Estoril are welcoming Santa Clara for another very important game following their 0-1 result against 1st-placed Benfica.
- Estoril have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Liga Portugal
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (19) in Liga Portugal
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Estoril form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga Portugal this season. Estoril have only managed 4 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota. Estoril has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Ribeiro and the players.
Eduardo was the last player to score a league goal for Estoril and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Estoril haven't scored in 222 minutes.
Estoril faced defeat in their previous match, away at Benfica (0-1). Goalkeeper Figueira got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.41 out of ten. Figueira saved a penalty.
Ahead of that match, Estoril lost 0-1 at home to Portimonense.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 Estoril have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.
It should be noted that a look at the 16 latest league fixtures shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Estoril aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota in the league, with only {12 goals} from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Estoril defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Estoril has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Santa Clara form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Clara so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-11 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Santa Clara as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Portimonense match.
Santa's last game was the home draw against Chaves (1-1). Midfield player Firmino was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Firmino dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Porto's place.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 15 relevant matches. Results were 2 Santa Clara wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Santa's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 14 travels. 18 goals have been conceded by Santa Clara in these games.
Head 2 Head
Santa Clara have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Estoril.The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Santa Clara - Estoril 3-1.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Antunes Gouveia 5 goals |   G. Silva Vieira 5 goals |  F. Geraldes 4 goals |
Estoril missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Estoril | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 45 | 23 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 90% |
| 69% | 79% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 36% | 62% |
| 31% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 48% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 7% | 21% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 48% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 14% |
| 45% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 64% | 48% |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10.6 | 10.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 26% | 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 14% | 20% |
| 13.9 | 13.3 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.8 | 14.6 | 13.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
- Estoril have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estoril have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.
- Estoril have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Liga Portugal
- Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (19) in Liga Portugal
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Liga Portugal
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga Portugal
- Santa Clara is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 29 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | Porto | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 70 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 38 | 68 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 58 |
| 5 | Arouca | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 48 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 29 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 41 |
| 8 | Vizela | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 39 |
| 10 | Chaves | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Boavista | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 33 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 25 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -28 | 22 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -30 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | -26 | 16 |
