Nacional vs Benfica Prediction — Model Probabilities
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
Nacional v Benfica — Team-Based Signals
Nacional vs Benfica Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings
1-3
HT 1-0
Benfica
POR
1-1
HT 1-0
Nacional
POR
10-0
HT 3-0
Nacional
POR
0-4
HT 0-2
Benfica
POR
Nacional 1-2 Benfica — Actual Match Statistics
Benfica edged past Nacional 2-1 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.
As we said in the preview, our model had Benfica as the likeliest winner at 71%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — no to both teams scoring (58%) — went the other way, though.
On the day, Nacional had 30% of the ball to Benfica's 70%, shots finished 6-30, expected goals 0.39 to 2.40 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Benfica's control.
Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Benfica led the recent series with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.33 goals for Nacional and 3.83 for Benfica.
What was the final score of Nacional vs Benfica?
Nacional 1-2 Benfica in the Portugal - Premier League on 29/11/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.
What did the model predict for Nacional vs Benfica?
Before kick-off our model rated an Benfica win the most likely single outcome at about 71%, with the full match-result split Nacional 13%, draw 16%, Benfica 71%. The final score 1-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Benfica), Over 2.5 — while BTTS No went the other way.