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Match preview · Liga Portugal

CD Nacional – Sporting

CD Nacional 15th in Liga Portugal Home 0.95 projected goals by the model
Sporting 3rd in Liga Portugal Away 1.53 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 03:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
0.95 1.53
CD Nacional Sporting
CD Nacional
20%
Draw
30%
Sporting
50%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
CD Nacional Draw Sporting
Fair odds 4.90 3.33 2.02
Total goals
2.48
Over 2.5 goals
46%
Both teams to score
54%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting

50% Sporting to win

Attack
2nd vs 17th
Sporting attack v CD Nacional defence
Defence
2nd vs 11th
Sporting defence v CD Nacional attack
Recent xG form
+1.16 vs -0.81
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
0.95 – 1.53
CD Nacional v Sporting
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: CD Nacional and Sporting compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading CD Nacional Sporting
xG / match 1.15 · 12th (better) 2.01 · 3rd
xGA / match 1.87 · 17th (better) 0.79 · 5th
xGD / match -0.72 · 14th (better) +1.22 · 3rd
xPts / match 1.06 · 13th (better) 2.17 · 3rd
Last 6 xGD / match -0.81 (better) +1.16

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 37% of the model's distribution.

Sporting clean sheet
36%
Sporting 2+ goals
47%
Under 2.5 goals
54%
Both teams to score: no
46%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.6%
1:2
11.2%
0:1
10.4%
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Match result

CD Nacional to win
20.4% 4.90 —
Draw
30.0% 3.33 —
Sporting to win
49.5% 2.02 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
75.2% 1.33 —
Under 1.5 goals
24.8% 4.03 —
Over 2.5 goals
46.1% 2.17 —
Under 2.5 goals
53.9% 1.86 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
54.0% 1.85 —
Both teams not to score
46.0% 2.17 —

Team goals — CD Nacional

CD Nacional to score
64.4% 1.55 —
CD Nacional not to score
35.6% 2.81 —
CD Nacional 2+ goals
24.3% 4.11 —
CD Nacional at most 1 goal
75.7% 1.32 —

Team goals — Sporting

Sporting to score
81.0% 1.23 —
Sporting not to score
19.0% 5.26 —
Sporting 2+ goals
46.7% 2.14 —
Sporting at most 1 goal
53.3% 1.88 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
CD Nacional sample
20 matches
Sporting sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · CD Nacional
4 matches
Away xG sample · Sporting
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 03:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.