Belenenses are welcoming Santa Clara for another important game after their 2-3 result against 1st-placed Benfica.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Belenenses form and stats
Belenenses, who have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Primeira Liga, have played 9 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager A. Gonçalves Teixeira led his Belenenses to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Benfica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Nacional. Before that, Belenenses had a home game versus Portimonense which ended with a victory 2-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Belenenses have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won zero Drawn four Lost six.
Belenenses aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Santa Clara form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Santa Clara playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
Santa Clara go into this game after a win, the home game against Paços de Ferreira that ended 2-1. Prior to that result Santa Clara won their away game at Famalicão. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Santa Clara in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Santa Clara, four draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santa Clara as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Santa Clara are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Santa Clara - Belenenses 0-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Belenenses three wins, five draws and Santa Clara two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Pereira Carneiro 4 goals |  A. Bernardes Santos 2 goals |  Z. Cassierra Cabezas 2 goals |
Belenenses missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Belenenses | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 35 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 68% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 58% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 11% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | 11% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 5.7 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.4 | 5.8 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 | 92 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 66 | 221 |
| 54 | 24 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 21 | 62 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 29% | 23% |
- Belenenses has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
- Belenenses has the most conceded goals (17) at home
- Belenenses has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Belenenses has the the worst goal difference (-19)
- Belenenses has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Belenenses haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Famalicão | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Boavista | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Vitória FC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Tondela | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 | Santa Clara | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 23 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Marítimo | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 12 |