This match features two teams living in the basement of the Primeira Liga, Desportivo Aves holding 18th place and Santa Clara lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Desportivo Aves form and stats
With 2 Primeira Liga wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Desportivo Aves, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Primeira Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Desportivo Aves lost their last game at Vitoria Setubal (placed 7th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sporting Braga in a game that was won 1-0.
Desportivo Aves are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Desportivo Aves have conceded 8 goals.
Santa Clara form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Clara so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Santa Clara, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Santa Clara failed to get anything from their last game, a League Cup home match vs Casa Pia that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Santa Clara manager João Henriques faced defeat when travelling to Porto and losing 0-1.
The attacking power of Santa Clara when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Santa Clara have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Desportivo Aves victories, 4 draws and 2 Santa Clara wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Mehrdad Mohammadi 5 goals |  Welinton Junior 4 goals |  E. Fernández 2 goals |
Desportivo Aves missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Desportivo Aves | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 30 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 64% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 64% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 14% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 36% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| 7.4 | 7.7 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | 61 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 50 | 177 |
| 37 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 15 | 45 |
| 41% | 37% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 27% | 22% |
- Desportivo Aves has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals (30)
- Desportivo Aves has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Desportivo Aves has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Desportivo Aves 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 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 39 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 35 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Famalicao | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitoria Setubal | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Tondela | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Boavista | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 6 |