União de Leiria vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Portuguese Cup match on October 20th, 2024

União de Leiria and Nacional are scheduled to play against each other on October 20th, 2024, Sunday, in a Portuguese Cup match to be held in Portugal, check the União de Leiria vs Nacional betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are now at the tournament stage where the teams from the lower divisions that managed to win the past matches try to stay alive, having to face theoretically stronger teams from the Segunda Liga or even from the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

It's at this stage that the bettors can start paying attention to the surprise teams, which aren't usually favorites in their matches, studying their last games in the competition, in comparison with the current form of the teams from the upper echelons, which start their way in the Portuguese Cup at this time.

Unlike other competitions, the Portuguese Cup has a one-leg format per round, with the exception of the semi-final which is played two-legged. Thus, each game will be seen as a final and there is no room to let your guard down.

However, not every team goes through every knockout round. Clubs from the Portuguese first league only compete from the third qualifying round onwards and as visitors. In the previous rounds, clubs from the second league, senior national championship or below play.

The game takes place in the small Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa stadium, in the city of Leiria, with a capacity for 6000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the União de Leiria vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025

Two teams from the national lower division will be playing in this match, which guarantees a competitive game, disputed until the last minute. The home factor in these qualifiers also influences and allows the home team to dream of advancing to the next phase.

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. União de Leiria performance to this stage is 2 goals scored and still 0 against.

On the other hand, Nacional will play the first game of the competition in this game.

Their last 2023/2024 League 2 Portugal match which took place on 30-03-2024 was such a competitive game it ended in a 1-1 draw.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it doesn't make that much difference, as neither team has had the honor of adding a Portuguese Cup trophy to their respective trophy cabinet.

In fact, the objective of these teams is to try to go as far as possible. They know that it is difficult to win the title in this edition. Even so, the surprise could be the Cup, as in the championship the fight is quite different.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that the União de Leiria team, in the last five matches, achieved more regular results and a total of 2 wins compared to the Nacional team, which won only 1 game.

To get a more recent analysis of the form of both teams individually, their performance in recent matches, featured players, and other essential statistics will also be evaluated.

União de Leiria

At the moment, in the Segunda Liga, the União de Leiria team has 2 wins, 3 defeats and 3 draws, thus obtaining a total of 9 points after 8 rounds, ranking them in 11th place. Also, the União de Leiria team goes with a total of 8 goals scored and 9 goals conceded.

União de Leiria come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Felgueiras 1932, valid for the League 2 Portugal, ended with a 1-3. The team coached by F. Nunes Cândido lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Considering this, we analyzed União de Leiria's record in the Portuguese Cup and found that, with a history of 1 runner-up championship of the Portuguese Cup, along with other factors, União de Leiria can be considered an outsider team, so their main goal is to give their best in the Cup, and just reaching the final stages will already be an outstanding achievement. But the players won't be satisfied so easily, so they must give their best to achieve a historic achievement.

The crucial point that we need to analyze now is the main objective of all teams, which is to score goals. It's evident that União de Leiria, in their two principal domestic competitions (Segunda Liga and Portuguese Cup), has managed to score a total of 10 goals so far in this 2024/2025 season.

Nacional

Regarding the history of the Nacional team in the Portuguese Cup, we can see that they have never even reached a final of the Portuguese Cup. Besides that, Nacional comes into this game expecting to do well in the Portuguese Cup even though they are not favorites for the title.

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Score market betting suggestions

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.