Balanced ball game between Belenenses and Santa Clara expected

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Belenenses are yearning to increase their points at home in this soon-to-be-played fixture hosting Santa Clara.

Insights:
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (5) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have the most conceded goals (18) in Primeira Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Belenenses form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Belenenses at their home stadium (Estádio Nacional) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for Belenenses's attacking players as they have now played 194 minutes without scoring in a league game. Safira was their last goal scorer.

Belenenses travelled for their previous game, a trip to Boavista that ended 0-0. The goalie Luis Felipe was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.8 out of ten. Felipe stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Berco (after extra-time).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Belenenses here at Estádio Nacional in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Belenenses defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Santa Clara form and stats

0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Santa Clara in their Primeira Liga matches away.

Santa go into this game after a win, the home game against Porto that ended 3-1.

The game before that, in the Primeira Liga, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Famalicão.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santa's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. The Santa manager N. Carvalho Campos has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Belenenses two wins, three draws and Santa Clara five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BelenensesA. Ndour
A. Ndour
2 goals
Santa ClaraR. Silva Costa
R. Silva Costa
2 goals
BelenensesC. Akas
C. Akas
1 goals

Belenenses missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Belenenses Santa Clara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 0 4 9
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
5 3 2 Scored S 0 2 6
12 6 3 Conceded C 0 8 18
78% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 89%
22% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
44% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
56% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 44%
 
2.7 2.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.3
6.3 6.5 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.2
3.6 4.5 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 3.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
8.7 8.5 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.8 13.4
2.6 3.2 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.2
22% 23% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 21%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Belenenses's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Santa Clara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Belenenses have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Belenenses have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Belenenses have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (5) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have yet to win a game.
  • Belenenses 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santa Clara have the fewest points (1) away in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have the most conceded goals (18) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have yet to win a game away.
  • Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 8 0 1 20 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 5 5 0 0 13 2 15 24
2 Porto 9 7 2 0 21 6 4 4 0 0 12 1 5 3 2 0 9 5 15 23
3 Sporting CP 9 7 2 0 14 4 5 4 1 0 8 1 4 3 1 0 6 3 10 23
4 Estoril 9 5 3 1 14 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 1 0 10 3 7 18
5 Sporting Braga 9 4 4 1 13 8 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 16
6 Portimonense 9 4 2 3 8 6 5 1 1 3 2 5 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 14
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 9 3 4 2 11 8 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 13
8 Boavista 9 2 5 2 11 11 5 2 3 0 7 2 4 0 2 2 4 9 0 11
9 Pacos de Ferreira 9 2 4 3 8 11 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 10
10 Gil Vicente 9 2 3 4 10 11 5 1 1 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 -1 9
11 Tondela 9 3 0 6 13 17 5 2 0 3 8 10 4 1 0 3 5 7 -4 9
12 Vizela 9 1 5 3 7 14 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 0 2 2 2 9 -7 8
13 Maritimo 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 0 3 1 3 5 5 1 1 3 4 6 -4 7
14 Moreirense 9 1 4 4 10 17 4 1 1 2 7 8 5 0 3 2 3 9 -7 7
15 Famalicão 9 1 3 5 10 14 4 0 2 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 7 9 -4 6
16 Arouca 9 1 3 5 8 16 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 0 2 3 3 9 -8 6
17 Santa Clara 9 1 3 5 6 18 5 1 2 2 4 10 4 0 1 3 2 8 -12 6
18 Belenenses 9 0 5 4 5 12 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 0 3 2 2 6 -7 5

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.