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 8th position while the guesting Portimonense worry at 17th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Santa Clara form and stats
5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Santa Clara so far this season.
The home team returns to Estádio de São Miguel after being equal after 90 minutes with Vitória FC (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Primeira Liga game ended 2-2. Before that, Santa had a home game versus Sporting Braga which ended with a victory 3-2.
The hometeam coach J. Oliveira Nunes Henriques made a successful contribution in the game against Vitória FC, bringing on Crysan who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
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 has won three of these, drawn four and lost five.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Santa here at Estádio de São Miguel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). Santa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Portimonense form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portimonense so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
Portimonense played 2-2 against Benfica in their previous match. Before that, Portimonense secured a home win against Gil Vicente with the score 1-0.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Portimonense's duel with Benfica. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Júnior Tavares found the equalizer.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portimonense playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were three Portimonense wins, five draws and nine defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portimonense as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. Portimonense have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Portimonense - Santa 1-1. Santa-Portimonense H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Santa Clara three wins, Portimonense three wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 5 goals |  T. Santos Santana 5 goals |  D. Gomes Clemente 5 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Santa Clara | Portimonense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 30 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 36 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 85% |
| 65% | 69% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 77% | 65% |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 38% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | 54% |
| 35% | 31% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 19% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 46% | 42% |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 302 | 201 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 144 | 305 |
| 87 | 54 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 38 | 93 |
| 28% | 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 21% | 20% |
- Portimonense has the fewest scored goals (19)
- Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | Porto | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Benfica | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 38 | 61 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Famalicão | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 39 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 34 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Boavista | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | Vitória FC | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 30 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 30 |
| 14 | Tondela | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 29 |
| 15 | Marítimo | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -28 | 13 |