Liga Portugal prediction: Home win expected when Porto takes on Santa Clara

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

Porto warm up for Santa Clara with expectations of picking up all three points. Can they? Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (17) in Liga Portugal

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Porto form and stats

11-0-2 is the performance here at Estádio Do Dragão so far in the Liga Portugal, giving Porto a total of 33 from their 13 games here. Outstanding results! Hopes of three in a row are alive for Porto after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Porto in their previous game, a fixture away at Benfica (placed 1st) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfield player Grujić got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Grujić hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that match, Porto won a home game hosting Portimonense (1-0).

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Porto have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 9 games found in the database showing 9 Porto wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Porto are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 13 games). Porto have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa Clara have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 1-2-10 (13 played). Football is a nightmare at the moment for Santa Clara who have suffered through a eight match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.

Santa are looking to quickly end their 386 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Portugal.

Santa Clara might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Vizela proved too strong as Santa Clara slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio de São Miguel. Firmino got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Firmino hit one key pass and had 50 successful passes (of 61 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sporting CP wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

Goals are few and far between in Santa's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 13 travels. As opposed to that, Santa Clara have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head meeting ended Santa Clara - Porto 1-1, played this season. Porto-Santa Clara H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Porto eight wins, Santa Clara one win, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
14 goals
PortoW. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
8 goals
PortoF. de Lima Barbosa
F. de Lima Barbosa
6 goals

Porto missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Santa Clara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 3 13 27
20 11 4 Won W 0 1 3
4 0 0 Drew D 0 2 6
3 2 1 Lost L 3 10 18
58 36 14 Scored S 0 4 17
18 9 5 Conceded C 5 16 42
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
74% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 31% 59%
52% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 48%
33% 46% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 22%
22% 38% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 46% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 44%
48% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 15%
11% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 69% 52%
 
5.7 5.5 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.2 4.3
3.9 3.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.8
2.3 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 4.5 3.5
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
15.4 15.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10 10.2
5.6 6.2 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.2
39% 44% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 20%
 
9 9.3 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.8 13.9
2.4 2.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Porto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Santa Clara.
  • Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (17) in Liga Portugal
  • 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 (0-0-6)

  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 27 23 2 2 68 16 14 12 1 1 43 12 13 11 1 1 25 4 52 71
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 58 18 13 11 0 2 36 9 14 9 4 1 22 9 40 64
3 Sporting Braga 27 20 2 5 60 24 13 9 2 2 27 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 36 62
4 Sporting CP 26 17 3 6 52 23 13 11 0 2 35 7 13 6 3 4 17 16 29 54
5 Arouca 27 12 8 7 31 32 14 8 2 4 20 16 13 4 6 3 11 16 -1 44
6 Vitória SC 27 12 5 10 26 31 14 8 3 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 12 21 -5 41
7 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
8 Casa Pia 26 11 5 10 23 27 13 6 3 4 12 9 13 5 2 6 11 18 -4 38
9 Famalicão 27 11 3 13 28 34 13 7 1 5 13 10 14 4 2 8 15 24 -6 36
10 Rio Ave 27 9 7 11 27 31 13 7 1 5 14 10 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 34
11 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
12 Chaves 26 8 8 10 27 33 13 3 5 5 15 17 13 5 3 5 12 16 -6 32
13 Gil Vicente 26 8 6 12 26 32 13 4 5 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 30
14 Portimonense 27 8 3 16 20 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 13 3 0 10 8 21 -15 27
15 Estoril 27 7 4 16 23 43 13 4 2 7 12 22 14 3 2 9 11 21 -20 25
16 Marítimo 27 5 4 18 21 50 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 1 2 11 7 32 -29 19
17 Paços de Ferreira 27 4 5 18 20 46 14 2 2 10 10 26 13 2 3 8 10 20 -26 17
18 Santa Clara 27 3 6 18 17 42 14 2 4 8 13 26 13 1 2 10 4 16 -25 15

Table
  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 27 23 2 2 68 16 14 12 1 1 43 12 13 11 1 1 25 4 52 71
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 58 18 13 11 0 2 36 9 14 9 4 1 22 9 40 64
3 Sporting Braga 27 20 2 5 60 24 13 9 2 2 27 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 36 62
4 Sporting CP 26 17 3 6 52 23 13 11 0 2 35 7 13 6 3 4 17 16 29 54
5 Arouca 27 12 8 7 31 32 14 8 2 4 20 16 13 4 6 3 11 16 -1 44
6 Vitória SC 27 12 5 10 26 31 14 8 3 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 12 21 -5 41
7 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
8 Casa Pia 26 11 5 10 23 27 13 6 3 4 12 9 13 5 2 6 11 18 -4 38
9 Famalicão 27 11 3 13 28 34 13 7 1 5 13 10 14 4 2 8 15 24 -6 36
10 Rio Ave 27 9 7 11 27 31 13 7 1 5 14 10 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 34
11 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
12 Chaves 26 8 8 10 27 33 13 3 5 5 15 17 13 5 3 5 12 16 -6 32
13 Gil Vicente 26 8 6 12 26 32 13 4 5 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 30
14 Portimonense 27 8 3 16 20 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 13 3 0 10 8 21 -15 27
15 Estoril 27 7 4 16 23 43 13 4 2 7 12 22 14 3 2 9 11 21 -20 25
16 Marítimo 27 5 4 18 21 50 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 1 2 11 7 32 -29 19
17 Paços de Ferreira 27 4 5 18 20 46 14 2 2 10 10 26 13 2 3 8 10 20 -26 17
18 Santa Clara 27 3 6 18 17 42 14 2 4 8 13 26 13 1 2 10 4 16 -25 15

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The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.