Liga Portugal · Match preview
Rio Ave 3–2 
Nacional
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
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Match overview
Final score: Rio Ave 3–2 Nacional.
Rio Ave are 14th in the Liga Portugal table with 7 points from 8 matches; Nacional are 16th with 4 points from 8.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Rio Ave L D L L W; Nacional L L L L L.
In their last 5 settled matches Rio Ave scored 1.0 and conceded 2.4 goals per game; Nacional scored 0.6 and conceded 2.6 in their last 5.
The Liga Portugal averages 2.7 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 3.3. Over 2.5 landed in 60% and both teams scored in 30% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Nacional to win at 37% probability; it did not come in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Nacional to win
- Probability
- 37%
- Outcome
- Did not come in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Liga Portugal record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Ave | 5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| Nacional | 5 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
Liga Portugal average this season: 2.7 goals per match.
Liga Portugal table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | Rio Ave | 8 | 2-1-5 | 8:17 | 7 |
| 16. | Nacional | 8 | 1-1-6 | 9:18 | 4 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.