Santa Clara vs Marítimo match preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Miguel (13277 seats)

Primeira Liga: The mid-table positions illustrates the road Santa Clara and Marítimo have taken so far. Both teams are eager to play; bring it!

Insights:
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa Clara have collected 26 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 7-5-3.

An away draw last time out for Santa, facing Arouca in a game that ended 1-1. Santa Clara's goalie Pereira played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Arouca with a stunning six saves. Defender Villanueva got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Villanueva won 7 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match, Santa Clara won a home game hosting Estoril (2-0).

Santa has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Santa Clara have conceded 21 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Marítimo form and stats

Playing away, Marítimo have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.

Marítimo had fun at their own home (Estádio de São Miguel) last time out, beating Boavista 4-0. Costa and Tagueu (3) scored. As mentioned above, Marítimo was the only team on the pitch versus Boavista in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Tagueu certainly enjoyed Marítimo's last game versus Boavista, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory. The attacker Tagueu got a match rating of 8.94 in that game. Tagueu scored three goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the Marítimo manager Seabra faced defeat when travelling to Paços de Ferreira and losing 0-2.

Marítimo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Marítimo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played earlier this season: Marítimo - Santa 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Santa Clara two wins, one draw and Marítimo four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MarítimoD. Tagueu Tadjo
D. Tagueu Tadjo
9 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
6 goals
SantaR. Silva Costa
R. Silva Costa
5 goals

Santa Clara missing players

Marítimo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santa Clara Marítimo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 4 15 30
8 7 2 Won W 1 5 9
11 5 1 Drew D 1 3 9
11 3 0 Lost L 2 7 12
33 20 5 Scored S 4 17 36
47 21 2 Conceded C 6 24 39
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
83% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 73%
57% 53% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 43%
27% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 20%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
57% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 53%
23% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
30% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 27%
 
4.6 4.7 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 4
4.4 4.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.7 5
3 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.9 3.3
9 4 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
11.1 11.3 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.3 10.7
3.5 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.7
31% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 31% 33%
 
11.8 11.7 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 15.5 14.6
4.2 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5 4.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 29 23 4 2 59 18 14 12 1 1 26 5 15 11 3 1 33 13 41 73
3 Benfica 29 20 4 5 73 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 14 10 2 2 37 14 44 64
4 Sporting Braga 29 16 7 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 14 8 3 3 22 15 19 55
5 Gil Vicente 30 12 11 7 42 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 47
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 12 6 12 42 38 15 8 2 5 28 19 15 4 4 7 14 19 4 42
7 Marítimo 30 9 9 12 36 39 15 4 6 5 19 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -3 36
8 Paços de Ferreira 30 9 9 12 27 38 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 4 7 9 19 -11 36
9 Santa Clara 30 8 11 11 33 47 15 7 5 3 20 21 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 35
10 Estoril 29 8 10 11 32 36 14 3 6 5 18 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 34
11 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
12 Portimonense 30 8 8 14 27 41 15 3 4 8 12 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -14 32
13 Famalicao 30 6 11 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 20 28 -10 29
14 Vizela 30 6 11 13 31 48 15 3 6 6 13 19 15 3 5 7 18 29 -17 29
15 Arouca 30 6 9 15 28 51 15 4 3 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 27
16 Moreirense 30 6 8 16 28 46 15 4 3 8 17 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -18 26
17 Tondela 30 7 4 19 37 60 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 25
18 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 19 49 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -30 24

Table
  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 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 29 23 4 2 59 18 14 12 1 1 26 5 15 11 3 1 33 13 41 73
3 Benfica 29 20 4 5 73 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 14 10 2 2 37 14 44 64
4 Sporting Braga 29 16 7 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 14 8 3 3 22 15 19 55
5 Gil Vicente 30 12 11 7 42 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 47
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 12 6 12 42 38 15 8 2 5 28 19 15 4 4 7 14 19 4 42
7 Marítimo 30 9 9 12 36 39 15 4 6 5 19 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -3 36
8 Paços de Ferreira 30 9 9 12 27 38 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 4 7 9 19 -11 36
9 Santa Clara 30 8 11 11 33 47 15 7 5 3 20 21 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 35
10 Estoril 29 8 10 11 32 36 14 3 6 5 18 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 34
11 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
12 Portimonense 30 8 8 14 27 41 15 3 4 8 12 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -14 32
13 Famalicao 30 6 11 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 20 28 -10 29
14 Vizela 30 6 11 13 31 48 15 3 6 6 13 19 15 3 5 7 18 29 -17 29
15 Arouca 30 6 9 15 28 51 15 4 3 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 27
16 Moreirense 30 6 8 16 28 46 15 4 3 8 17 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -18 26
17 Tondela 30 7 4 19 37 60 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 25
18 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 19 49 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -30 24

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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.