Moving nearer to the top clubs is the target when these two mid-table clubs fight it out. Both are aiming to better their league status, Famalicão in 12th and Santa Clara in 10th spot.
- Santa Clara have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Primeira Liga
Famalicão 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.
Famalicão form and stats
3-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Famalicão so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Famalicão bring valid hopes of a third.
No payout for Famalicão in their previous match, an away game at Vitoria Guimaraes that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfielder Pêpê was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Pêpê scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Famalicão had a home game versus Tondela which ended with a victory 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Famalicão handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.
Famalicão has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Famalicão have conceded 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-4-7 (12 played).
Santa had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho) last time out, beating Vizela 3-1. Costa and Cryzan scored. Midfielder Cryzan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Cryzan scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Sporting Braga.Santa Clara struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Famalicão and Santa Clara have faced off previously this season: Santa Clara - Famalicão 0-2. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Famalicão won five games, zero matches ended in a draw and Santa Clara managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  S. Banza 11 goals |   C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 7 goals |  R. Silva Costa 5 goals |
Famalicão missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Famalicão | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 32 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 40 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 43 |
| 88% | 75% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 80% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 60% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 28% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 28% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 11.8 | 12.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.4 | 11.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | 33% |
| 11.6 | 8.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Clara have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Primeira Liga
| 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 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 44 | 67 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 33 | 61 |
| 3 | Benfica | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 42 | 57 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Estoril | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 29 |
| 11 | Paços de Ferreira | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Boavista | 25 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Vizela | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | -16 | 24 |
| 15 | Arouca | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | Tondela | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -31 | 16 |
