The Primeira Liga fixture at Estádio da Madeira on Sunday will see home side Nacional taking on opponents Casa Pia.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Nacional v Casa Pia - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Nacional
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Nacional will be wanting a better result here after the 3-0 Primeira Liga loss in their previous game against Benfica.
In that match, Nacional managed 44% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Benfica got 18 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. Zeki Amdouni (5'), Orkun Kökçü (23') and Vangelis Pavlidis (92') scored for Benfica.
It’s not been often in recent games where Nacional haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Nacional have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals during that time. Despite that, time will tell if the trend will be sustained in this next match or not.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Nacional:
- have left without a victory over Casa Pia in their last 3 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
Casa Pia
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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Sporting Lisbon in Primeira Liga competition, Casa Pia and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Casa Pia managed 52% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Sporting CP got 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Gonçalo Inácio (12'), Viktor Gyökeres (34', 77') and Ricardo Esgaio (45' Own goal) scored for Sporting Lisbon.
In the course of their six most recent matches, João Pereira's Casa Pia have found the net 6 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 1.
Ahead of this meeting, Casa Pia haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.
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Head to head
The last league fixture between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 9 on 25/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Casa Pia 1-0 Nacional.
On that occasion, Casa Pia managed 43% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Ruben Kluivert (39').
For their opponents, Nacional got 19 shots at goal with 6 on target.
The match was refereed by David Silva.
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Team News: Nacional
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Nacional boss Tiago Margarido to be concerned about from a near full-strength squad. Miguel Baeza (unknown injury) misses out.
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Team News: Casa Pia
Casa Pia boss João Pereira has to currently contend with reduced team options. Kiki (unknown injury) and Clau Mendes (sprain) are not able to play.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Casa Pia have enough to score a goal against this Nacional lineup, however that probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.
We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Nacional after 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.
Renata Leite,
11:17 12/03/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Nacional
Formed: 1910
Stadium: Estádio da Madeira (5,586)
Captain: João Aurélio
Chairman: Rui António Macedo Alves
Manager: Tiago Margarido
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 13
🔑 Star Player: Daniel Penha
Usually playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Daniel Penha was born in Brazil. After having played his first senior match for Newcastle United Jets in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Midfielder has scored a sum of 3 league goals in this Liga Portugal 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 22 appearances.