CD Nacional vs FC Porto predictions, H2H, statistics and tips

At home, the team coached by Tiago Margarido will try to get a victory thanks to home advantage. The match is the Portugal League 17th round, where  CD Nacional will face FC Porto at Da Madeira stadium on 3 January at 13:00, and will be refereed by Tiago Martins.

The home team, CD Nacional is currently in 15º position in the tournament with 13 points, while FC Porto is currently in 2º position with 40.  Continue reading our analysis for stats, H2H history and best predictions for this CD Nacional vs FC Porto.

CD Nacional

CD Nacional comes from playing against Rio Ave and finished the match with a result of 2-1, with loss for CD Nacional. After this loss they will try to get back to winning ways against FC Porto. In that last match between CD Nacional and Rio Ave, Black-and-white team achieved a 51% possession of the ball, with 2 shots on goal of which 1 was a goal. The goal was scored by Bruno Costa.

In the last 7 matches, the team coached by Tiago Margarido has achieved 1 win, 2 draws y 4 defeats. CD Nacional average number of goals per game is 0.7 goals, while they concede an average of 1.4 goals per game. With this trend they have 3 matches conceding at least one goal. In those 7 matches, they have scored a total of 5 goals while conceding 10 goals.

Latest statistics in CD Nacional matches:

• Under 2.5 goals: 4/7
• Both teams to score: 3/7
• First to concede goals: 4/7
• Draw at half-time: 6/7

FC Porto

The team coached by Vítor Bruno heads into this match on the back of a recent 4-0 win over Boavista. Thanks to the boost of this victory, the dragon team will be looking for another good result in their visit to CD Nacional.

In that match between FC Porto and Boavista, the dragon team achieved 76% ball possession, getting 7 shots on goal, 4 of which were goals. The goals were scored by Samu Aghehowa (x2), Rodrigo Mora and Nico González.

Analysing the last 7 matches, Vítor Bruno's team has won 5, drawn 2 , and is on a run of 4 consecutive wins and scoring at least one goal in the last 21 matches. FC Porto average 2.3 goals per game, while they concede an average of 0.4 goals per game. With this trend, they have now kept 4 clean sheets. In those 7 matches, they have scored a total of 16 goals while conceding 3 goals.

Latest statistics in FC Porto matches:

• Under 2.5 goals: 4/7
• Both teams to score: 2/7
• Clean sheets: 4
• First to score: 6/7
• Winning streak: 4
• Half-time winner: 5/7

CD Nacional vs FC Porto: H2H STATS

We always analyse previous H2H to spot trends that help us make a more accurate CD Nacional vs FC Porto prediction. The last match between these teams was in the Portugal League competition, in an event that took place at the Da Madeira stadium on 18-04-2021 with the result of 0-1, with FC Porto winning.

The last 5 meetings between CD Nacional and FC Porto have resulted in , 5 wins for FC Porto. In those matches, CD Nacional managed to score 3 goals, while FC Porto scored 14 goals against CD Nacional.

• In 2/5 matches both teams scored
• En 3/5 games it was an Over 2.5 goals