This fixture involves two contenders residing in the carpet of the Liga Portugal, Paços de Ferreira holding 18th position and Santa Clara in 17th. A decent chance for one of the squads to improve their situation.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga Portugal
- Santa Clara is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Paços de Ferreira 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.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira's struggle is real here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel with only 5 points collected from 12 Liga Portugal games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-9.
Paços de Ferreira lost their last game at Casa Pia (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Bernardo got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Bernardo scored one goal and had 30 successful passes (of 32 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Boavista (1-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Paços de Ferreira perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paços de Ferreira as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Paços de Ferreira has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ferreira here at Estádio da Capital do Móvel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). Paços de Ferreira have conceded 23 from these games.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 1-2-8 (11 played). With the Santa losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Santa Clara failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Vitória SC (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Strange stuff; the match result 1-3 has repeated itself three games in a row! The attacker Rildo got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Rildo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at Maritimo before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Santa Clara in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Santa Clara, 5 draws and 9 defeats.
Santa Clara are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 11 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Santa have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the contenders met previously this season; Santa Clara - Paços de Ferreira 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Paços de Ferreira four wins, one draw and Santa Clara four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Butzke Benavides 5 goals |   G. Silva Vieira 5 goals |  N. Thomas 3 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 42 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 82% | 87% |
| 74% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 27% | 61% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 52% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 26% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 52% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 27% | 17% |
| 48% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 64% | 43% |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 6.7 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.9 | 14.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 21% | 15% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 15% | 23% |
| 14.6 | 13.8 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 14.8 | 14.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paços de Ferreira have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest points (5) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira 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 (4) 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 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 62 |
| 2 | Porto | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 54 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 52 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Arouca | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Boavista | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | Vizela | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Chaves | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -18 | 15 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -25 | 12 |
