Primeira Liga: The average league table placements tell a story of the journey Santa Clara and Boavista have taken uptil now. Both contenders are up for it; bring it on!
- Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Boavista have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Primeira Liga
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an energetic match!
Santa Clara form and stats
When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Santa Clara have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
The Santa Clara goalkeeper Marco Andre Rocha Pereira is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 278 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primeira Liga.
Lincoln (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Lincoln scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Moreirense.This is expected to be a close game, with Santa Clara perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santa Clara as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Santa Clara has won six of these, drawn two and lost four.
Santa Clara has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Santa Clara defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Boavista form and stats
Boavista have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 0-4-5 (9 played). The Boavista manager Teixeira is a generous human being, having led his team to five draws in a row during the last 44 days.
Musa, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Musa hit two key passes.
A 1-1 draw at Pacos de Ferreira's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Boavista in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Boavista, nine draws and six defeats.
Boavista are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 8 goals from 9 away games. The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Boavista manager Teixeira has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other already this season, with the match result Boavista - Santa Clara null entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Santa two wins, two draws and Boavista five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Musa 5 goals |   C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 4 goals |  R. Silva Costa 4 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Boavista missing players
| Santa Clara | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 36 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 63% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 37% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11.7 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | 32% |
| 11.3 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14 | 11.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
- All of Boavista's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Boavista have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Boavista have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Boavista have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Boavista have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Primeira Liga
- Boavista have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Boavista have yet to win a game away.
- Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Benfica | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 44 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Boavista | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Vizela | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Tondela | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Arouca | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -22 | 12 |
