Primeira Liga duel: Close contest expected between Boavista and Santa Clara

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Boavista languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Santa Clara will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Boavista 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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Boavista form and stats

Boavista, who have the fewest points (4) at home in Primeira Liga, have played 5 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Boavista travelled for their previous game, a trip to Maritimo that ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Sporting Braga with the scoreline 1-4.

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 Boavista have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.

Boavista aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Boavista have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Santa Clara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Santa played 1-1 against Benfica in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Santa manager D. Lopes Ramos faced defeat when travelling to Moreirense and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa Clara playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Santa Clara wins, four draws and two defeats.

Santa has another fixture away, a Taça De Portugal game, against Moreirense in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santa Clara have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. 7 goals have been conceded by Santa in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Boavista, zero draws and two wins for Santa Clara. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Santa ClaraT. Santos Santana
T. Santos Santana
7 goals
BoavistaA. Gomes
A. Gomes
3 goals
BoavistaY. Hamache
Y. Hamache
2 goals

Boavista missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Boavista Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 2 6 12
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 4
7 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
4 3 0 Lost L 1 3 6
12 4 0 Scored S 2 7 11
20 10 0 Conceded C 3 7 15
75% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
67% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
50% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 42%
42% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
25% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 42%
33% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 25%
42% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.7 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 14.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 12.5 11.1
4.3 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 3.7
23% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 25%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Boavista has the fewest points (4) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Boavista has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Boavista have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 12 10 2 0 28 8 6 5 1 0 14 4 6 5 1 0 14 4 20 32
2 Porto 12 9 1 2 31 15 7 6 0 1 18 8 5 3 1 1 13 7 16 28
3 Benfica 12 9 1 2 26 13 6 5 0 1 13 7 6 4 1 1 13 6 13 28
4 Sporting Braga 12 8 0 4 21 12 5 4 0 1 7 2 7 4 0 3 14 10 9 24
5 Pacos de Ferreira 12 5 4 3 15 12 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 19
6 Vitória SC 11 6 1 4 13 10 6 2 0 4 4 9 5 4 1 0 9 1 3 19
7 Maritimo 12 4 2 6 14 16 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 2 0 4 9 11 -2 14
8 Santa Clara 12 4 2 6 11 15 6 1 2 3 4 8 6 3 0 3 7 7 -4 14
9 Nacional 11 3 4 4 11 13 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 1 1 3 2 5 -2 13
10 Gil Vicente 12 3 4 5 9 12 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 13
11 Moreirense 12 3 4 5 8 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 0 2 4 1 9 -5 13
12 Belenenses 12 2 6 4 6 9 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 1 3 2 1 3 -3 12
13 Tondela 12 3 3 6 10 20 7 3 2 2 5 7 5 0 1 4 5 13 -10 12
14 Famalicão 12 2 5 5 13 20 6 1 3 2 8 12 6 1 2 3 5 8 -7 11
15 Rio Ave 12 2 5 5 6 15 5 1 2 2 3 6 7 1 3 3 3 9 -9 11
16 Boavista 12 1 7 4 12 20 5 1 1 3 4 10 7 0 6 1 8 10 -8 10
17 Farense 11 2 3 6 12 16 6 2 2 2 9 8 5 0 1 4 3 8 -4 9
18 Portimonense 11 2 2 7 7 14 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 1 0 5 4 9 -7 8

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.