Nacional
Academico Viseu
Match summary
Nacional beat Academico Viseu 1-0, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.
Matchoi Djaló put Nacional ahead with a header in the 86th minute.
The chances backed that up: Nacional created 1.13 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Academico Viseu's 0.68 from 11.
Nacional secured a narrow victory against Academico Viseu in Liga Portugal on matchday 11, edging the contest with an expected goals tally of 1.14 to 0.61. The hosts shaded possession with 51 percent and controlled the territory during a high-tempo encounter, registering 19 shots to the visitors' 10, while both sides managed 6 and 5 efforts respectively on target. Nacional completed 342 passes compared to Academico Viseu's 325. Discipline was tightly managed by the referee as 7 yellow cards were distributed across the 90 minutes, with Nacional collecting 3 and Academico Viseu receiving 4.
A cagey first half saw Academico Viseu's Cihan Kahraman booked in the 7th minute and Nacional's Stavros Gavriel cautioned in the 42nd minute before the interval arrived scoreless. Following the break, multiple substitutions disrupted the rhythm until the decisive moment arrived in the 86th minute when substitute Matchoi Djaló headed home with an expected goals value of 0.25 to make the score 1-0. Late cautions were issued to Anthony Correia, Ze Vitor, and Matheus Dias before the referee blew the whistle for full-time.
