)
  • Assistant 1 Jose Mira (Portugal)
  • Assistant 2 Ruben Silva (Portugal)

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 Famalicão 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

6
2
1
CD Santa Clara 9 games · Avg 3.3 goals CD Nacional
Last 5 meetings
2026-05-11 CD Santa Clara 2–0 CD Nacional 2026-01-11 CD Nacional 3–3 CD Santa Clara 2025-03-30 CD Santa Clara 1–0 CD Nacional 2024-11-04 CD Nacional 2–0 CD Santa Clara 2021-04-11 CD Santa Clara 5–1 CD Nacional

Recent Form

CD Santa Clara
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
CD Nacional
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#4 Position #15
15 Points 4
7 Played 7
4 / 3 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 1 / 5
11 Scored 7
4 Conceded 15
+7 GD -8
2.14 PPG 0.57
57% Win % 14%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
57% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season
14% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

CD Santa Clara are 4th (15 pts). CD Nacional are 15th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CD Santa Clara
0-15
2/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/2
46-60
2/1
61-75
–/1
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

CD Santa Clara
Goncalo Paciencia 5 G 1 A
Brenner 2 G
CD Nacional
Liziero 1 G 1 A
Leo Santos 1 G
Miguel Baeza 1 G
Ze Vitor 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against CD Santa Clara and CD Nacional has kicked off!
  • 5' CD Nacional are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 10' It looks surprising CD Santa Clara does not make any changes. Lucas Joao has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' CD Nacional come into this ranked 14 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 24' A tactical swap from CD Santa Clara — Elias Manoel on, Goncalo Paciencia off on 24 minutes.
  • 27' Pedro Pacheco does the damage! The net is bulging and CD Santa Clara surge ahead!
  • 29' Paulinho Boia catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 29.
  • 34' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 39' CD Santa Clara 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.
  • 44' Filipe Soares, a Portugal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 46' CD Nacional make a change. Witi trudges off to be replaced by Gabriel Veron on 46 minutes.
  • 51' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both CD Santa Clara and CD Nacional are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 60' Joao Aurelio picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 62' Joao Aurelio makes way for Alan Nunez at the 62 minute mark. A tactical switch from CD Nacional.
  • 64' The crowd applauds Klismahn as he leaves the pitch. Darlan Mendes steps in for CD Santa Clara.
  • 69' 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.
  • 74' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 79' CD Nacional fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 80' A meaty challenge results in booking for Darlan Mendes on 80.
  • 82' Another substitution for CD Santa Clara to replace Welinton by Vinicius on 82 minute.
  • 87' CD Nacional looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Liziero scoring 1 goals.
  • CD Nacional will have plenty to reflect on. CD Santa Clara were simply the better side today.

Lineups

CD Santa Clara Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Petit

CD Nacional Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tiago Margarido

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Rui Costa 2
Carlos 2
Goncalo Paciencia 2
Osamah Rashid 2
Mikel Villanueva 1
Fernando 1
Ukra 1
Denis Pineda 1

Head to Head

2026-05-11 CD Santa Clara 2–0 CD Nacional 2026-01-11 CD Nacional 3–3 CD Santa Clara 2025-03-30 CD Santa Clara 1–0 CD Nacional 2024-11-04 CD Nacional 2–0 CD Santa Clara 2021-04-11 CD Santa Clara 5–1 CD Nacional

CD Santa Clara Form

2026-05-11 CD Santa Clara 2–0 CD Nacional W 2026-05-02 FC Arouca 2–2 CD Santa Clara D 2026-04-26 CD Santa Clara 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2026-04-18 Casa Pia AC 0–0 CD Santa Clara D 2026-04-11 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Rio Ave FC L 2026-04-03 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–2 CD Santa Clara L

CD Nacional Form

2026-05-11 CD Santa Clara 2–0 CD Nacional L 2026-05-02 CD Nacional 1–2 AVS L 2026-04-25 CD Tondela 0–2 CD Nacional W 2026-04-18 CD Nacional 1–0 FC Alverca W 2026-04-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 CD Nacional L 2026-04-04 CD Nacional 2–0 CF Estrela da Amadora W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.31 CD Santa Clara xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.67 CD Nacional xG
I would bet for: CD Santa Clara to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
CD Santa Clara68% Draw20% CD Nacional12%
Actual: CD Santa Clara win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes44% 0% No56%
Avg goals/match: 2.98
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

CD Santa Clara or Draw
88%
Draw or CD Nacional
32%
CD Santa Clara or CD Nacional
80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
CD Santa Clara52% Draw39% CD Nacional9%
Actual: CD Santa Clara win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
11.4%
3 – 0
10%
2 – 1
8.8%
1 – 1
8.5%
3 – 1
6.8%
0 – 0
6.6%
4 – 0
5.8%
4 – 1
4%
2 – 2
2.9%
0 – 1
2.8%
5 – 0
2.7%

Asian Handicap — CD Santa Clara

Handicap CD Santa Clara covers Push CD Nacional covers
-2.5 28% — 72%
-2 28% 22% 50%
-1.5 50% — 50%
-1 50% 23% 27%
-0.5 73% — 27%
+0.5 92% — 8%
+1 92% 6% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet
51% ✓
CD Nacional keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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