Betting preview: Moreirense vs Santa Clara should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Primeira Liga table so far. Here's the Moreirense - Santa Clara latest:

Insights:
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Moreirense form and stats

Moreirense have collected 8 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 2-2-1.

Moreirense travelled for their previous game, a trip to Tondela that ended 0-0. Before that match, a Taça De Portugal win away at Cova Piedade (after extra-time).

The Moreirense fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Moreirense have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Playing away, Santa Clara have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.

Santa's previous game was their home loss versus Vitoria Guimaraes (0-4). Preceding that game was the away Taça De Portugal victory against Vitoria Guimaraes with the score of 1-0.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Vitoria Guimaraes was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Santa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 6 goals have been conceded by Santa in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Moreirense victories, four draws and three Santa Clara wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Santa ClaraT. Santos Santana
T. Santos Santana
7 goals
MoreirenseP. Fernandes Ferreira
P. Fernandes Ferreira
2 goals
MoreirenseF. Rodrigues Pires
F. Rodrigues Pires
1 goals

Moreirense missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Moreirense Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
2 2 1 Won W 0 3 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
7 6 2 Scored S 0 7 10
10 4 1 Conceded C 0 6 13
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 70%
20% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 40%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
50% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.4 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 11.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.4 11.3
3.1 4.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.9
23% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 26%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Moreirense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 10 8 2 0 24 7 5 4 1 0 12 4 5 4 1 0 12 3 17 26
2 Benfica 10 8 0 2 23 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 1 12 5 12 24
3 Porto 10 7 1 2 25 13 6 5 0 1 15 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 12 22
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 10 6 1 3 11 7 5 2 0 3 2 6 5 4 1 0 9 1 4 19
5 Sporting Braga 9 6 0 3 14 9 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 5 18
6 Pacos de Ferreira 10 4 3 3 12 11 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 15
7 Santa Clara 10 4 1 5 10 13 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 3 0 2 7 6 -3 13
8 Belenenses 10 2 5 3 5 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 1 3 -2 11
9 Rio Ave 9 2 5 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 3 4 -2 11
10 Famalicao 10 2 5 3 13 18 5 1 3 1 8 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 -5 11
11 Moreirense 10 2 4 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 5 0 2 3 1 6 -3 10
12 Maritimo 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 0 4 6 10 -4 10
13 Nacional 10 2 4 4 9 13 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 1 1 3 2 5 -4 10
14 Gil Vicente 10 2 3 5 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 2 3 3 7 -4 9
15 Boavista 10 1 6 3 11 16 4 1 1 2 3 6 6 0 5 1 8 10 -5 9
16 Tondela 10 2 3 5 9 18 6 2 2 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 5 11 -9 9
17 Farense 10 2 2 6 11 15 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 1 4 3 8 -4 8
18 Portimonense 10 2 2 6 6 12 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -6 8

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.