Having a 6 point edge in the league table, Chaves followers wish to see their team earn all points from this fixture hosting Santa Clara.
- Chaves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Liga Portugal
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's look for an energetic match!
Chaves form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Chaves at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Chaves are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Benfica. The first loss after going unbeaten through three league fixtures. As you see from the result above, Chaves suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Defender Monte got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.85/10. Monte won 2 of 2 duels.
Ahead of that match, Chaves won a home game hosting Gil Vicente (3-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chaves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Chaves are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games.
Santa Clara form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Santa Clara, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Liga Portugal, have produced an overall stat of 1-0-4 so far.
There were no winners in Santa Clara's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Porto (placed 3rd). Midfielder Firmino was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Firmino dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vizela at their stadium, the result 1-0.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 16 relevant matches. Results were 3 Santa wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Santa Clara's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Chaves wins - draws - Santa Clara wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Hernández 4 goals | J. Mendes 2 goals |
Chaves missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Chaves | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 20% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 55% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 8.1 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 13.8 | 16.8 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 24% | 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 18% | 23% |
| 16.7 | 13.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12 | 11.9 |
| 5.3 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Chaves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Chaves have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.
- Chaves 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
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Liga Portugal
- Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Porto | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sporting CP | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Boavista | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 8 | Estoril | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Arouca | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Chaves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Vizela | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 5 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 2 |
