Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leixões & Santa Clara face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Leixões saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Cup. This match was also played here at Estádio do Mar. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Santa Clara have had more rest.
Leixões form and stats
Last season, Leixões's League Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Leixões have collected 11 points from their Segunda Liga home games so far after 3-2-1.
Leixões's previous match was a League Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-1 versus UD Oliveirense. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Mafra that finished 1-1.As for guarding their own goal, Leixões have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Santa Clara form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Clara so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Santa Clara had fun at their own home (Estádio do Mar) last time out, beating Estoril 3-1. Tassano, Babi and Boateng scored. Midfielder Almeida was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Almeida signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Chaves.Santa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 6 away games. Santa Clara are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Leixões won two, Santa Clara triumphed in four and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Ferreira 3 goals |  J. Abreu De Oliveira 2 goals |  F. Tiago Silva 2 goals |
Leixões missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Leixões | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 40% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | ||
| 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leixões | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Arouca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Feirense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | UD Oliveirense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreirense | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Farense | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Feirense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Leixões | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Porto II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Tondela | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Mafra | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Nacional | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Torreense | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Trofense | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Arouca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
