Santa Clara vs UD Oliveirense in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Portugal League Cup
Competition: Tue 29.November
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Miguel (13277 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Santa Clara or UD Oliveirense that keep their silverware dream alive.

UD Oliveirense could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only three sleeps ago.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa Clara was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the League Cup.

Santa Clara have played 7 Liga Portugal games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Santa will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Leixoes.

Before that, Santa Clara had a Liga Portugal home game versus Estoril which ended with a victory 3-1.

Santa Clara are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Santa have conceded 8 goals.

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UD Oliveirense form and stats

There's been little loot from UD Oliveirense's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Segunda Liga. UD Oliveirense only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.

UD Oliveirense delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Feirense in their previous game; a League Cup fixture.

A loss, in the League Cup away at Leixoes, earlier.

The Oliveirense manager Pereira has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding two meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Santa Clara, one draw and zero wins for UD Oliveirense. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

UD OliveirenseM. Barbosa de Lima
M. Barbosa de Lima
4 goals
SantaK. Boateng
K. Boateng
2 goals

Santa Clara missing players

UD Oliveirense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santa Clara UD Oliveirense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 8   Played P   14 25
6 3   Won W   4 6
7 3   Drew D   2 11
12 2   Lost L   8 8
25 11   Scored S   22 37
32 8   Conceded C   25 37
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
64% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 84%
36% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 52%
12% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 40%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 16%
48% 75%   BTTS BTTS   64% 68%
24% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 20%
40% 12%   Failed to Score F T   21% 24%
 
4.5 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.4
2.9 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.5 3
5 1   Red cards R C   6 8
 
9.5 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 11.4
3.1 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.3
26% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 35%
 
10.9 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.4
3.1 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leixoes 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
2 Feirense 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Arouca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 UD Oliveirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
5 Santa Clara 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 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
  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 Leixoes 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leixoes 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
2 Feirense 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Arouca 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 UD Oliveirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
5 Santa Clara 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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