Nacional vs Portimonense Soccer Betting Tips – Primeira Liga
Nacional and Portimonense meet at Estadio da Madeira, in a match for the 25th round of the Primeira Liga. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 29‑11‑2020, Portimonense won at home by (1‑0). The record of direct confrontations in the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 3. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 16th and 13th of the table in the league, it’s actually a matchup between 15th-ranked in home games and 17th on the road.
The key points of the prediction Nacional vs Portimonense
-Nacional da Madeira has had a weak campaign in its struggle to achieve maintenance, in a year marked by its return to the elite league of Portuguese football. At the beginning of matchday 25, the island team occupies the seventeenth and penultimate position in the classification table, with the same number of 21 points added as Maritimo and Boavista.
-On the last day, before the stoppage of the competition due to the election matches, Nacional lost to Gil Vicente and reached the negative mark of six consecutive defeats. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back of the National leadership’s patience towards coach Luis Freire, who received a marching guide and was replaced by the experienced Manuel Machado, a coach who returns to a home he knows well to try to save to the division relegation team.
-Portimonense is also far from dazzling in their fight for permanence and comes to this match in thirteenth position in the standings, with 23 points added, the same as Famalicão, and only two points above the relegation places.
-Despite the reaction of the team led by Paulo Sergio in recent days, due to the increase in performance in terms of exhibition, Portimonense comes from two consecutive defeats, losing to Santa Clara, away from home, and in the welcome to FC Porto. On this last day, the Algarve team gave a good response against the champion in the title, but lost with great misfortune, scoring two own goals. These two results brought the Algarve team closer to the relegation zone again.
Nacional vs Portimonense Soccer Betting Tips
In a match that opens on matchday 25 of the LIGA NOS, two candidates will be in confrontation to fight for permanence, those who do not breathe easy. In the debut of coach Machado, Nacional must try to return to the victories, to get out of the relegation zone, against a Portimonense that should not settle for a draw. We expect a well-played and balanced game, in which the two teams will leave space for the attacks of the rivals to create some scoring opportunities.
Betting Tips: BTS / NO
Odds: 1.90
