Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting CP & Santa Clara face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sporting CP and Santa Clara.
Sporting CP form and stats
This stadium, Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, has been a fortress for Sporting CP in the Primeira Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-1.
Sporting CP's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Sporting Braga. The versatile forward Gonçalves bettered all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.73 out of 10. Gonçalves scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that match, a Primeira Liga win away at Vizela.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sporting CP home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eleven wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Sporting CP in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 5 goals.
Santa Clara form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Santa Clara have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Santa Clara play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Moreirense. Pereira was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.0. The agile goalkeeper Pereira topped it up with a clean sheet.
A draw for Santa Clara before that, at their own venue hosting Tondela (2-2).We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Santa Clara played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santa Clara's away games in the league this season with only 9 goals from 9 matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting CP-Santa Clara H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sporting CP six wins, Santa Clara one win, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 6 goals |  J. Dias Fernandes 6 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 4 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Sporting CP | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 22 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 25 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14.6 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Benfica | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 44 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Boavista | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Vizela | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Tondela | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Arouca | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -22 | 12 |
