Classic home win, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides Santa Clara and Estoril meet at Estádio de São Miguel.
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's hope for an active fixture!
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara have collected 23 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 6-5-3.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Costa was the last player to find the net.
Santa Clara are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Porto. Midfielder Romão was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.24 (out of ten) in that game. Romão dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Belenenses that ended 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Santa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost three.
Santa Clara are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Santa Clara defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Estoril form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primeira Liga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Estoril might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Vizela proved too strong as Estoril slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota. Ruiz, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.3. Ruiz scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Benfica's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Estoril in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Estoril, four draws and four defeats.
As opposed to that, Estoril have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Santa Clara and Estoril have played each other previously this season: Estoril - Santa 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - six - one (Santa Clara wins - draws - Estoril wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Russo Franco 9 goals |   C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 7 goals | R. Silva Costa 5 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Estoril missing players
| Santa Clara | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 46 | 21 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 34 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 86% |
| 82% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 71% |
| 61% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 46% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 25% |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.3 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 29% | 32% |
| 11.4 | 11.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.5 | 14.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 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 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 52 | 76 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 39 | 70 |
| 3 | Benfica | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 42 | 61 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 52 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 7 | Estoril | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | Pacos de Ferreira | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 33 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -16 | 31 |
| 11 | Boavista | 28 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Vizela | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | -15 | 29 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Arouca | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -22 | 26 |
| 16 | Tondela | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -19 | 25 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -29 | 21 |
| 18 | Moreirense | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 20 |
