Nacional vs Benfica: result 2-1 and analysis
Primeira LigaRegular Season - 2Kick-off on August 21, 2010 at 08:15 PM (UTC)Estádio da Madeira, Ilha da Madeira
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What was the result of Nacional vs Benfica?
Nacional won 2-1 on August 21, 2010.
Goalscorers
- 50′Luis AlbertoNacional
- 66′Orlando SáNacional
- 90′Carlos MartinsBenfica
Official lineup for Nacional vs Benfica
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Nacional
- 9Orlando Sá
- 29Diego Barcelos
- 7R. Mihelič
- 8D. Školnik
- 13Bruno Amaro
- 88Luis Alberto
- 2Patacas
- 3Felipe Lopes
- 33Danielson Ferreira Trindade
- 44Ž. Tomašević
- 1Rafael Bracali
Benfica
- 7Ó. Cardozo
- 20N. Gaitán
- 30J. Saviola
- 5Ruben Amorim
- 6Francisco Javier García Fernández
- 10P. Aimar
- 4Luisão
- 14M. Pereira
- 18Fábio Coentrão
- 23David Luiz
- 12Roberto Jiménez
What is the recent form of both teams?
In their last match in all competitions, Nacional have 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats; Benfica have 0, 0 and 1.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2010 | Rio Ave(away) | 1-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2010 | Academica(home) | 1-2 | Primeira Liga |
How many goals should we expect?
Nacional score 1.0 and concede 0.0 goals per match in their last match; Benfica score 1.0 and concede 2.0.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacional | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Benfica | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Over the last match 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