Home advantage could prove decisive in Santa Clara - Paços de Ferreira battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Miguel (13277 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team claims the win or an exciting draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Santa Clara and Paços de Ferreira battle at Estádio de São Miguel.

Insights:
  • Santa Clara have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paços de Ferreira have scored away.

Santa Clara can neither be promoted or relegated from Primeira Liga. For Ferreira most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an energetic game!

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Santa Clara form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Santa Clara at their home stadium (Estádio de São Miguel) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Santa Clara tasted defeat here at Estádio de São Miguel, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Santa drew their last game, 1-1 away at Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 6th). Ricardinho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Ricardinho hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Maritimo that ended 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santa Clara handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Santa Clara has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Santa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check 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.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

4-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Paços de Ferreira in their Primeira Liga matches away.

Paços de Ferreira played 1-1 against Tondela in their previous match. The draw against Tondela came from a losing position. The Paços de Ferreira manager Peixoto brought on Silva as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Lima was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Lima hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Gil Vicente.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paços de Ferreira as they have only managed to score 10 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ferreira have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Paços de Ferreira - Santa Clara 2-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous h2h game, played this season. Head to head statistics (for the last six meetings): Santa Clara won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Paços de Ferreira managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / two

Top Goalscorers

Paços de FerreiraD. Pereira Júnior
D. Pereira Júnior
6 goals
SantaK. Tagawa
K. Tagawa
5 goals
Santa ClaraR. Silva Costa
R. Silva Costa
5 goals

Santa Clara missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santa Clara Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
8 7 2 Won W 1 4 9
13 6 2 Drew D 1 5 11
11 3 0 Lost L 2 7 12
36 22 7 Scored S 1 10 29
50 23 4 Conceded C 5 20 40
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 88%
84% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 75%
56% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 25% 34%
28% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 12%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 47%
22% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 31%
28% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 44% 34%
 
4.5 4.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.4
4.5 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.2 4.9
3 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 3.2
9 4 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.9 11.2 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.7 11
3.5 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.2
32% 36% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 22% 28%
 
11.6 11.6 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 14.6 14.2
4.1 4.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.1 5
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Santa Clara have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paços de Ferreira have scored 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 Porto 32 27 4 1 83 22 16 14 2 0 48 11 16 13 2 1 35 11 61 85
2 Sporting CP 32 25 4 3 66 21 16 13 1 2 30 8 16 12 3 1 36 13 45 79
3 Benfica 32 22 5 5 76 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 16 12 2 2 40 14 47 71
4 Sporting Braga 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 4 3 26 13 16 9 4 3 23 15 21 62
5 Gil Vicente 32 12 12 8 44 37 16 5 6 5 22 19 16 7 6 3 22 18 7 48
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 32 12 8 12 44 40 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 44
7 Paços de Ferreira 32 9 11 12 29 40 16 5 6 5 19 20 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 38
8 Maritimo 32 9 10 13 38 42 16 4 6 6 19 16 16 5 4 7 19 26 -4 37
9 Santa Clara 32 8 13 11 36 50 16 7 6 3 22 23 16 1 7 8 14 27 -14 37
10 Estoril 32 8 12 12 35 41 16 3 8 5 20 21 16 5 4 7 15 20 -6 36
11 Boavista 32 7 15 10 36 49 16 4 9 3 19 19 16 3 6 7 17 30 -13 36
12 Portimonense 32 9 8 15 28 42 16 4 4 8 13 19 16 5 4 7 15 23 -14 35
13 Famalicao 32 7 12 13 39 47 16 4 7 5 19 19 16 3 5 8 20 28 -8 33
14 Vizela 32 7 11 14 35 53 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 3 5 8 20 33 -18 32
15 Arouca 32 7 9 16 30 53 16 5 3 8 15 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -23 30
16 Tondela 32 7 6 19 39 62 16 4 3 9 22 31 16 3 3 10 17 31 -23 27
17 Moreirense 32 6 8 18 29 49 16 4 3 9 18 22 16 2 5 9 11 27 -20 26
18 Belenenses 32 5 10 17 21 52 16 5 3 8 13 27 16 0 7 9 8 25 -31 25

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 32 27 4 1 83 22 16 14 2 0 48 11 16 13 2 1 35 11 61 85
2 Sporting CP 32 25 4 3 66 21 16 13 1 2 30 8 16 12 3 1 36 13 45 79
3 Benfica 32 22 5 5 76 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 16 12 2 2 40 14 47 71
4 Sporting Braga 32 18 8 6 49 28 16 9 4 3 26 13 16 9 4 3 23 15 21 62
5 Gil Vicente 32 12 12 8 44 37 16 5 6 5 22 19 16 7 6 3 22 18 7 48
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 32 12 8 12 44 40 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 44
7 Paços de Ferreira 32 9 11 12 29 40 16 5 6 5 19 20 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 38
8 Maritimo 32 9 10 13 38 42 16 4 6 6 19 16 16 5 4 7 19 26 -4 37
9 Santa Clara 32 8 13 11 36 50 16 7 6 3 22 23 16 1 7 8 14 27 -14 37
10 Estoril 32 8 12 12 35 41 16 3 8 5 20 21 16 5 4 7 15 20 -6 36
11 Boavista 32 7 15 10 36 49 16 4 9 3 19 19 16 3 6 7 17 30 -13 36
12 Portimonense 32 9 8 15 28 42 16 4 4 8 13 19 16 5 4 7 15 23 -14 35
13 Famalicao 32 7 12 13 39 47 16 4 7 5 19 19 16 3 5 8 20 28 -8 33
14 Vizela 32 7 11 14 35 53 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 3 5 8 20 33 -18 32
15 Arouca 32 7 9 16 30 53 16 5 3 8 15 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -23 30
16 Tondela 32 7 6 19 39 62 16 4 3 9 22 31 16 3 3 10 17 31 -23 27
17 Moreirense 32 6 8 18 29 49 16 4 3 9 18 22 16 2 5 9 11 27 -20 26
18 Belenenses 32 5 10 17 21 52 16 5 3 8 13 27 16 0 7 9 8 25 -31 25

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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.