Nacional vs Rio Ave stats and head-to-head

2025-26. Sun, 25 Jan 2026

NacionalHome

40Full time, half-time 1–0

Rio AveAway

Nacional won by 4 goals.

WWLLWLeague form, oldest to newestDLDLD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Estádio da Madeira. Photo: Mghamburg, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Nacional have 8 scored home results and Rio Ave 9 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Nacional at home: 0.88 points per match (8 measured matches); Rio Ave away: 1.22 points per match (9 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Nacional scored 1.50 per home match (8 measured matches); Rio Ave scored 1.33 away (9). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.36 per club appearance across 332 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 17 pooled club appearances (76.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Nacional: 0 wins; Rio Ave: 3 wins; draws: 4.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10

Second half30

The match in numbers

NacionalRio Ave

14Shots11
5Shots on target6
5Corners5
18Fouls6
3Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Nacional

Shots14
On target5
Goals4

36% of shots on target, 80% of those scored.

Rio Ave

Shots11
On target6
Goals0

55% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

7 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Nacional wins

Draws

Rio Ave wins

Goals / meeting

3.00

21 goals in 7 meetings

Both scored

71%

5 of 7 meetings

Over 1.5

71%

5 of 7 meetings

Over 2.5

57%

4 of 7 meetings

Over 3.5

29%

2 of 7 meetings

Nacional clean sheets

14%

1 of 7 meetings

Rio Ave clean sheets

29%

2 of 7 meetings

Corners / meeting

12.00

7 with corner data

Cards / meeting

4.29

7 with card data

Rio Ave v NacionalSun, 17 Aug 2025 · Primeira Liga 2025-261–1HT 1–0
Nacional v Rio AveSat, 10 May 2025 · Primeira Liga 2024-253–3HT 0–3
Rio Ave v NacionalSun, 29 Dec 2024 · Primeira Liga 2024-252–1HT 1–1
Nacional v Rio AveWed, 19 May 2021 · Primeira Liga 2020-211–2HT 1–0
Rio Ave v NacionalFri, 5 Feb 2021 · Primeira Liga 2020-210–0HT 0–0
Nacional v Rio AveSun, 17 Mar 2019 · Primeira Liga 2018-190–1HT 0–1
Rio Ave v NacionalMon, 5 Nov 2018 · Primeira Liga 2018-193–3HT 2–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Nacional at homeLWWLLL

Rio Ave awayLDLWLL

Sat, 19 Sept@ Alverca0–1C 3–8 · Y 2–2
Sun, 6 Sept@ Santa Clara0–4C 2–8 · Y 1–1
Sat, 22 Aug@ Estoril2–0C 3–6 · Y 1–1
Sun, 9 Aug@ Gil Vicente0–1C 2–5 · Y 4–1
Sat, 16 May@ Casa Pia1–1C 0–9 · Y 0–1
Sat, 25 Apr@ Guimaraes0–2C 5–3 · Y 4–4

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Nacional at home, Rio Ave away

50%
Both teams scored
League 48%
17 + 17 matches
94%
Over 0.5 goals
League 93%
17 + 17 matches
77%
Over 1.5 goals
League 75%
17 + 17 matches
53%
Over 2.5 goals
League 54%
17 + 17 matches
29%
Over 3.5 goals
League 30%
17 + 17 matches
12%
Over 4.5 goals
League 10%
17 + 17 matches
2.7
Avg total goals
League 2.68
17 + 17 matches
62%
1st half over 0.5
League 69%
17 + 17 matches
15%
1st half over 1.5
League 36%
17 + 17 matches
11.1
Corners per match
League 9.43
17 + 17 matches
79%
Corners over 8.5
League 59%
17 + 17 matches
65%
Corners over 9.5
League 47%
17 + 17 matches
50%
Corners over 10.5
League 36%
17 + 17 matches
5.9
Cards per match
League 5.21
17 + 17 matches
76%
Cards over 3.5
League 72%
17 + 17 matches
74%
Cards over 4.5
League 58%
17 + 17 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Home and away Overall

Nacional at home, Rio Ave away

Nacional (home)		Rio Ave (away)
14	Position	13
LWWLW	Last 5, oldest to newest	WWWLD
17	Played	17
1.18	Points per match	1.24
35%	Win %	29%
1.35	Scored / match	1.06
1.35	Conceded / match	1.65
2.71	Avg total goals	2.71
47%	Both scored	53%
29%	Clean sheets	18%
29%	Failed to score	35%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

NacionalRio Ave

0.411st half scored / match0.18
0.531st half conceded / match0.53
0.942nd half scored / match0.88
0.822nd half conceded / match1.12
18%Leading at half-time12%
59%1st half over 0.565%
24%1st half over 1.56%
77%2nd half over 0.588%
53%2nd half over 1.571%
24%Scored in both halves12%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Nacional at home, Rio Ave away, this season.

Goals

NacionalRio Ave

1.35Scored / match1.06
1.35Conceded / match1.65
2.71Match total / match2.71
71%Scored 1+65%
35%Scored 2+35%
71%Conceded 1+82%
47%Conceded 2+41%
71%Match over 1.582%
53%Match over 2.553%
29%Match over 3.529%

Shots and xG

NacionalRio Ave

12.59Shots for8.53
15.47Shots against15.88
4.18On target for3.59
4.47On target against5.18
11%Shot conversion12%

Corners

NacionalRio Ave

4.76Corners for3.41
6.88Corners against7.06
11.65Match total10.47
94%Over 7.582%
82%Over 8.577%
71%Over 9.559%
59%Over 10.541%
53%Over 11.529%

Cards

NacionalRio Ave

3.59Cards for2.76
3.06Cards against2.47
6.65Match total5.24
100%Over 2.571%
88%Over 3.565%
82%Over 4.565%
65%Over 5.529%
14.24Fouls committed13.47

The table, 2025-26

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
11	Alverca	34	-17	39
12	Santa Clara	34	-9	36
13	Rio Ave	34	-22	36
14	Nacional	34	-8	34
15	Estrela	34	-18	30
16	Casa Pia	34	-26	30

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