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


CD Nacional
Ranking: #345 overall, #15 in Portugal

61.8 → 61.5 (-0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 30 Aug Estrela (H) 60.6 -1.1
2-0 05 Sep Sporting CP (A) 60.5 -0.1
1-3 12 Sep Alverca (H) 61.2 +0.7
0-4 19 Sep Famalicão (H) 61.7 +0.5
3-2 11 Oct Rio Ave (A) 61.5 -0.2
Santa Clara
Ranking: #144 overall, #5 in Portugal

66.9 → 69.4 (+2.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 29 Aug Alverca (A) 68.1 +0.6
4-0 06 Sep Rio Ave (H) 68.6 +0.5
1-2 13 Sep Arouca (A) 69.2 +0.6
0-0 20 Sep Braga (H) 69.6 +0.4
0-1 10 Oct Casa Pia (A) 69.4 -0.2

CD Nacional vs Santa Clara: by the numbers

CD Nacional trail Santa Clara by 201 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 10 in Portugal.

The recent trend shows Santa Clara on the rise, +2.5 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 August 2026, CD Nacional came away with their rating unchanged.

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

The best xGtoday rating Santa Clara have ever held is 69.6, first set on 20 September 2026.