Evenly matched teams: Boavista vs Santa Clara match preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

It's the second possibility for points this season as Boavista and Santa Clara fight it out at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI.

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

In the previous season, Boavista's league statistics were 7 wins, 17 draws and 10 losses, ending with 12th spot in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 52. Playing as the home side in the previous season Boavista produced 4-10-3 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 20 conceded.

Boavista are returning here after visiting Portimonense and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Njie scored the goal(s). Boavista goalkeeper Bracali did an outstanding job against Portimonense with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Bracali was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.12 out of ten. Bracali topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Tondela the opponent.

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 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Let's have a look at how Santa Clara performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 13 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 7 and lost 9 with 14/31 goals scored/conceded.

Santa Clara aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 203 league minutes without a goal. Ricardinho was the last player to find the net.

Santa Clara's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Casa Pia that finished 0-0. Pereira was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.21. The agile goalkeeper Pereira saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Sporting CP's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 5 Santa Clara wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two teams are: five wins for Boavista, two draws and three wins for Santa Clara. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
1 goals

Boavista missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boavista Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Boavista Last season Santa Clara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
7 4   Won W   1 9
17 10   Drew D   7 13
10 3   Lost L   9 12
39 20   Scored S   14 38
52 20   Conceded C   31 54
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
47% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 56%
26% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
68% 59%   BTTS BTTS   59% 56%
18% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   35% 29%
 
4.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
5.1 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
3.5 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3
10 5   Red cards R C   5 9
 
11.7 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 11
3.4 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.5
34% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%
 
11.9 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.6
4.4 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Benfica 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Boavista 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Vizela 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sporting Braga 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Sporting CP 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
9 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Rio Ave 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Famalicão 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicão 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Benfica 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Boavista 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Vizela 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sporting Braga 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Sporting CP 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
9 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Rio Ave 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Famalicão 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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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.