Primeira Liga Gameweek 23 Sun, Feb 21 · 16:00 Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo
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Away travel992 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Alverca—%
Draw—%
Nacional—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Alverca do Ribatejo)

Forecast from 6 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Alverca and Nacional. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

AlvercaNacional
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
30 Current StrengthIn forecast 17
38 AttackIn forecast 15
42 DefenceIn forecast 13
64 Form indexContext 5
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Alverca

Attack—
Defense risk—

Nacional

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

AlvercaNacional
1.63 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.13
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.25
1.44 xGVia Att/Def 1.16
1.57 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.92
+0.19 Goals minus xGContext -0.03
88% Scored inContext 63%
13% Clean sheetsContext 13%
12.00 ShotsContext 11.00
4.13 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.57
34% On target shareContext 28%
7.38 Shots in the boxContext 7.29
59% Box shareContext 60%
14% ConversionContext 10%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.50
12.13 Shots allowedContext 14.63
4.25 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.25
3.29 BlocksContext 3.14
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.63
71% Save rateContext 58%
43% PossessionIn forecast 50%
343 PassesContext 406
273 Accurate passesContext 334
80% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.73 Team ratingContext 6.61
14.63 FoulsContext 11.13
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 12.25
2.25 Yellow cardsContext 1.25
0.13 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.10
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
1.28 xGVia Att/Def 1.05
1.33 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.76
+0.12 Goals minus xGContext +0.05
80% Scored inContext 60%
10% Clean sheetsContext 20%
11.00 ShotsContext 10.50
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.22
32% On target shareContext 28%
6.80 Shots in the boxContext 6.78
60% Box shareContext 60%
13% ConversionContext 11%
2.14 OffsidesContext 1.43
11.80 Shots allowedContext 14.20
3.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.60
3.00 BlocksContext 3.22
2.70 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.78
69% Save rateContext 63%
43% PossessionIn forecast 49%
350 PassesContext 390
281 Accurate passesContext 317
80% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.73 Team ratingContext 6.61
14.40 FoulsContext 12.20
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.90
2.30 Yellow cardsContext 1.60
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Alverca
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km3,508 km in 14d
Schedule load10%Low
Form 64 · 10 pts vs 8.5 for an average club · +3.5 vs expected
  • W12 OctA · Famalicao4–10.9 xPts
  • W19 SepH · Rio Ave1–01.8 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Nacional3–11.3 xPts
  • L5 SepH · SC Braga1–21.0 xPts
  • D29 AugH · Santa Clara1–11.5 xPts
Nacional
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel992 km1,937 km in 14d
Schedule load17%Low
Form 5 · 0 pts vs 8.3 for an average club · -5.4 vs expected
  • L11 OctA · Rio Ave2–31.0 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Famalicao0–41.1 xPts
  • L12 SepH · Alverca1–31.4 xPts
  • L5 SepA · Sporting CP0–20.3 xPts
  • L30 AugH · Estrela2–31.6 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Alverca Nacional
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 10Low · 17
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 14 Feb7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 14 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km992 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways3,508 km1,937 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Alverca Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-3 · vs Famalicao (A) 4–1, 12 Oct
31Matheus Mendes(G)
12Isaac James 21Sergi Gómez 14S. Baseya
55Francisco Chissumba 6D. Gui 35Rayan Lucas 20Diogo Spencer
22Figueiredo 19D. Camara 10Chiquinho
Nacional Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Rio Ave (A) 2–3, 11 Oct
1R. Bellucci(G)
21W. Kokolo 38Zé Vitor 33Francisco Gonçalves 88Deivison
31D. Dongmo 15C. Labidi
12M. Song 20M. Djaló 10Daniel Júnior
29N. Kader

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Alverca Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Nacional Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Alverca · Home 1.25points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
1-2-1
Scored
1.25
Conceded
1.25
Nacional · Away 0.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
0-1-3
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 5 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 3 of 3 meetings

2 Alverca wins0 draws1 Nacional wins
Goals per game1.33 – 0.67 Over 2.533% Both scored33% Clean sheets33% · 33%
  • 12 Sep 2026Nacional1–3Alverca
  • 18 Apr 2026Nacional1–0Alverca
  • 7 Dec 2025Alverca1–0Nacional

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Alverca8 games · scored 13 · conceded 12
2 2 0-15
1 16-30
3 2 31-45
2 5 46-60
2 1 61-75
3 2 76-90
Nacional8 games · scored 9 · conceded 18
1 3 0-15
2 16-30
3 7 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
2 1 76-90
Alverca10 games · scored 14 · conceded 14
3 2 0-15
1 16-30
3 2 31-45
2 6 46-60
2 1 61-75
3 3 76-90
Nacional10 games · scored 11 · conceded 20
1 3 0-15
3 16-30
3 7 31-45
1 2 46-60
3 3 61-75
3 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.