Santa Clara vs Nacional — Primeira Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow4 clips- 19′Santa Clara, goal:1–0
- 21′Santa Clara, goal:2–0assist
- 24′Santa Clara, yellow card:Foul
- 36′Nacional, penalty goal:2–1Penalty
- 39′Santa Clara, yellow card:Foul
- 40′Nacional, yellow card:Foul
- 45′Nacional, goal:2–2
- Half-time2 – 2
- 61′Nacional, substitution:off
- 68′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 68′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 70′Nacional, yellow card:Off the ball foul
- 72′Nacional, substitution:off
- 73′Nacional, substitution:off
- 79′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 80′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 80′Nacional, substitution:off
- 80′Nacional, substitution:off
- 85′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- Full-time2 – 2
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Match report
Santa Clara let two-goal lead slip as Nacional fight back to draw
Santa Clara and Nacional shared the points in a 2-2 draw on the opening weekend of the Primeira Liga season, with all four goals arriving before half-time in a frantic first period. The result left Santa Clara 11th and Nacional 12th, both with a single point from their opening fixture.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Gonçalo Paciência put the home side ahead in the 19th minute and doubled the lead two minutes later, the second created by Diogo Calila, giving Santa Clara what looked a commanding cushion inside the opening half-hour. Nacional responded quickly, with Liziero converting a penalty in the 36th minute to halve the deficit, before Miguel Baeza levelled matters right on the stroke of half-time to make it 2-2.
No further goals followed in the second half, though Santa Clara continued to dominate territorially and finished with 19 shots to Nacional's 10. Both sides were shown two yellow cards apiece as Hélder Carvalho took charge of a contest that ultimately ended level despite the early flurry of goals.
Gonçalo Paciência scored both of Santa Clara's goals in the space of two second-quarter minutes, finishing with a rating of 8.2 to top the performers on the day.
Santa Clara's 19 shots to Nacional's 10 underlined their greater attacking threat despite failing to add to their tally after the interval.
Santa Clara and Nacional drew 2–2 (half-time 2–2).
Santa Clara met Nacional in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Monday, 10 August 2026, 19:15 UTC at Estadio de São Miguel. Referee: Hélder Carvalho.
Team pages: Santa Clara · Nacional · Primeira Liga
Key moments
- 19' Goal: Gonçalo Paciência — 1–0 · Watch Gonçalo Paciência's goal video (19')
- 21' Goal: Gonçalo Paciência (assist: Diogo Calila) — 2–0 · Watch Gonçalo Paciência's goal video (21')
- 36' Goal (penalty): Liziero — 2–1 · Watch Liziero's goal video (36')
- 45' Goal: Miguel Baeza — 2–2 · Watch Miguel Baeza's goal video (45')
Starting line-ups
Santa Clara (4-2-3-1)
Nacional (3-4-3)
- 1 Renato Marin
- 38 Zé Vitor
- 6 Matheus Dias
- 34 Léo Santos (c)
- 7 Markus Jensen
- 26 Joel Silva
- 28 Liziero
- 52 Wesley Gasolina
- 10 Daniel Júnior
- 99 Pablo Ruan
- 8 Miguel Baeza
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Santa Clara 46%, the draw 32%, Nacional 22%. It finished Santa Clara 2–2 Nacional.
Santa Clara's rating edge, but the draw is in play — Santa Clara are a shade stronger on our strength rating, and that is most of Santa Clara's 46%. The draw at 32% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Santa Clara at 46%?
Santa Clara sit 63 points higher on our strength rating — 1578 to 1515. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge at home won 50.6% of 10,347 such games.
Why only 46%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Santa Clara's column. Across 10,545 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Nacional win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.5%. These teams' recent games average 2.0 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,067. The goals environment adds 3.5 points to the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Last 6 between them: Santa Clara 3 wins, 2 draws, Nacional 1 win. Most recently Santa Clara 2–0 Nacional, 3 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 43.1% of 5034 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points.
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About this match
On this page: the Santa Clara vs Nacional final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Primeira Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Gonçalo Paciência's goal against Nacional (19').
- Watch Gonçalo Paciência's goal against Nacional (21').
- Watch Liziero's goal against Santa Clara (36').
- Watch Miguel Baeza's goal against Santa Clara (45').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Santa Clara 2–2 Nacional. Explore more on the Santa Clara and Nacional team pages or the Primeira Liga page.