CD Tondela vs CD Nacional, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
CD Tondela vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga at Estadio Joao Cardoso.
- CD Tondela 34 games · 28 pts (2025/26)
- CD Nacional 34 games · 34 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Helder Malheiro
5 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 11.4 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 25 Apr CD Nacional H 0–2 L 19 Apr FC Porto A 0–2 L 13 Apr Gil Vicente FC H 2–2 D 03 Apr Vitoria SC A 0–5 L 21 Mar AVS H 0–0 D 09 Mar Rio Ave FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 21 Mar FC Famalicao A 0–1 L 15 Mar GD Estoril Praia H 0–1 L Season Stats
CD Tondela CD Nacional #17 Position #14 28 Points 34 34 Played 34 6 / 10 / 18 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 18 27 Scored 37 55 Conceded 45 -28 GD -8 0.82 PPG 1.00 18% Win % 26% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history21% Clean Sheets
CD Tondela this season24% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this seasonCD Tondela are 17th (28 pts). CD Nacional are 14th (34 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
CD Tondela0-151/116-301/431-451/–46-601/361-752/376+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededCD Nacional0-152/216-301/131-45–/146-60–/–61-753/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for CD Tondela to score. At the same time, CD Nacional does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' The travelling CD Nacional supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Alan Nunez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 14' Another change for CD Nacional made on 14 minute. Gabriel Veron leaves to be changed by Pablo Ruan.
- 19' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CD Tondela needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 22' Chuchu puts CD Nacional on the lead.
- 27' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 31' GOAL! Brayan Medina scores on 31.
- 36' CD Nacional started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
- 38' The whistle greets Rodrigo Conceicao as he departs to be replaced by Tiago Manso.
- 43' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 48' Filipe Soares has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
- 58' CD Tondela player sees a card in front of him.
- 61' CD Tondela manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Makan Aiko is hanging Hugo Felix on the field on 61 minute.
- 64' The referee calls foul for Chuchu. He receives a card.
- 69' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pablo Ruan, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio Joao Cardoso with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 74' 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 Andre Sousa suffering a number of foals already.
- 76' Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka is replacing Joe Hodge for the CD Tondela side.
- 78' The supporters are chanting for Andre Sousa. He replaces Daniel Jr. on 78 minute.
- 83' 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.
- 88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Paulinho Boia made 366 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 90' Makan Aiko was booked on 90.
- 90' Another change for CD Nacional made on 90 minute. Filipe Soares leaves to be changed by Joel Silva.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.
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Lineups
CD Tondela Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 2
- 26
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27
Rodrigo Conceicao ↓ Tiago Manso 38'
- 44
- 10
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79
Hugo Felix ↓ Makan Aiko 61'
- 31
- 70
- 32
- 20
Bench
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23
Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka ↑ 76'
- 29
- 5
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15
Sphephelo Sithole ↑ 61'
- 21
- 30
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48
Tiago Manso ↑ 38'
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90
Makan Aiko ↑ 61'
- 8
Coach Gonçalo FeioCD Nacional Lineups
Starting XI
- 34
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22
Filipe Soares ↓ Joel Silva 90'
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27
Gabriel Veron ↓ Pablo Ruan 14'
- 11
- 38
- 1
- 9
- 6
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10
Daniel Jr. ↓ Andre Sousa 78'
- 16
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5
Jose Gomes ↓ Joao Aurelio 90'
Bench
- 19
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2
Joao Aurelio ↑ 90'
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18
Andre Sousa ↑ 78'
- 7
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26
Joel Silva ↑ 90'
- 33
- 30
- 50
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99
Pablo Ruan ↑ 14'
Coach Tiago Margarido -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brayan Riascos 2 Ruben Micael 1 Jhon Murillo 1 David Bruno 1 Ricardo Alves 1 David Bruno 1 Joao Camacho 1 Kalindi de Souza 1 Head to Head
CD Tondela Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.88 CD Tondela xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.44 CD Nacional xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: CD Nacional winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.32Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
CD Tondela or Draw 53%Draw or CD Nacional 76%CD Tondela or CD Nacional 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: CD Nacional win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.3%0 – 1 13.1%0 – 0 12%0 – 2 Actual1 – 2 8.7%1 – 0 7.5%2 – 1 5.3%0 – 3 4.7%1 – 3 4.2%2 – 2 3.9%2 – 0 3.6%2 – 3 2%Asian Handicap — CD Tondela
Handicap CD Tondela covers Push CD Nacional covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 6% 93% -1.5 7% — 93% -1 7% 14% 79% -0.5 21% — 79% +0.5 51% — 49% +1 51% 24% 25% +1.5 75% — 25% +2 75% 15% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
CD Tondela keeps clean sheet 25% ✓CD Nacional keeps clean sheet 42% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.