Match Report
21 points separated the sides: Nacional 5th on 45, Olhanense 15th on 24. The last five rounds placed Olhanense 9th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Olhanense ran at 0.7 scored and 1.63 conceded, Nacional at 1.43 and 1.1.
Nacional had not won in 5 games.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Olhanense have 2 wins to Nacional's 3, with 4 draws, at 2.22 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals. 3.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.22.
The venue was Estádio Do Algarve in São João da Venda, with room for 30,000 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.