CD Nacional vs Santa Clara prediction | 17 Jan 2027 | xGtoday


CD Nacional
Ranking: #333 overall, #14 in Portugal

62.0 → 61.7 (-0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-0 11 May Santa Clara (A) 61.8 -0.1
2-0 16 May Vitória (H) 61.6 -0.2
2-2 10 Aug Santa Clara (A) 61.6 0.0
2-0 16 Aug Estoril (H) 62.2 +0.6
1-0 23 Aug Vitória (A) 61.7 -0.5
Santa Clara
Ranking: #166 overall, #8 in Portugal

65.6 → 68.2 (+2.6 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-0 16 May Porto (A) 67.1 +0.2
2-2 10 Aug Nacional (H) 67.1 0.0
0-1 15 Aug Académico (A) 67.3 +0.2
1-0 23 Aug Famalicão (H) 67.5 +0.2
1-1 29 Aug Alverca (A) 68.2 +0.7

CD Nacional vs Santa Clara: by the numbers

CD Nacional trail Santa Clara by 167 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 6 in Portugal.

The recent trend shows Santa Clara on the rise, +2.6 rating points over their last 10 matches, while CD Nacional has gone the other way at -0.3.

Last time these teams played, on 10 Aug 2026, CD Nacional came away with their rating unchanged.

CD Nacional first climbed to #143 in our European rankings on 6 Jan 2019.

The best xGtoday rating Santa Clara have ever held is 68.8, first set on 18 Apr 2025.