Rio Ave FC vs CD Nacional, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Rio Ave FC vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga .
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- CD Nacional 34 games · 34 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# 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 17 Aug CD Nacional H 1–1 D 16 May Gil Vicente FC H 1–1 D 10 May CD Nacional A 3–3 D 05 May CF Estrela da Amadora H 2–0 W 27 Apr Vitoria SC A 0–3 L 18 Apr CD Santa Clara H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Aug Rio Ave FC A 1–1 D 09 Aug Gil Vicente FC H 0–2 L 17 May FC Porto A 0–3 L 10 May Rio Ave FC H 3–3 D 03 May Vitoria SC H 1–2 L 27 Apr Moreirense FC A 1–1 D Season Stats
Rio Ave FC CD Nacional #12 Position #14 36 Points 34 34 Played 34 8 / 12 / 14 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 18 35 Scored 37 57 Conceded 45 -22 GD -8 1.06 PPG 1.00 24% Win % 26% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season24% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this seasonRio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts). CD Nacional are 14th (34 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Rio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ 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 Rio Ave FC to score. At the same time, CD Nacional does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Rio Ave FC Lineups
CD Nacional Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Clayton 2 Carlos Vinicius 2 Demir Tiknaz 2 Bruno Costa 1 Diego Lopes 1 Kenji Gorre 1 Theofanis Bakoulas 1 Witi 1 Head to Head
Rio Ave FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.37 Rio Ave FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.12 CD Nacional xGI would bet for: Rio Ave FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.49Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Rio Ave FC or Draw 73%Draw or CD Nacional 55%Rio Ave FC or CD Nacional 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Rio Ave FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.4%1 – 0 10.2%2 – 1 8.4%0 – 1 8.2%2 – 0 7.5%1 – 2 6.9%0 – 2 5.1%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 3.9%3 – 0 3.4%1 – 3 2.6%Asian Handicap — Rio Ave FC
Handicap Rio Ave FC covers Push CD Nacional covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 12% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 21% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✓CD Nacional keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.