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Belenenses vs Nacional Predictions

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Belenenses vs Nacional Predictions

Both of these sides have seen their 2018/19 Primeira Liga season’s end in a damp squib, and while that means Belenenses look set for the bottom half, for Nacional the consequences have been much more severe, as they have been relegated.

For the second week on the run Belenenses were thrashed, this time Vitoria Guimaraes capitalised on another generous display from the visitors defence. All of the games six goals arrived in the second half and saw Vitoria Guimaraes establish a 2-0 lead. Lica pulled a goal back for Belenenses in the seventy-second minute, but a complete collapse in the final ten minutes saw Vitoria Guimaraes score three more times to win the game 5-1. Nacional were convincingly beaten 4-0 in their own backyard by title chasing Porto last time out, conceding two goals in each half and only having three shots on target during the ninety minutes.

The recent head to head record between these two clubs and their performances in the latter stages of the Primeira Liga season suggests that Thursday’s game is likely to end in a score draw. Three of the last five meetings between these two clubs have ended in draws, and each of those stalemates have seen both teams score. Belenenses and Nacional haven’t won any of their last six matches, and both teams have drawn two games during that period. Belenenses have no clean sheets in their last six matches, while Nacional have only kept one clean sheet in their last six attempts, and that’s another reason why we expect both teams to score in Thursday’s match.

Lica leads the way in front of goal for Belenenses, netting eleven times in the league heading into the final game of the season. Nacional’s top scorer Rochez has scored ten times in the Primeira Liga, but even his goals haven’t been enough to save his team from relegation. We’re confident that Thursday’s game will end in a draw, and have predicted a final scoreline of 2-2. These two sides can’t buy a win right now and this fixture has a very good recent history of ending in stalemate, so a draw seems like the obvious result on Thursday.

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