Sporting Clube de Portugal vs CD Nacional, Primeira Liga 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2026-27

Sporting Clube de Portugal

2 – 0

Full Time

CD Nacional

Sat 5 Sep 2026 · 19:30 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45' · FT 45'

Luis Suarez pen 32' 1–0

Flavio Goncalves 49' 2–0

Maximiliano Araujo 5' Y

Sergi Altimira 20' Y

Y 48' Markus Jensen

Overview

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Sporting Clube de Portugal vs CD Nacional — Primeira Liga at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Sporting Clube de Portugal 5 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
CD Nacional 6 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro
Assistant 1 Hugo Marques (Portugal)
Assistant 2 Jorge Fernandes

6 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 11.8 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal 15 games · Avg 2.6 goals CD Nacional

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-05 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional 2026-02-01 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 CD Nacional 2025-08-23 CD Nacional 1–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2025-01-25 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional 2024-08-17 CD Nacional 1–6 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	CD Nacional	H	2–0	W
28 Aug	Rio Ave FC	A	4–0	W
22 Aug	FC Alverca	H	3–1	W
14 Aug	Vitoria SC	H	3–2	W
08 Aug	CF Estrela da Amadora	A	2–2	D
16 May	Gil Vicente FC	H	3–0	W

CD Nacional

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–2	L
30 Aug	CF Estrela da Amadora	H	2–3	L
23 Aug	Vitoria SC	A	0–1	L
16 Aug	GD Estoril Praia	H	2–0	W
10 Aug	CD Santa Clara	A	2–2	D
16 May	Vitoria SC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		CD Nacional
#3	Position	#14
13	Points	4
5	Played	6
4 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 4
14	Scored	7
5	Conceded	11
+9	GD	-4
2.60	PPG	0.67
80%	Win %	17%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

27% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

40% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

17% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (13 pts). CD Nacional are 14th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

3/–

16-30

3/–

31-45

3/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

–/3

76+

–/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CD Nacional

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

2/5

46-60

–/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Luis Suarez	4 G	1 A
Flavio Goncalves	3 G	1 A
Fotis Ioannidis	2 G	2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar	1 G	1 A
Maximiliano Araujo	1 G	1 A

CD Nacional

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

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Clube de Portugal welcome CD Nacional for this crunch clash at Estadio Jose Alvalade.
5' Sporting Clube de Portugal player sees a card in front of him.
10' The 26-year-old Wesley has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Portugal that had 510 games and scored 689 goals.
20' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Sergi Altimira on 20 minutes.
25' Sporting Clube de Portugal are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
30' Sporting Clube de Portugal currently sit 2 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
32' Luis Suarez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
37' 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.
42' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Clube de Portugal and CD Nacional are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
46' Deivison has so much to prove this time. He replaces Leo Santos on 46 minute.
48' The referee calls foul for Markus Jensen. He receives a card.
49' What composure from Flavio Goncalves! The France international strokes it home. 2-0.
54' It looks like no one’s ball. CD Nacional is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
59' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
62' Another change for CD Nacional made on 62 minute. Pablo Ruan leaves to be changed by Allen Obando.
67' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Portugal team. Geny Catamo is replaced by Luis Guilherme on 67 minute.
72' 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.
73' CD Nacional manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Matchoi Djalo is hanging Stavros Gavriel on the field on 73 minute.
78' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Maximiliano Araujo is replaced by Georgios Vagiannidis.
80' A change in the CD Nacional ranks — Miguel Baeza exits the field as Daniel Jr. enters on 80.
85' Sporting Clube de Portugal are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
87' Silas Andersen is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sergi Altimira at the 87 minute mark.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Clube de Portugal to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1
Rui Silva
97
Luis Suarez ↓ Fotis Ioannidis 67'
17
Rodrigo Zalazar ↓ Nestor Irankunda 67'
25
Goncalo Inacio
6
Zeno Debast
10
Geny Catamo ↓ Luis Guilherme 67'
22
Ivan Fresneda
5
Sergi Altimira ↓ Silas Andersen 87'
77
Issa Doumbia
20
Maximiliano Araujo ↓ Georgios Vagiannidis 78'
58
Flavio Goncalves

Bench

Coach Rui Borges

CD Nacional Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

20
Matchoi Djalo ↑ 73'
31
Danel Dongmo
10
Daniel Jr. ↑ 80'
15
Chiheb Labidi ↑ 62'
9
Allen Obando ↑ 62'
50
Kevyn
88
Deivison ↑ 46'
2
Daniel De la Cruz
17
Fernando Nava

Coach João Gião

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Trincao	3
Bruno Fernandes	2
Bas Dost	2
Jovane Cabral	2
Viktor Gyokeres	2
Jeremy Mathieu	1
Daniel Braganca	1
Nigel Thomas	1

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2026-09-05 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional W 2026-08-28 Rio Ave FC 0–4 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2026-08-22 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 FC Alverca W 2026-08-14 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–2 Vitoria SC W 2026-08-08 CF Estrela da Amadora 2–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2026-05-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 Gil Vicente FC W

CD Nacional Form

2026-09-05 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional L 2026-08-30 CD Nacional 2–3 CF Estrela da Amadora L 2026-08-23 Vitoria SC 1–0 CD Nacional L 2026-08-16 CD Nacional 2–0 GD Estoril Praia W 2026-08-10 CD Santa Clara 2–2 CD Nacional D 2026-05-16 CD Nacional 2–0 Vitoria SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

3.5 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.72 CD Nacional xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 81% + Over 2.5 goals 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal81% Draw12% CD Nacional7%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 4.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

93%

Draw or CD Nacional

19%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or CD Nacional

88%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal68% Draw27% CD Nacional5%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

10.6%

2 – 0

Actual

4 – 0

9.1%

3 – 1

7.5%

2 – 1

6.5%

4 – 1

6.5%

5 – 0

6.3%

1 – 0

5.5%

5 – 1

4.6%

1 – 1

4.3%

6 – 0

3.8%

6 – 1

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	CD Nacional covers
-2.5	51%	—	49%
-2	51%	20%	29%
-1.5	71%	—	29%
-1	71%	15%	14%
-0.5	86%	—	14%
+0.5	96%	—	4%
+1	96%	3%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

49% ✗

CD Nacional keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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