Football tips: Belenenses vs Santa Clara - predictions and betting guide

Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Belenenses in 7th and Santa Clara in 8th place.

Belenenses 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.

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Belenenses form and stats

When playing at home, Belenenses have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

The fans are hoping that Belenenses will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Boavista. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Benfica the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Belenenses handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D1-L0.

Belenenses has scored 19 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Belenenses have conceded 14 goals.

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Santa Clara form and stats

As the visiting team Santa Clara have produced an overall stat of 5-3-5 so far.

Santa Clara won their last game, 1-0 versus Vitória Guimarães played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Sporting CP before that.

Santa Clara are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 21 matches.

Santa Clara are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Santa Clara - Belenenses 2-3, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Belenenses, 4 draws and 2 wins for Santa Clara.

Top Goalscorers

Licá
8 goals / 2 assists

Belenenses missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Belenenses Santa Clara
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 13 Played 13 27
33 19 Scored 14 33
29 14 Conceded 12 33
81% 85% Over 0.5 92% 93%
59% 54% Over 1.5 54% 63%
41% 46% Over 2.5 38% 48%
30% 38% Over 3.5 15% 22%
11% 15% Over 4.5 0% 11%
37% 31% Both teams to score 31% 44%
44% 46% Clean Sheet 31% 30%
37% 38% Failed To Score 46% 33%
Key stats this season:
  • Belenenses is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Benfica 27 21 3 3 73 23 13 10 2 1 44 13 14 11 1 2 29 10 50 66
2 Porto 27 21 3 3 56 17 13 11 0 2 32 8 14 10 3 1 24 9 39 66
3 Sporting CP 27 18 4 5 53 28 14 12 1 1 32 12 13 6 3 4 21 16 25 58
4 Sporting Braga 27 18 4 5 46 27 14 11 1 2 26 11 13 7 3 3 20 16 19 58
5 Moreirense 27 14 3 10 33 34 13 7 3 3 15 13 14 7 0 7 18 21 -1 45
6 Vitória Guimarães 27 12 6 9 31 24 13 8 3 2 16 7 14 4 3 7 15 17 7 42
7 Belenenses 27 9 11 7 33 29 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 4 7 3 14 15 4 38
8 Santa Clara 27 10 5 12 33 33 14 5 2 7 19 21 13 5 3 5 14 12 0 35
9 Rio Ave 27 8 8 11 36 40 14 4 5 5 20 22 13 4 3 6 16 18 -4 32
10 Portimonense 27 9 5 13 36 43 14 6 4 4 25 19 13 3 1 9 11 24 -7 32
11 Marítimo 27 9 3 15 19 33 13 5 2 6 12 16 14 4 1 9 7 17 -14 30
12 Desportivo Aves 27 8 5 14 28 39 14 4 3 7 16 19 13 4 2 7 12 20 -11 29
13 Boavista 27 8 5 14 22 34 14 7 1 6 12 10 13 1 4 8 10 24 -12 29
14 Vitória Setúbal 27 6 10 11 21 27 13 3 5 5 10 11 14 3 5 6 11 16 -6 28
15 Nacional 27 7 5 15 30 58 14 5 2 7 12 17 13 2 3 8 18 41 -28 26
16 Tondela 27 6 7 14 29 41 13 4 3 6 12 17 14 2 4 8 17 24 -12 25
17 Chaves 27 6 6 15 20 39 14 3 5 6 13 18 13 3 1 9 7 21 -19 24
18 Feirense 27 2 9 16 16 46 13 1 5 7 12 20 14 1 4 9 4 26 -30 15

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