Liga Portugal: Santa Clara are 21 points short of Chaves, but fully intend to go all in. Let's get started!
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (18) in Liga Portugal
Santa Clara and Chaves 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.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara's struggle is real here at Estádio de São Miguel with only 10 points collected from 14 Liga Portugal games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-8. Santa Clara are slowly digging their own grave here at Estádio de São Miguel with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
Santa lost their last game at Porto (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Firmino (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 6.72/10. Firmino had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Vizela (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Santa Clara here at Estádio de São Miguel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 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. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.
Chaves form and stats
5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chaves in their Liga Portugal matches away.
211 minutes! That's how long the Chaves goalkeeper Paulo Vitor Fagundes dos Anjos and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Abass secured the home win 1-0 against Benfica in their previous game. Abass came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Benfica last time out, making the manager de Carvalho feel like a tactical genius. Langa, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.11. Langa won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that, Chaves travelled to Gil Vicente and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chaves as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Chaves in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chaves have won or drawn the last 4 games (2-2-0) against Santa Clara.The sides have played each other already this season, with the result Chaves - Santa Clara 0-0 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  S. de Sousa Vitoria 6 goals |  H. Hernández Marrero 6 goals |   G. Silva Vieira 5 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Chaves missing players
| Santa Clara | Chaves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 19 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 44 | 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 89% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 89% |
| 61% | 86% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 71% |
| 50% | 64% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 36% |
| 21% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 46% | 64% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 50% |
| 14% | 7% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 29% |
| 50% | 36% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10.1 | 10.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.4 | 12.1 | 13.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 20% | 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| 13.8 | 13 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 16.1 | 16 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Clara have the fewest scored goals (18) 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 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 51 | 71 |
| 2 | Porto | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 41 | 67 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 37 | 65 |
| 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 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 45 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 41 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 39 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 9 | Vizela | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Chaves | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 36 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Boavista | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 30 |
| 15 | Estoril | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 25 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 32 | -27 | 22 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -28 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | -26 | 15 |
