Football betting preview: Santa Clara with moderate expectations before welcoming Porto

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Miguel (13277 seats)

A short peek at the Primeira Liga table hint of an edge to Porto when they arrive at Santa Clara. Yet; let's play the match before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Santa Clara have the most conceded goals (20) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals (25) in Primeira Liga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game, against Milan, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Porto.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa Clara, who have the most conceded goals (20) in Primeira Liga, have played 5 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Santa in their previous match, an away game at Belenenses that ended in defeat 1-2. Heartbreak for Santa in their last match as Belenenses's N. Pedro scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacker Allano was declared "man of the match" for Santa with a rating of 7.65/10. Allano scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, Santa won a home game hosting Porto (3-1).

Santa Clara have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Santa with 10 goals conceded in these matches.

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Porto form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Porto, who have the most scored goals (25) in Primeira Liga, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Porto as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Porto has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Milan for a Champions League game that ended a draw (1-1). Pepe was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Pepe hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Boavista in the Primeira Liga.

The travelling fans enjoy Porto's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Porto have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santa one win, zero draws and Porto nine victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortoL. Díaz Marulanda
L. Díaz Marulanda
7 goals
PortoM. Taremi
M. Taremi
7 goals
PortoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
3 goals

Santa Clara missing players

Porto missing players

Santa Clara Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 8
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
6 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
7 4 1 Scored S 3 9 25
20 10 6 Conceded C 2 5 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 70%
20% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 70%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
40% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.6 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.2 5.9
4.6 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.8
3 3.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3.2 3.2
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.3 12.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 14.4 16.9
3.2 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 5.8
22% 24% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 43%
 
10 9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 7.2 6.9
4.2 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3 2.1
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Porto's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Porto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Porto have not yet lost a game.
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Porto have scored more than double the goals of Santa Clara.
  • Porto have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most points from losing position (7) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals (25) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto have the the best goal difference (+18) in Primeira Liga
  • Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Santa Clara have the most conceded goals (20) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Santa Clara is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 10 8 2 0 25 7 5 5 0 0 16 2 5 3 2 0 9 5 18 26
2 Sporting CP 10 8 2 0 15 4 6 5 1 0 9 1 4 3 1 0 6 3 11 26
3 Benfica 10 8 1 1 21 6 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 5 1 0 14 3 15 25
4 Sporting Braga 10 5 4 1 16 8 5 2 2 1 9 5 5 3 2 0 7 3 8 19
5 Estoril 10 5 4 1 15 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 4 1 0 10 3 7 19
6 Portimonense 10 4 2 4 8 9 5 1 1 3 2 5 5 3 1 1 6 4 -1 14
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 10 3 4 3 11 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 13
8 Gil Vicente 10 3 3 4 12 12 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 0 12
9 Boavista 10 2 5 3 12 15 5 2 3 0 7 2 5 0 2 3 5 13 -3 11
10 Paços de Ferreira 10 2 5 3 9 12 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 1 2 2 4 7 -3 11
11 Tondela 10 3 0 7 13 19 5 2 0 3 8 10 5 1 0 4 5 9 -6 9
12 Arouca 10 2 3 5 10 16 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 9
13 Vizela 10 1 6 3 8 15 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 0 3 2 3 10 -7 9
14 Belenenses 10 1 5 4 7 13 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 0 3 2 2 6 -6 8
15 Moreirense 10 1 5 4 11 18 5 1 2 2 8 9 5 0 3 2 3 9 -7 8
16 Famalicao 10 1 4 5 11 15 5 0 3 2 4 6 5 1 1 3 7 9 -4 7
17 Maritimo 10 1 4 5 8 13 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 -5 7
18 Santa Clara 10 1 3 6 7 20 5 1 2 2 4 10 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 6

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.