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Steffen Schmidt - March 31, 2021
Nacional vs Portimonense
Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Friday, 2 April 2021
Kick-Off at 20.30 UK
Venue: Estadio da Madeira, Funchal.
It’s all to play for on Friday evening when Nacional and Feirense take on each other in a massive relegation six-pointer at Estadio da Madeira. The whole relegation battle can hardly be more exciting.
Here is how things look like with ten games left to play. Nacional share the rock bottom of the standings with the likes of Boavista and Maritimo. Farense are one point above, while Portimonense and Famalicao are just two points ahead.
The likes of Rio Ave, Belenenses, Tondela and Gil Vicente are all within four points of Portimonense. So, we have six teams inside two points. Bottom two sides are relegated, while the third from bottom will play relegation play-offs.
Now that we know the importance of the match, we can move on to these two sides. Both outfits have been struggling badly for goals throughout the entire season. They both notched 22 goals in 24 outings so far.
The hosts are on a dreadful run of result. They will head into this tie off the back of six successive Primeira Liga losses.
The visitors will also enter the game off the back of defeats. However, their run is much easier to handle given they’ve only lost two in a row. The streak includes a narrow 1-2 defeat to the likes of Porto in the last game before the international break.
It is also worth noting that Paulo Sergio’s troops demolished Tondela 3-0 on the home patch before the mentioned back-to-back defeats.
Based on the form and the head to head tradition, we are tempted to go with the away win pick at the odds of 2.30. However, we are kind of put off that direction by Portimonense’s horrendous away record in this term of Primeira Liga.
Alvinegros won 1, drew, and lost 9 of 12 league matches on the road this season, scoring only 7 goals in the process. This is why we will rather back the draw at the odds of 3.20. The Under 2.5 goals FT has to be a banker bet at the 1.65 odds.
