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

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Primeira Liga · 2018-19

Sporting Clube de Portugal

5 – 2

Full Time

CD Nacional

Sun 16 Dec 2018 · 20:00 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45' · FT 45'

Jeremy Mathieu 27' Y

Sebastian Coates 32' Y

Bruno Fernandes 57' Y

Y 68' Felipe Lopes

Y 73' Felipe Lopes

Y 85' Kalindi de Souza

Y 86' Bryan Rochez

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 games · 82 pts (2025/26)
CD Nacional 34 games · 34 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Paulo Soares
Referee Hugo Miguel
Referee Fabio Costa
Referee Pedro Martins
Referee Rui Soares

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 Famalicão	34	56
6	Gil Vicente FC	34	50
7	Moreirense FC	34	43
8	FC Arouca	34	42
9	Vitória 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

Sporting Clube de Portugal 14 games · Avg 2.6 goals CD Nacional

Last 5 meetings

2018-12-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–2 CD Nacional 2018-04-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–0 CD Nacional 2017-12-03 CD Nacional 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2017-04-08 CD Nacional 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2016-11-12 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–1 CD Nacional

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Dec	CD Nacional	H	5–2	W
13 Dec	FK Vorskla Poltava	H	3–0	W
09 Dec	CD Aves	H	4–1	W
03 Dec	Rio Ave FC	A	3–1	W
29 Nov	Qarabag Agdam FK	A	6–1	W
11 Nov	GD Chaves	H	2–1	W

CD Nacional

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	2–5	L
09 Dec	Boavista FC	H	0–0	D
02 Dec	CD Aves	A	3–2	W
10 Nov	CS Maritimo	H	1–0	W
05 Nov	Rio Ave FC	A	3–3	D
26 Oct	Portimonense SC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		CD Nacional
#2	Position	#14
82	Points	34
34	Played	34
25 / 7 / 2	W / D / L	9 / 7 / 18
89	Scored	37
24	Conceded	45
+65	GD	-8
2.41	PPG	1.00
74%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

24% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 pts). CD Nacional are 14th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

5/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CD Nacional

0-15

2/2

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

3/1

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Clube de Portugal and CD Nacional.
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Portugal is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
6' Joao Camacho makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and CD Nacional are in front.
11' CD Nacional come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
16' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
21' Sporting Clube de Portugal has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
26' GOAL! Aleksandar Palocevic scores on 26. Assisted by Jota
27' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jeremy Mathieu on 27.
32' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Sebastian Coates.
35' Bas Dost is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
40' Bruno Fernandes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 77 Yellow cards this season.
45' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Clube de Portugal and CD Nacional are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
46' Fresh legs for Sporting Clube de Portugal! Miguel Luis comes on to replace Bruno Cesar.
51' Sporting Clube de Portugal are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
56' Sporting Clube de Portugal looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
57' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Bruno Fernandes will be fuming at that decision.
62' CD Nacional fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
67' A quiet spell here at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Sporting Clube de Portugal seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
68' The referee has no hesitation. Felipe Lopes is booked for CD Nacional — Yellow card on 68.
68' Nani makes way for Jovane Cabral at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Portugal.
70' Bruno Fernandes doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
73' CD Nacional receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 73.
75' Jeremy Mathieu puts Sporting Clube de Portugal on the lead.
77' The supporters are chanting for Brayan Riascos. He replaces Joao Camacho on 77 minute.
80' Another change for CD Nacional made on 80 minute. Aleksandar Palocevic leaves to be changed by Okacha Hamzaoui.
85' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kalindi de Souza on 85.
86' A moment of madness from Bryan Rochez on 86 minutes earns him a Yellow card. CD Nacional will be frustrated.
87' Bas Dost doubles the advantage! 4-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
89' The CD Nacional bench stirs into life. Witi is withdrawn and Kenji Gorre gets his opportunity.
90' What a moment for Bruno Fernandes! That strike on 90 puts his side firmly in control.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 5-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marcel Keizer

CD Nacional Lineups

Starting XI

13
Daniel
2
Nuno Campos
19
Joao Camacho ↓ Brayan Riascos 77'
8
Jota
80
Vitor Goncalves
22
Kalindi de Souza
23
Witi ↓ Kenji Gorre 89'
44
Julio
26
Aleksandar Palocevic ↓ Okacha Hamzaoui 80'
37
Felipe Lopes C
35
Bryan Rochez

Bench

Coach Costinha

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Trincao	3
Jovane Cabral	2
Viktor Gyokeres	2
Bruno Fernandes	2
Bas Dost	2
Luiz Phellype	1
Nuno Santos	1
Zouhair Feddal	1

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2018-12-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–2 CD Nacional W 2018-12-13 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 FK Vorskla Poltava W 2018-12-09 Sporting Clube de Portugal 4–1 CD Aves W 2018-12-03 Rio Ave FC 1–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2018-11-29 Qarabag Agdam FK 1–6 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2018-11-11 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 GD Chaves W

CD Nacional Form

2018-12-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–2 CD Nacional L 2018-12-09 CD Nacional 0–0 Boavista FC D 2018-12-02 CD Aves 2–3 CD Nacional W 2018-11-10 CD Nacional 1–0 CS Maritimo W 2018-11-05 Rio Ave FC 3–3 CD Nacional D 2018-10-26 CD Nacional 0–1 Portimonense SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.93 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

1.05 CD Nacional xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal70% Draw17% CD Nacional13%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

87%

Draw or CD Nacional

30%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or CD Nacional

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Portugal56% Draw33% CD Nacional11%

Actual: CD Nacional win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–2 not predicted

5 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

8.3%

2 – 0

8.2%

3 – 1

7.9%

3 – 0

7.7%

1 – 1

6.5%

4 – 1

5.8%

4 – 0

5.6%

1 – 0

5.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

3 – 2

4.2%

5 – 1

3.5%

5 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	CD Nacional covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	20%	45%
-1.5	55%	—	45%
-1	55%	19%	26%
-0.5	74%	—	26%
+0.5	90%	—	10%
+1	90%	7%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

CD Nacional keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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