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Match preview · Liga Portugal

FC Porto – CD Nacional

FC Porto 1st in Liga Portugal Home 1.88 projected goals by the model
CD Nacional 15th in Liga Portugal Away 0.83 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.88 0.83
FC Porto CD Nacional
FC Porto
62%
Draw
25%
CD Nacional
13%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
FC Porto Draw CD Nacional
Fair odds 1.61 4.01 7.66
Total goals
2.70
Over 2.5 goals
52%
Both teams to score
53%
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 FC Porto

62% FC Porto to win

Attack
3rd vs 17th
FC Porto attack v CD Nacional defence
Defence
5th vs 11th
FC Porto defence v CD Nacional attack
Recent xG form
+1.34 vs -0.81
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.88 – 0.83
FC Porto v CD Nacional
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: FC Porto and CD Nacional compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading FC Porto CD Nacional
xG / match (better) 2.26 · 2nd 1.15 · 12th
xGA / match (better) 0.98 · 7th 1.87 · 17th
xGD / match (better) +1.28 · 2nd -0.72 · 14th
xPts / match (better) 2.22 · 2nd 1.06 · 13th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.34 -0.81

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 36% of the model's distribution.

FC Porto clean sheet
41%
FC Porto 2+ goals
58%
Under 2.5 goals
48%
Both teams to score: no
47%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
12.8%
2:0
12.0%
2:1
11.5%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
FC Porto sample
20 matches
CD Nacional sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · FC Porto
4 matches
Away xG sample · CD Nacional
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

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.