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CD Nacional v Rio Ave : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estadio da Madeira, Funchal

CD Nacional and their boss Tiago Miguel Carvalho Margarido will be hoping for victory against Armando Evangelista and his Rio Ave side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Estadio da Madeira in the Liga NOS. Form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all published below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed , but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

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CD Nacional's next match is v Porto at 18:00 on Saturday 17th May
Rio Ave's next match is v Gil Vicente at 19:00 on Friday 16th May
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Nacional and Rio Ave was on Saturday 10th May 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
May 10th 2025
Nacional 3
3 Rio Ave
 
A. Carreira Sousa 46'3' D. Tıknaz
L. Rodrigues dos Santos 90'28' T. Bakoulas
K. Kostoulas (OG) 90'43' D. Tıknaz
 
NAC
RIO
Shots On
4
7
Shots Off
5
2
Corners
4
5
Possession
55%
45%
Fouls
11
12
Yellow/red cards
1/0
4/0
 
NacionalRio Ave
 
L. Oliveira de França
J. Lima Cardoso
L. Rodrigues dos Santosfootball icon
J. Coimbra Aurélio
D. Soumaré (Matheus Dias 46')
D. dos Santos Penha (L. Leite Esteves 46')
C. Abidi (A. Carreira Sousa 46')
A. Appiah
F. Yamada (R. Fonseca Macedo 46')
D. Tagueu Tadjo (I. Aguiar Tomich 71')
P. Pereira da Silva
C. Miszta
(J. Karseladze 88') J. Reginaldo
J. Esteves Baptista
football iconK. Kostoulas
J. Panzo
(J. Salazar da Graça 65') football iconT. Bakoulas
(J. Barradas Novais 46') football iconfootball iconD. Tıknaz
(F. Petrasso 90') M. Carvalho Neto
(O. Pohlmann 65') F. Ribeiro Tomé Tavares Bondoso
A. Inácio da Silva
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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Nacional or Rio Ave are in the kind of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 74% chance of 2 goals or more.

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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Nacional are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nacional
44%
1/1
5%
-
Draw
25%
14/5
9%
-
Rio Ave
31%
12/5
15%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2
15%
-
Nacional 1-0
10%
10/1
47%
-
Nacional 2-1
9%
8/1
6%
-
Rio Ave 1-0
8%
14/1
25%
-
Nacional 2-0
7%
11/1
33%
-
Rio Ave 2-1
7%
11/1
8%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
16/1
55%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
11/1
20%
-
Rio Ave 2-0
5%
20/1-
Nacional 3-1
5%
14/1-
Nacional 3-0
4%
18/1
27%
-
Rio Ave 3-1
3%
22/1
32%
-
Nacional 3-2
3%
20/1
19%
-
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
25/1
37%
-
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
4/7
17%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
27/20
24%
-
Home 1st Goal
50%
8/13
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
13/10
12%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
16/1
55%
-
BTTS - Yes
54%
1/2
14%
-
BTTS - No
46%
6/4
25%
-
BTTS - Home Win
21%
12/5
15%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
4%
-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
9/2
27%
-
Home/draw
69%
3/10
7%
-
Away/draw
56%
4/5
6%
-
Home/away
75%
1/4
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
1/6
9%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
4/1
43%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
11/8
27%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
8/15
15%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
3/1
38%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
2/9
10%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
7/1
38%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/12
4%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/40
3%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
16/1
55%
-
Home DNB
62%
1/2
10%
-
Away DNB
49%
6/4
17%
-
Nacional win to nil
23%
3/1
18%
-
Rio Ave win to nil
16%
6/1-
Nacional / Nacional
27%
21/10
3%
-
Nacional / Rio Ave
3%
25/1
24%
-
Nacional / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Nacional
15%
9/2
10%
-
Draw / Rio Ave
10%
7/1
6%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
11/2
18%
-
Rio Ave / Nacional
4%
20/1
9%
-
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
15%
9/2
15%
-
Rio Ave / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Nacional have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Nacional have conceded 34 goals, scored 19, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nacional have played 16 games at home, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Rio Ave lay in 11th place on 36 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 13 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Rio Ave have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Rio Ave have played 16 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 11 games. They have scored an average of 0.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nacional
Rio Ave
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon3324725979 
l
 
1-6A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
3-1A
2
Benfica3325445679 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
2-3A
l
 
5-0A
3
Porto3321573268 
w
 
2-0F
May 17
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
4
Braga3319862565 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-0A
5
V. Guimaraes33141271254 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
6
Santa Clara3316611354 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
7
Casa Pia3312912-445 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
8
Famalicao33111111444 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
9
Estoril33111012-943 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
10
Moreirense3391014-1137 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
11
Rio Ave Away3391014-1637 
d
 
3-3A
l
 
2-1A
-
-
12
Arouca3381114-1735 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
13
Nacional Home339717-1534 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
d
 
3-3F
14
Gil Vicente338916-1333 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
May 16
d
 
1-1A
15
Estrela Amadora337818-2229 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
16
Sporting Farense336918-2027 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
17
AVS3351216-3227 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
18
Boavista336621-3224 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
3
Nacional have lost 3 consecutive home league games
Nacional 13TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nacional1 - 2V. Guimaraes
Nacional0 - 3Gil Vicente
Nacional0 - 1Estrela Amadora
Nacional3 - 1Casa Pia
Nacional2 - 1Famalicao
Nacional2 - 2Estoril
Nacional1 - 2Arouca
Nacional3 - 1AVS
Nacional2 - 0Porto
Nacional0 - 2Benfica
Nacional1 - 0Moreirense
Nacional0 - 0Boavista
Nacional2 - 0Santa Clara
Nacional0 - 3Braga
Nacional2 - 0Sporting Farense
Nacional1 - 6S. Lisbon
Nacional1 - 2Rio Ave
Nacional1 - 3Benfica
Nacional1 - 0V. Guimaraes
Nacional0 - 1Porto
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNacional1 - 2V. Guimaraes
ANacional1 - 1Moreirense
HNacional0 - 3Gil Vicente
ANacional1 - 0Boavista
HNacional0 - 1Estrela Amadora
ANacional0 - 1Santa Clara
HNacional3 - 1Casa Pia
ANacional0 - 3Benfica
HNacional2 - 1Famalicao
ANacional0 - 1Braga
HNacional2 - 2Estoril
ANacional2 - 0Sporting Farense
HNacional1 - 2Arouca
ANacional0 - 2S. Lisbon
HNacional3 - 1AVS
HNacional2 - 0Porto
ANacional1 - 2Rio Ave
ANacional2 - 2V. Guimaraes
HNacional0 - 2Benfica
HNacional1 - 0Moreirense
Rio Ave 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
V. Guimaraes3 - 0Rio Ave
Moreirense0 - 2Rio Ave
Casa Pia2 - 1Rio Ave
Famalicao1 - 0Rio Ave
Estoril2 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca1 - 1Rio Ave
Sporting Farense1 - 2Rio Ave
Gil Vicente1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora1 - 0Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 2Rio Ave
Benfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Braga4 - 0Rio Ave
AVS1 - 0Rio Ave
Porto2 - 0Rio Ave
S. Lisbon3 - 1Rio Ave
Portimonense2 - 2Rio Ave
Vizela1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora2 - 2Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 0Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
ARio Ave0 - 3V. Guimaraes
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
ARio Ave2 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave0 - 2Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 2Casa Pia
HRio Ave2 - 3Benfica
ARio Ave0 - 1Famalicao
HRio Ave2 - 1Braga
ARio Ave1 - 2Estoril
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
ARio Ave0 - 1Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave0 - 1Santa Clara
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Rio Ave have beaten Nacional in 3 consecutive away league meetings
7
Rio Ave have not lost to Nacional in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at Nacional since 2016
Nacional
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
2
5
Games: Scored
2 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
2 / 4
NAC
1
RIO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nacional
1 - 2Rio Ave
0 - 1Rio Ave
0 - 2Rio Ave
Nacional1 - 0
League games at Rio Ave since 2015
Rio Ave
Nacional
Goals: Scored
8
5
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
D
2
RIO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
Rio Ave2 - 1
Rio Ave1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Nacional 13th Rio Ave 11th
Kickoff prediction
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1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Nacional will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Nacional’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-17
Rio Ave have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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PG (predicted goals)
0
0
Attack rating
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better
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
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Defence rating
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better
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Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
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Nacional v Rio Ave Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Nacional Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
334311
L FrançaD PenhaG GarcíaD. Soumaré
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L França GLK33
5
-
J Aurélio DEF1311
1
-
L Santos DEF151
2
-
D. Soumaré DEF2211
10
1
Z Vitor DEF302
11
-
D Penha MID3041
2
-
F Yamada MID1312
1
1
A Appiah MID26
3
-
C. Abidi MID171
3
-
P Bóia MID1412
1
-
J Tagueu FWD132
1
-
Subs
R Encarnação GLK2
1
1
G García DEF323
4
-
F. Baptista Gonçalves DEF
-
L Esteves MID323
5
-
A Sousa MID121
3
-
M Dias MID252
6
-
J Garcês MID
-
R Macedo FWD2611
-
I Tomich FWD2731
4
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3014313
ClaytonClaytonClaytonClayton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miszta GLK25
2
-
J Tomé DEF151
2
-
J Panzo DEF171
4
1
J Pedro DEF41
-
K. Kostoulas DEF3
2
-
D Tıknaz MID2742
7
1
M Neto MID2321
6
1
A Luiz MID1511
1
-
T. Bakoulas MID91
3
-
K Bondoso MID2821
1
-
Clayton FWD30143
12
1
Subs
M Teixeira GLK
-
F. Petrasso DEF6
2
-
D. Ferati MID
-
O Pohlmann MID2812
1
-
J Graça MID161
1
-
J Novais MID29
2
-
T. Medina MID2
-
K. Zoabi FWD122
1
-