The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Santa Clara are in the 12th position while the guesting Paços de Ferreira worry at 16th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Santa Clara form and stats
With 2 Primeira Liga wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Santa Clara are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's been an uphill battle for Santa Clara in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Vitoria Setubal game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Santa Clara are returning here after visiting Famalicão in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Lincoln scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at Vitória SC.
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 three of these, drawn four and lost five.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Santa Clara here at Estádio de São Miguel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). Santa Clara have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Paços de Ferreira are looking to quickly end their 345 minutes long goal drought in the Primeira Liga.
The manager P. Marques da Costa Filipe was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio da Capital do Móvel. Paços de Ferreira suffered a 0-2 loss to Benfica (placed 1st). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Gil Vicente.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paços de Ferreira playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Paços de Ferreira win, one draw and five defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Paços de Ferreira's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 8 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Paços de Ferreira have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Santa Clara and Paços de Ferreira have met before this season: Paços de Ferreira - Santa Clara 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Santa Clara one win, zero draws and Paços de Ferreira one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva Souza 4 goals |   C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 2 goals |  L. Diaby 2 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Santa Clara | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 89% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 28% |
| 39% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 6.1 | 4.7 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 205 | 139 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 67 | 209 |
| 55 | 34 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 16 | 48 |
| 22% | 18% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 23% |
- Paços de Ferreira has the fewest scored goals (11)
- Paços de Ferreira has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Paços de Ferreira has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- 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 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 44 |
| 3 | Famalicão | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Vitoria Setubal | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Boavista | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Tondela | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Marítimo | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 9 |