The lights are on for Liga Portugal and Portimonense - Santa Clara. In this preview you'll get numbers, scores, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!
- Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Liga Portugal
Portimonense and Santa Clara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Portimonense form and stats
The total Liga Portugal stats at home this season for Portimonense are 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Portimonense has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Brito and the players.
Portimonense are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Benfica. Portimonense's goalkeeper Nakamura was extremely busy against Benfica, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eleven saves. The goalie Nakamura was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.11 out of ten. Nakamura saved a penalty.
Preceding that match was the home game against Casa Pia that was lost 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Portimonense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portimonense as a small favourite), we find 20 games. Portimonense has won 7 of these, drawn 6 and lost 7.
Portimonense aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
Santa Clara aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 200 league minutes without a goal. Boateng was the last player to find the net.
The manager Magalhães was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estádio de São Miguel. Santa Clara suffered a 0-4 loss to Sporting Braga (placed 2nd). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sporting Braga was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. It is a bit troubling for Santa that their goalie Batista made nine saves in the Sporting Braga match, but still could not hinder a beating.
A 0-1 defeat away at Gil Vicente before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa Clara playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 3 Santa Clara wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Santa Clara's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 7 travels. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Portimonense wins - draws - Santa Clara wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Ferreira dos Santos 3 goals |  Luquinha 2 goals |  Yago 2 goals |
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| Portimonense | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 87% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 14% | 53% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 40% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 47% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 40% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 71% | 47% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 6.5 | 6.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 12.9 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.9 | 9.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 23% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 13% | 23% |
| 16.6 | 15.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.1 | 13 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- Portimonense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.
- Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Liga Portugal
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| 3 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Vizela | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 7 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 2 |
