Club Nacional vs Defensor Sporting — Primera División - Apertura 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 22+ matches
Club Nacional54%
Defensor Sporting20%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Club Nacional creates 88% more chances
Season form · 26 home / 22 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under59
- Over41
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No57
- Yes43
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Club Nacional ↓
Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Club Nacional at home — creates 2.08, concedes 0.81 · 26 matches
Defensor Sporting away — creates 0.82, concedes 0.95 · 22 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Club Nacional attack 2.08 + Defensor Sporting defence 0.95 → ÷2 → 1.52
Defensor Sporting attack 0.82 + Club Nacional defence 0.81 → ÷2 → 0.81
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 54%?"
Club Nacional at 54% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 54% does not mean "Club Nacional will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Liverpool MontevideoClub Nacional
Juventud
PenarolDefensor Sporting
Racing Montevideo
Boston River
Cerro Largo
Plaza Colonia
Atletico Torque
Progreso
Cerro
Danubio
Wanderers
Miramar
CA River PlateClub NacionalJuventudPenarolLiverpool MontevideoDefensor SportingRacing MontevideoBoston RiverPlaza ColoniaWanderersCerro LargoDanubioAtletico TorqueCerroProgresoMiramarCA River PlateIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Club Nacional host Defensor Sporting on Sunday, 18 May 2025 at 18:00. The match is part of the Primera División - Apertura 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Club Nacional vs Defensor Sporting
Club Nacional beat Defensor Sporting 2-1 in Primera División - Apertura on May 18, 2025.
Goals: N. Furtado (53'), N. Lopez (65' pen), G. Petit (85').
The match was played at Gran Parque Central in Montevideo.