Vitória SC vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on December 23rd, 2024

Vitória SC and Nacional will be playing against each other on Monday, December 23rd, 2024, at 18:45h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal football game in Portugal, check the Vitória SC vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Vitória SC vs Nacional will occur

The game will be played in the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques stadium, in the city of Guimarães, with a capacity for 30008 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Vitória SC vs Nacional betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.52 goals per match played.

Vitória SC last match

Vitória SC comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Rio Ave, in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the match ended 2-2. Coach R. Gomes Borges' team lined up with this formation: 4-3-3.

Taking into account the previous analysis, the probabilities of winning were high, which is reason enough to consider the draw (odd 3.60) as a bad outcome.

Vitória SC average performance has certainly not been brilliant. One of the few who made a difference is Nuno Santos: well positioned on the field, with a well-tuned foot, he was instrumental to the team in saving the result.

Nacional last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Nacional, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Benfica team with a final score of 0-2.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds for their victory, 9.50 were the best proof of this.

Vitória SC vs Nacional h2h

The last time Vitória SC faced Nacional it was in Liga Portugal. Vitória SC, then in 6th place opened with a play using the 3-4-2-1 formation, while Nacional, who was in 18th place, played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

The two teams have not faced each other since 26-04-2021. On that occasion they were playing for the 2020/2021 season of the Liga Portugal, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Nacional.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

Vitória SC

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Considering the home team Vitória SC, standing in 6th place with 22 points in the Liga Portugal competition in Portugal. Their performance statistics have been such as 6 wins, 4 losses and, 4 draws.

This means that Moreirense team, in 7th place, is close behind in the 15th round with a disadvantage of 2 points.

Vitória SC analysis

Vitória SC after 14 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 18 goals and conceded only 14 to opponents.

Vitória SC average number of shots on net is 4.07 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

The Vitória SC team typically attempts to achieve an average ball possession of 54.71% to control the game. The reason for this is that teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents.

While having won twice playing away from home, this team knows how to take advantage of their home court with 4 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw.

Vitória SC is a more offensive team than Nacional, having 1406 attacks vs. 1107 from Nacional, having scored 18 times. In comparison, Nacional converted into goal 8 times.

Best goalscorer from Vitória SC

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Gustavo da Silva Cunha. The Attacker has scored 3 times in this competition and helped Vitória SC avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Nacional

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Nacional arrives in this game with 12 points, and in 14th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 3 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 3 draws.

Nacional analysis

After round 14 of Liga Portugal we count 8 goals scored by Nacional and 19 conceded.

Recent games have demonstrated that Nacional is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.57 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from Nacional

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Isaac Aguiar Tomich so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Nacional to achieve victorious results this season.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.39 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Vitória SC is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.14 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Vitória SC in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Vitória SC has an average of 2.2 yellow cards per game over the 14 rounds, while Nacional has an average of 2.3. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.79 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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