Santa Clara and Boavista have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Primeira Liga.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Santa Clara form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Santa Clara at their home stadium (Estadio de Sao Miguel) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Happy days for Santa Clara in their previous game, a Taça De Portugal match away at Leixoes that ended with a 4-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Santa Clara lost 1-2 at home to Benfica.
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 eleven games. Santa Clara has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Santa Clara have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Santa Clara have conceded only 5 goals.
Boavista form and stats
Playing away, Boavista have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primeira Liga this season.
Mateus was the last player to score for the away team. Boavista haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Boavista failed to get anything from their last game, a Primeira Liga home match vs Porto (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Vitoria Setubal before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Boavista in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Boavista, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Santa Clara won 2, Boavista won 2 and 0 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Carlos
2 goals
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Rafael Costa
2 goals
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Heriberto Tavares
2 goals
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Santa Clara missing players
Boavista missing players
| Santa Clara | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 82% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 142 | 98 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 72 | 141 |
| 38 | 25 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 23 | 40 |
| 18% | 20% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 22% |
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Benfica | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 30 |
| 2 | Porto | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Tondela | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Boavista | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Vitoria Setubal | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 3 |