Nacional vs Sporting CP: result 1-4 and analysis
Primeira LigaRegular Season - 3Kick-off on August 23, 2025 at 05:00 PM (UTC)Estádio da Madeira, Ilha da Madeira
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What was the result of Nacional vs Sporting CP?
Sporting CP won 1-4 on August 23, 2025.
Goalscorers
- 3′Léo SantosNacional
- 52′PoteSporting CP
- 76′PoteSporting CP
- 83′C. HarderSporting CP
- 90′PoteSporting CP
Official lineup for Nacional vs Sporting CP
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Nacional
4-3-3- 11Paulinho Bóia
- 9C. Ramírez
- 99Pablo Ruan
- 15C. Labidi
- 6Matheus Dias
- 28Liziero
- 5José Gomes
- 38Zé Vitor
- 34Léo Santos
- 2João Aurélio
- 37Lucas França
Sporting CP
4-2-3-1- 97L. Suárez
- 8Pote
- 17Trincão
- 10Geny Catamo
- 5H. Morita
- 42M. Hjulmand
- 91Ricardo Mangas
- 25Gonçalo Inácio
- 6Z. Debast
- 22Iván Fresneda
- 1Rui Silva
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; Sporting CP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2025 | Rio Ave(away) | 1-1 | Primeira Liga |
| Aug 9, 2025 | GIL Vicente(home) | 0-2 | Primeira Liga |
| Aug 3, 2025 | Maritimo(away) | 0-3 | Friendlies Clubs |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Tondela(home) | 1-2 | Friendlies Clubs |
| May 17, 2025 | FC Porto(away) | 0-3 | Primeira Liga |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2025 | Arouca(home) | 6-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Casa Pia(away) | 2-0 | Primeira Liga |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Benfica(home) | 0-1 | Super Cup |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Villarreal(home) | 1-0 | Friendlies Clubs |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Sunderland(home) | 1-0 | Friendlies Clubs |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 0 Nacional wins, 0 draws, 6 Sporting CP wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2025 | Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Sporting CP 3-1 Nacional | Taça da Liga |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Nacional 1-6 Sporting CP | Primeira Liga |
| May 1, 2021 | Sporting CP 2-0 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Nacional 0-2 Sporting CP | Primeira Liga |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Nacional 0-1 Sporting CP | Primeira Liga |
Last archived meeting: Sporting CP vs Nacional on Jan 25, 2025
How many goals should we expect?
Nacional score 0.9 and concede 1.8 goals per match over their last 15; Sporting CP score 2.0 and concede 0.6.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacional | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1 | 7/15 | 9/15 |
| Sporting CP | 2.0 | 0.6 | 7 | 6/15 | 6/15 |
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 Sporting CP sit 3rd (18 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sporting CP | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 18 |
| 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