Primeira Liga Gameweek 15 Sun, Dec 20 · 16:00 Estádio da Madeira, Ilha da Madeira
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Away travel1,230 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Nacional—%
Draw—%
Moreirense—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Ilha da Madeira)

Forecast from 5 Dec

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Nacional and Moreirense. 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

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

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

NacionalMoreirense
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
17 Current StrengthIn forecast 25
15 AttackIn forecast 17
13 DefenceIn forecast 27
5 Form indexContext 23
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

Nacional

Attack—
Defense risk—

Moreirense

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

NacionalMoreirense
1.13 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
2.25 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.88
1.16 xGVia Att/Def 0.51
1.92 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.46
-0.03 Goals minus xGContext +0.49
63% Scored inContext 63%
13% Clean sheetsContext 13%
11.00 ShotsContext 7.88
3.57 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.75
28% On target shareContext 35%
7.29 Shots in the boxContext 4.25
60% Box shareContext 55%
10% ConversionContext 13%
1.50 OffsidesContext —
14.63 Shots allowedContext 15.13
6.25 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
3.14 BlocksContext 3.88
3.63 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.88
58% Save rateContext 58%
50% PossessionIn forecast 36%
406 PassesContext 324
334 Accurate passesContext 244
82% Pass accuracyContext 75%
6.61 Team ratingContext 6.48
11.13 FoulsContext 13.63
12.25 Fouls sufferedContext 13.00
1.25 Yellow cardsContext 2.63
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.13
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.10 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.80
2.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
1.05 xGVia Att/Def 0.53
1.76 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.38
+0.05 Goals minus xGContext +0.27
60% Scored inContext 50%
20% Clean sheetsContext 20%
10.50 ShotsContext 8.50
3.22 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 2.80
28% On target shareContext 33%
6.78 Shots in the boxContext 4.50
60% Box shareContext 54%
11% ConversionContext 9%
1.43 OffsidesContext 1.00
14.20 Shots allowedContext 14.20
5.60 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.40
3.22 BlocksContext 4.00
3.78 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.67
63% Save rateContext 56%
49% PossessionIn forecast 41%
390 PassesContext 364
317 Accurate passesContext 286
81% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.61 Team ratingContext 6.54
12.20 FoulsContext 12.70
11.90 Fouls sufferedContext 12.90
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.10
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

Nacional
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%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
Moreirense
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel1,230 km566 km in 14d
Schedule load12%Low
Form 23 · 4 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · -0.8 vs expected
  • L9 OctH · GIL Vicente0–11.4 xPts
  • D20 SepA · Guimaraes1–10.9 xPts
  • W14 SepH · Maritimo3–11.7 xPts
  • L9 SepH · Benfica0–40.5 xPts
  • L4 SepA · FC Porto1–20.4 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
Nacional Moreirense
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 12
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 13 Dec7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 13 Dec
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,230 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km566 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 31 / 2 / 3
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. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

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
Moreirense Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs GIL Vicente (H) 0–1, 9 Oct
13André Ferreira(G)
27Kiko 26Maracás 66G. Dambi Batista 76Dinis Pinto
65Guilherme Liberato 23N. John
19Tiago Andrade 7Manuel Mendonça 10Kiko Bondoso
79L. Vonić

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
Nacional Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Moreirense Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Nacional · Home 0.75points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
1-0-3
Scored
1.25
Conceded
2.50
Moreirense · Away 1.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-1-2
Scored
0.75
Conceded
1.75

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 1 this season

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

Head to head last 4 of 4 meetings

2 Nacional wins2 draws0 Moreirense wins
Goals per game1.50 – 1.00 Over 2.525% Both scored75% Clean sheets25% · 0%
  • 7 Mar 2026Moreirense1–1Nacional
  • 4 Oct 2025Nacional3–2Moreirense
  • 27 Apr 2025Moreirense1–1Nacional
  • 14 Dec 2024Nacional1–0Moreirense

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

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
Moreirense8 games · scored 8 · conceded 15
1 1 0-15
4 2 16-30
3 31-45
1 3 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 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
Moreirense10 games · scored 8 · conceded 17
1 1 0-15
4 3 16-30
3 31-45
1 4 46-60
2 61-75
2 4 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.