Nacional vs Benfica: result 0-2 and analysis
Primeira LigaRegular Season - 8Kick-off on December 19, 2024 at 05:00 PM (UTC)Estádio da Madeira, Ilha da Madeira
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What was the result of Nacional vs Benfica?
Benfica won 0-2 on December 19, 2024.
Goalscorers
- 59′Á. Di MaríaBenfica (pen.)
- 74′Á. Di MaríaBenfica
Official lineup for Nacional vs Benfica
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Nacional
4-4-2- 23Isaac
- 10Luís Esteves
- 11N. Thomas
- 27El Hadji Djibril Soumaré
- 88Matheus Dias
- 70A. Appiah
- 5José Gomes
- 4Ulisses
- 38Zé Vitor
- 22Gustavo Garcia
- 37Lucas França
Benfica
4-2-3-1- 14V. Pavlidis
- 17K. Aktürkoğlu
- 10O. Kökçü
- 11Á. Di María
- 61Florentino
- 8F. Aursnes
- 3Álvaro Fernández
- 30N. Otamendi
- 44Tomás Araújo
- 6A. Bah
- 1A. Trubin
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Nacional have 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats; Benfica have 11, 2 and 2.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2024 | Moreirense(home) | 1-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Dec 7, 2024 | GIL Vicente(away) | 1-2 | Primeira Liga |
| Nov 30, 2024 | Boavista(home) | 0-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Nov 10, 2024 | Estrela(away) | 0-2 | Primeira Liga |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Santa Clara(home) | 2-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2024 | AVS(away) | 1-1 | Primeira Liga |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Bologna(home) | 0-0 | UEFA Champions League |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Guimaraes(home) | 1-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Dec 1, 2024 | Arouca(away) | 2-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Monaco(away) | 3-2 | UEFA Champions League |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 0 Nacional wins, 1 draw, 5 Benfica wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2021 | Nacional 1-3 Benfica | Primeira Liga |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Benfica 1-1 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Feb 10, 2019 | Benfica 10-0 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Sep 2, 2018 | Nacional 0-4 Benfica | Primeira Liga |
| Feb 5, 2017 | Benfica 3-0 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Aug 27, 2016 | Nacional 1-3 Benfica | Primeira Liga |
How many goals should we expect?
Nacional score 0.7 and concede 1.5 goals per match over their last 15; Benfica score 2.7 and concede 0.7.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacional | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5 | 5/15 | 5/15 |
| Benfica | 2.7 | 0.7 | 8 | 6/15 | 9/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Nacional sit 16th in Primeira Liga (4 points from 8 matches) and Benfica sit 2nd (19 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Benfica | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 19 |
| 16 | Nacional | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 |
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy