Moreirense are unlocking their away locker room to Santa Clara for another important game following their 1-1 result vs 3rd-placed Benfica.
- Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Clara have the fewest points (2) away in Primeira Liga
Moreirense 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.
Moreirense form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Moreirense so far this season. When Moreirense hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Vizela, Belenenses, Famalicao, Arouca and Moreirense), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The home team returns to Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas after being equal after 90 minutes with Benfica (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Primeira Liga game ended 1-1. Midfielder Pacheco was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Pacheco dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Vizela with a 1-0 scoreline.The Moreirense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Moreirense defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Santa Clara form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Clara so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Santa Clara are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Santa Clara's last game was the home draw against Tondela (2-2). Drawing 2-2 against Tondela after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager da Silva needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Midfielder Lincoln was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Lincoln served one assist, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Sporting CP.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santa Clara manager da Silva as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sporting CP.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santa Clara as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Santa Clara manager da Silva has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders met previously this campaign; Santa Clara - Moreirense 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Moreirense wins - draws - Santa Clara wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Silva de Aguiar 5 goals |  C. Martins de Souza Ladislau 5 goals |  R. Silva Costa 4 goals |
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| Moreirense | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 36 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 28% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 61% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11.2 | 10.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.4 | 11.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 58% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 28% |
| 12.8 | 12.4 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.5 | 11.3 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- All of Santa Clara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Moreirense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santa Clara have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Clara have the fewest points (2) away in Primeira Liga
- Santa Clara have yet to win a game away.
- Santa Clara 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 | Porto | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 50 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 47 |
| 3 | Benfica | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 34 | 41 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Estoril | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Boavista | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Tondela | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 17 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -17 | 17 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Vizela | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Arouca | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 14 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -22 | 11 |
