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Sporting Clube de Braga vs CD Nacional, Primeira Liga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2020-21
Sporting Clube de Braga
2 – 1
Full Time
CD Nacional
Sat 17 Oct 2020 · 17:00 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'
Y 31' Chico Ramos
Y 36' Lucas Kal
Y 70' Ruben Freitas
Nuno Sequeira 76' Y
Y 89' Larry Azouni

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Clube de Braga vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga at Estadio Municipal de Braga.

Match Details

  • Referee Rui Licinio Barbosa Tavares
  • Referee Paulo Soares
  • Referee Vasco Santos
  • Referee Artur Soares Dias
  • Referee

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 11 33
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 28
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 11 24
4 CD Santa Clara 11 21
5 FC Arouca 11 20
6 Académico de Viseu FC 11 20
7 Gil Vicente FC 11 18
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 11 17
9 Moreirense FC 11 14
10 FC Famalicão 11 13
11 FC Alverca 11 12
12 CF Estrela da Amadora 11 10
13 CD Nacional 11 10
14 Vitória SC 11 9
15 CS Marítimo 10 8
16 Casa Pia AC 11 8
17 Rio Ave FC 11 7
18 GD Estoril Praia 10 2

Head-to-Head

8
1
4
Sporting Clube de Braga 13 games · Avg 2.5 goals CD Nacional
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 CD Nacional 2019-01-18 CD Nacional 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 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

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Oct CD Nacional H 2–1 W
03 Oct CD Tondela A 4–0 W
25 Sep CD Santa Clara H 0–1 L
19 Sep FC Porto A 1–3 L
25 Jul FC Porto H 2–1 W
20 Jul CD Tondela A 0–1 L
CD Nacional
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Oct Sporting Clube de Braga A 1–2 L
04 Oct Os Belenenses Futebol H 0–0 D
27 Sep SC Farense A 1–0 W
19 Sep Boavista FC H 3–3 D
16 May Os Belenenses Futebol A 0–3 L
12 May FC Porto H 0–4 L

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Braga CD Nacional
#8 Position #13
17 Points 10
11 Played 11
5 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 3 / 1 / 7
13 Scored 11
11 Conceded 19
+2 GD -8
1.55 PPG 0.91
45% Win % 27%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
45% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season
27% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 8th (17 pts). CD Nacional are 13th (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga
0-15
2/1
16-30
–/2
31-45
1/1
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/1
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
CD Nacional
0-15
1/3
16-30
1/2
31-45
3/7
46-60
1/2
61-75
2/4
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga
Pau Victor Delgado 5 G 1 A
Fran Navarro 1 G
CD Nacional
Matchoi Djalo 2 G
Miguel Baeza 2 G
Abdel Kader Njoya 2 G
Liziero 1 G 1 A
Leo Santos 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Estadio Municipal de Braga. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Clube de Braga and CD Nacional.
  • 5' Matheus, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' CD Nacional is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' Pedrao has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 402 appearances.
  • 20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 25' 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.
  • 28' GOAL! Fransergio fires home to make it 1-0!
  • 31' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Chico Ramos on 31 minutes.
  • 36' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lucas Kal on 36.
  • 41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Braga that had 438 games and scored 587 goals.
  • 42' Goal! Iuri Medeiros scores his 29 goal in 428 matches.
  • 43' Goal! Iuri Medeiros scores his 29 goal in 428 matches.
  • 48' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 53' Sporting Clube de Braga currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 58' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 63' Bryan Rochez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 64' CD Nacional manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Larry Azouni is hanging Joao Victor on the field on 64 minute.
  • 66' A change in the Sporting Clube de Braga ranks — Iuri Medeiros exits the field as Andre Horta enters on 66.
  • 70' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Ruben Freitas on 70 minutes.
  • 75' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Clube de Braga side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 76' Nuno Sequeira has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 76.
  • 78' The whistle greets Galeno as he departs to be replaced by Moura.
  • 81' Fresh legs for CD Nacional! Witi comes on to replace Ruben Micael.
  • 83' CD Nacional make a change. Brayan Riascos trudges off to be replaced by Bryan Rochez on 83 minutes.
  • 86' GOAL! Nuno Borges fires home to make it 3-1!
  • 89' CD Nacional player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 90' Another change for Sporting Clube de Braga made on 90 minute. Ricardo Horta leaves to be changed by Abel Ruiz.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

CD Nacional Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Simões

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ricardo Horta 3
Dyego Sousa 2
Bryan Rochez 2
Bryan Rochez 2
Dyego Sousa 2
Ricardo Horta 2
Iuri Medeiros 2
Fransergio 2

Head to Head

2020-10-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 CD Nacional 2019-01-18 CD Nacional 0–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 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

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2020-10-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 CD Nacional W 2020-10-03 CD Tondela 0–4 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2020-09-25 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 CD Santa Clara L 2020-09-19 FC Porto 3–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2020-07-25 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 FC Porto W 2020-07-20 CD Tondela 1–0 Sporting Clube de Braga L

CD Nacional Form

2020-10-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 CD Nacional L 2020-10-04 CD Nacional 0–0 Os Belenenses Futebol D 2020-09-27 SC Farense 0–1 CD Nacional W 2020-09-19 CD Nacional 3–3 Boavista FC D 2019-05-16 Os Belenenses Futebol 3–0 CD Nacional L 2019-05-12 CD Nacional 0–4 FC Porto L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.8 Sporting Clube de Braga xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.93 CD Nacional xG
I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Clube de Braga57% Draw24% CD Nacional19%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.73
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw
81%
Draw or CD Nacional
43%
Sporting Clube de Braga or CD Nacional
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Clube de Braga40% Draw45% CD Nacional15%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.7%
1 – 0
11%
2 – 0
10.4%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.4%
3 – 0
6.1%
3 – 1
5.7%
0 – 1
5.1%
1 – 2
4.8%
2 – 2
4.4%
4 – 0
2.8%
3 – 2
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap Sporting Clube de Braga covers Push CD Nacional covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 18% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 24% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 12% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet
40% ✓
CD Nacional keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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