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

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Primeira Liga · 2018-19

Sporting Clube de Braga

4 – 2

Full Time

CD Nacional

Sun 12 Aug 2018 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 15' Mauro Cerqueira

Y 43' Jota

Diogo Figueiras 71' Y

Y 81' Alhassan Ibrahim

Overview

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Sporting Clube de Braga vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga .

Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
CD Nacional 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Bruno Duarte Paixao
Referee Carlos Taborda Xistra
Referee Luciano Maia
Referee Marco Vieira
Referee Leonardo Marques

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 12 games · Avg 2.7 goals CD Nacional

Last 5 meetings

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 2016-10-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 CD Nacional

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Aug	CD Nacional	H	4–2	W
09 Aug	FK Zorya Luhansk	A	1–1	D
18 May	Hadley FC	H	0–1	L
12 May	Shirebrook Town FC	A	1–1	D
05 May	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	H	1–1	D
01 May	Hanley Town FC	A	1–1	D

CD Nacional

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Aug	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	2–4	L
18 May	FK Rostov	A	2–1	W
11 May	FK Dinamo Makhachkala	H	1–0	W
05 May	Redbridge FC	A	1–1	D
01 May	Boavista FC	H	0–2	L
28 Apr	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

14% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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)

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

CD Nacional

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

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Sporting Clube de Braga host CD Nacional — let the battle begin!
4' What composure from Dyego Sousa! The Portugal international strokes it home. 1-0.
9' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Clube de Braga side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
14' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Clube de Braga and CD Nacional are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' The referee shows CD Nacional player a Yellow card on 15.
20' 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 Kenji Gorre suffering a number of foals already.
23' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Bryan Rochez makes it 1-1.
28' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering CD Nacional that had 270 games and scored 112 goals.
32' What composure from Dyego Sousa! The Portugal international strokes it home. 2-1.
37' Bryan Rochez adds to his 0 season tally! CD Nacional lead 2-2 — and this changes everything.
42' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
43' A moment of madness from Jota on 43 minutes earns him a Yellow card. CD Nacional will be frustrated.
48' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ricardo Horta makes it 3-2.
53' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
58' Portugal international Diogo Coelho has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
61' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Joao Novais on, Eduardo Teixeira off on 61 minutes.
65' Kenji Gorre is ready to make an impact after coming on for Witi at the 65 minute mark.
66' CD Nacional make a change. Bryan Rochez trudges off to be replaced by Brayan Riascos on 66 minutes.
69' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Claudemir departs to be replaced by Wilson Eduardo.
71' Poor challenge from Diogo Figueiras. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
72' Magnificent from Ricardo Horta! That is 118 goals in 430 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
73' Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Xadas is hanging Dyego Sousa on the field on 73 minute.
77' Time for substitution for CD Nacional. Joao Camacho is replaced by Diego Barcellos.
81' CD Nacional player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
86' Witi is a natural forward and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Clube de Braga tonight.
The points are shared — Sporting Clube de Braga 4-2 CD Nacional. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Tiago Sa
14
Pablo
87
Marcelo Goiano
7
Wilson Eduardo ↑ 69'
10
Xadas ↑ 73'
8
Ricardo Ryller
17
Joao Novais ↑ 61'

Coach Abel Ferreira

CD Nacional Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Costinha

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ricardo Horta	3
Bryan Rochez	2
Dyego Sousa	2
Ricardo Horta	2
Iuri Medeiros	2
Fransergio	2
Dyego Sousa	2
Bryan Rochez	2

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2018-08-12 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–2 CD Nacional W 2018-08-09 FK Zorya Luhansk 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2018-05-18 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Hadley FC L 2018-05-12 Shirebrook Town FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2018-05-05 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2018-05-01 Hanley Town FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D

CD Nacional Form

2018-08-12 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–2 CD Nacional L 2018-05-18 FK Rostov 1–2 CD Nacional W 2018-05-11 CD Nacional 1–0 FK Dinamo Makhachkala W 2018-05-05 Redbridge FC 1–1 CD Nacional D 2018-05-01 CD Nacional 0–2 Boavista FC L 2018-04-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–0 CD Nacional D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.98 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

1.04 CD Nacional xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga56% Draw24% CD Nacional20%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

80%

Draw or CD Nacional

44%

Sporting Clube de Braga or CD Nacional

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga42% Draw42% CD Nacional16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

9.6%

2 – 0

9.5%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

3 – 0

6.1%

1 – 2

2 – 2

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

3.4%

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	CD Nacional covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	18%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	23%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

CD Nacional keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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