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

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 23.August
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

Here's another intriguing match in the Primeira Liga. Boavista is in the 8th place after playing two fixtures. They greet Santa Clara who are placed 15th after two fixtures.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have only played one Primeira Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 17 matches.

A nice win for Boavista last time playing, versus Paços de Ferreira. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Javi García, Jeriel De Santis and Yusupha Njie scoring for the victors. Rafael Bracali, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.02 out of 10 in that game. Bracali stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gil Vicente (0-3).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Boavista at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Santa Clara form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primeira Liga ended in defeat. Last season Santa Clara had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 2 and lost 9.

Santa's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Moreirense that finished 2-2. The attacker Carlos Junior got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Junior scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Tondela's place.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Santa Clara has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding eight meetings): Boavista won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Santa Clara have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three

Top Goalscorers

Santa ClaraC. Carvalho da Silva Junior
C. Carvalho da Silva Junior
2 goals
BoavistaF. García Fernández
F. García Fernández
1 goals
BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
1 goals

Boavista missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boavista Santa Clara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 3 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3.5 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
4.5 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.5
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 25 20.5
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 5.5
33% 75% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
Boavista Last season Santa Clara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
8 5   Won W   6 13
12 4   Drew D   2 7
14 8   Lost L   9 14
39 17   Scored S   18 44
49 22   Conceded C   20 36
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
71% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
47% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 44%
26% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 15%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
50% 29%   BTTS BTTS   59% 47%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 29%
32% 41%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
3.9 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
6.3 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.5
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
10 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.9
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.7
29% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Boavista 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Marítimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Paços de Ferreira 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Belenenses 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Paços de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Marítimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Boavista 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Marítimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Paços de Ferreira 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Belenenses 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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.