Santa Clara - Rio Ave in Liga Portugal: Numbers, team lineups, matches, trends and news. Read our full preview!
- Santa Clara is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Rio Ave have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Santa Clara form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga Portugal this season. Santa Clara have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Estádio de São Miguel. It's trouble wherever Santa Clara are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager Simão led his Santa to a defeat away at Pacos de Ferreira. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio de São Miguel. Defender Nogueira got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Nogueira won 7 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match, Santa Clara lost 1-3 at home to Vitoria Guimaraes.Santa Clara has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Santa have conceded 23 from these games.
Rio Ave form and stats
Rio Ave have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 1-5-6 (12 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Rio Ave's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing from Costinha and Ronaldo secured the home win 2-1 against Gil Vicente in their previous game. Midfielder Ronaldo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.45. Ronaldo scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sporting Braga's place.Low-scoring game? 13 of this side's latest 15 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The attacking power of Rio when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Rio Ave rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the teams met earlier this campaign; Rio Ave - Santa 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Santa Clara victories, three draws and three Rio Ave wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Silva Vieira 5 goals |   E. Boateng 4 goals |  R. de Amorim Filho 3 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Rio Ave missing players
| Santa Clara | Rio Ave | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 17 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 36 | 23 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 88% | 92% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 58% | 92% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 50% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 25% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 50% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 17% | 8% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 46% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.2 | 10.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 22% | 27% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 30% |
| 14.1 | 13.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 16.6 | 14.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
- Rio Ave have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rio Ave have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 48 | 65 |
| 2 | Porto | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 55 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 50 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 40 |
| 6 | Arouca | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Boavista | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 10 | Vizela | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Chaves | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -28 | 16 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -24 | 15 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 15 |
