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 11 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
CD Nacional 11 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

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

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	#13
24	Points	10
11	Played	11
7 / 3 / 1	W / D / L	3 / 1 / 7
24	Scored	11
11	Conceded	19
+13	GD	-8
2.18	PPG	0.91
64%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

27% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

36% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

27% Clean Sheets
CD Nacional this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (24 pts). CD Nacional are 13th (10 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

5/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

3/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/4

76+

3/4

■ 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 Portugal

Luis Suarez	9 G	1 A
Flavio Goncalves	3 G	1 A
Geny Catamo	2 G	4 A
Fotis Ioannidis	2 G	2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar	2 G	1 A

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' Welcome to Estadio Jose Alvalade that hosts another battle between Sporting Clube de Portugal and CD Nacional.
5' Pedrao is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Clube de Portugal so far.
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' A quiet spell here at Estadio Jose Alvalade. CD Nacional seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Brazil international Eber Bessa has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
22' CD Nacional receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 22.
23' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Alhassan Ibrahim.
28' Sporting Clube de Portugal are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against CD Nacional's shape.
31' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Paulinho on 31 minutes.
36' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 36 minutes.
41' 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' A change in the CD Nacional ranks — Ruben Micael exits the field as Eber Bessa enters on 46.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
53' Sporting Clube de Portugal player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
57' Eber Bessa picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
62' The whistle greets Joao Palhinha as he departs to be replaced by Jovane Cabral.
65' CD Nacional player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
66' Alhassan Ibrahim catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Red card on 66.
71' It looks like no one’s ball. CD Nacional is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
73' Gonzalo Plata is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pedro Porro at the 73 minute mark.
75' Nuno Borges has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joao Camacho on 75 minute.
80' Over 80 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
83' Zouhair Feddal puts Sporting Clube de Portugal on the lead.
84' Dudu Dudu is ready to make an impact after coming on for Brayan Riascos at the 84 minute mark.
85' Matheus Nunes is replacing Nuno Santos for the Sporting Clube de Portugal side.
86' Sporting Clube de Portugal make a change. Daniel Braganca trudges off to be replaced by Matheus Reis on 86 minutes.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Rui Correia.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Bruno Fernandes	2
Bas Dost	2
Jovane Cabral	2
Viktor Gyokeres	2
Pedro Goncalves	1
Jeremy Mathieu	1
Daniel Braganca	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

2.77 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

0.68 CD Nacional xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 76% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal76% Draw16% CD Nacional8%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 3.45

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

91%

Draw or CD Nacional

24%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or CD Nacional

84%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Portugal59% Draw34% CD Nacional7%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 0

11%

1 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

8.1%

4 – 0

7.5%

3 – 1

7.4%

1 – 1

6.6%

4 – 1

5.2%

0 – 0

4.4%

5 – 0

4.2%

5 – 1

2.9%

2 – 2

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	CD Nacional covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	22%	40%
-1.5	60%	—	40%
-1	60%	20%	21%
-0.5	79%	—	21%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

51% ✓

CD Nacional keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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