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

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Primeira Liga · 2020-21

Sporting Clube de Portugal

2 – 0

Full Time

CD Nacional

Sat 1 May 2021 · 19:30 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 22' Alhassan Ibrahim

Y 23' Alhassan Ibrahim

Paulinho 31' Y

Daniel Braganca 53' Y

Y 57' Eber Bessa

Y 65' Julio

R 66' Alhassan Ibrahim

Y 90' Rui Correia

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
CD Nacional 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

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 Portugal 15 games · Avg 2.6 goals CD Nacional

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-01 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional 2021-01-08 CD Nacional 0–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2019-04-19 CD Nacional 0–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2018-12-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–2 CD Nacional 2018-04-28 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–0 CD Nacional

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 May	CD Nacional	H	2–0	W
25 Apr	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	0–1	L
21 Apr	Os Belenenses Futebol	H	2–2	D
16 Apr	SC Farense	A	1–0	W
11 Apr	FC Famalicão	H	1–1	D
05 Apr	Moreirense FC	A	1–1	D

CD Nacional

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 May	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–2	L
26 Apr	Vitória SC	H	1–0	W
22 Apr	CD Tondela	A	1–2	L
18 Apr	FC Porto	H	0–1	L
11 Apr	CD Santa Clara	A	1–5	L
02 Apr	Portimonense SC	H	1–5	L

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		CD Nacional
#3	Position	#15
15	Points	4
7	Played	7
4 / 3 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 5
17	Scored	7
8	Conceded	15
+9	GD	-8
2.14	PPG	0.57
57%	Win %	14%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

27% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

14% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (15 pts). CD Nacional are 15th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

4/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

3/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

–/3

76+

1/4

■ 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 Portugal

Luis Suarez	6 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' That's the starting whistle at Estadio Jose Alvalade. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Clube de Portugal and CD Nacional.
5' Zouhair Feddal has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ruben Amorim might look to freshen things up shortly.
15' Brayan Riascos is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for CD Nacional so far.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
22' The referee calls foul for Alhassan Ibrahim. He receives a Yellow card.
23' Alhassan Ibrahim is having his name booked by the referee on 23.
28' The travelling CD Nacional supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Paulinho on 31.
36' Over 36 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
41' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Portugal needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
46' Eber Bessa is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ruben Micael at the 46 minute mark.
51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
53' The referee shows Sporting Clube de Portugal player a Yellow card on 53.
57' Eber Bessa picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
62' Jovane Cabral has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joao Palhinha on 62 minute.
65' CD Nacional receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 65.
66' That is a Red card for CD Nacional. Alhassan Ibrahim will be fuming at that decision.
71' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Portugal that had 509 games and scored 687 goals.
73' Sporting Clube de Portugal make a change. Pedro Porro trudges off to be replaced by Gonzalo Plata on 73 minutes.
75' The CD Nacional manager makes a substitution. Joao Camacho departs to be replaced by Nuno Borges.
80' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Clube de Portugal and CD Nacional are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
83' Zouhair Feddal does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Clube de Portugal surge ahead!
84' Dudu Dudu has so much to prove this time. He replaces Brayan Riascos on 84 minute.
85' Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Matheus Nunes is hanging Nuno Santos on the field on 85 minute.
86' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Portugal team. Daniel Braganca is replaced by Matheus Reis on 86 minute.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Rui Correia argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
CD Nacional will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Clube de Portugal were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

55
Antunes
17
Joao Mario
77
Jovane Cabral ↑ 62'
2
Matheus Reis ↑ 86'
8
Matheus Nunes ↑ 85'
27
Joao Pereira
20
Gonzalo Plata ↑ 73'
72
Eduardo Simoes
22
Andre Paulo

Coach Ruben Amorim

CD Nacional Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Manuel Machado

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Trincao	3
Viktor Gyokeres	2
Bruno Fernandes	2
Bas Dost	2
Jovane Cabral	2
Zouhair Feddal	1
Pedro Goncalves	1
Jeremy Mathieu	1

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2021-05-01 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional W 2021-04-25 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2021-04-21 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 Os Belenenses Futebol D 2021-04-16 SC Farense 0–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2021-04-11 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–1 FC Famalicão D 2021-04-05 Moreirense FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D

CD Nacional Form

2021-05-01 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 CD Nacional L 2021-04-26 CD Nacional 1–0 Vitória SC W 2021-04-22 CD Tondela 2–1 CD Nacional L 2021-04-18 CD Nacional 0–1 FC Porto L 2021-04-11 CD Santa Clara 5–1 CD Nacional L 2021-04-02 CD Nacional 1–5 Portimonense SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

3.3 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.71 CD Nacional xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 79% + Over 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal79% Draw13% CD Nacional8%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 4.01

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

92%

Draw or CD Nacional

21%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or CD Nacional

87%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Portugal65% Draw29% CD Nacional6%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

10.8%

2 – 0

Actual

4 – 0

8.8%

3 – 1

7.5%

2 – 1

1 – 0

6.2%

4 – 1

6.2%

5 – 0

5.8%

1 – 1

4.9%

5 – 1

4.2%

6 – 0

3.3%

0 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	CD Nacional covers
-2.5	48%	—	52%
-2	48%	21%	32%
-1.5	68%	—	32%
-1	68%	17%	15%
-0.5	85%	—	15%
+0.5	95%	—	5%
+1	95%	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.