CD Nacional vs. CS Maritimo: Prediction, Match Preview 16/09/2016

The Match Is Over. Score: 2:0

CD Nacional vs. CS Maritimo Match Preview:

Confrontation between two Portuguese clubs, each of which has had the glorious times and have fought for a place in the top three in its history. Now Maritimo and Nacional are middle peasants of the Porugal Primeira Liga, but related to the middle peasants who are able to strike out at any time.

Kick-off: 20:30 CET, 16 of September, 2016.
Match status: PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga - Round 5.
Venue: "Estadio da Madeira" in Funchal, in the island of Madeira, Portugal.

CD Nacional: Team News

Good relations with Porto allow Nacional to replenish its club squad with promising players taken on loan every year. This year the team is supplemented by such players from Porto, as Thiago Rodrigues, Victor Garcia, Sinan Bolat. Plus, taken in the numerous free agents are of a good level, which gives good prospects for Nacional in the current championship. Unfortunately, at the start of the season wards Manuel Machado is not impressive and occupy the last place, having to its credit a single dialed points.

CS Maritimo: Team News

Poor start for Maritimo, but quite better than for Nacional - 3 points and 14th place in the standings. Almost 50% of Maritimo consists of Brazilian players, and another 30% are legionaries from other countries. As a result, only a little over 20% of the club's players make the Portuguese players, which is why this team is not very loved in the country. Despite this, each season Maritimo demonstrates consistently good results and adheres to the chosen strategy of football affairs.

Possible starting lineups of the teams:

CD Nacional: Rui Silva - Nuno Sequeira, Tobias Figueiredo, Cesar Martins, Victor Garcia - Washington, Jota - Salvador Agra, Tiago Rodrigues, Witi - Nelson Bonilla (4-2-3-1 formation)

CS Maritimo: Eduardo Gottardi - Samuel Santos, Mauricio Antonio, Raul, Fabio China - Jean Cleber, Eber Bessa - Fransergio, Alex Soares, Edgar Costa - Dyego Sousa (4-2-3-1 formation)

Missing players of CD Nacional and CS Maritimo:

CD Nacional: Aly Ghazal (Suspended due to booking), Rui Correia (Doubtful), Jhonder Cadiz (Convalescent).

CS Maritimo: None.

CD Nacional - CS Maritimo Head-to-Head Stats:

02.04.16 (PL) Maritimo - Nacional 2:0
27.11.15 (PL) Nacional - Maritimo 3:1
20.04.15 (PL) Maritimo - Nacional 1:1
08.01.15 (TP) Maritimo - Nacional 1:2
08.12.14 (PL) Nacional - Maritimo 3:0

Interesting facts and streaks:

Nacional have lost 8 of their last 9 matches (Liga NOS).
Maritimo have lost 7 of their last 8 matches (Liga NOS).
Nacional have won their last 4 home matches against Maritimo in all competitions.
Nacional have scored at least 2 goals in their last 5 home matches against Maritimo in all competitions.
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Maritimo's last 4 games (Liga NOS).
Nacional have conceded at least 2 goals in 6 of their last 7 matches (Liga NOS).
Nacional has not tied 1st period in 10 last games.

CD Nacional vs. CS Maritimo: Match Preview

Maritimo have always had difficult matches at Nacional's pitch and 9 years of visiting, the team did not achieve a victorious outcome in this confrontation. In this case, it goes rather good to rely on the first points collected by Nacional in the current championship.

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