With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Santa Clara fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Vitória Setúbal.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Santa Clara form and stats
When playing at home, Santa Clara have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games.In their previous game, the manager João Henriques led his Santa Clara to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Porto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio de São Miguel. In the match before that, Santa Clara hosted Moreirense and drew the game 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Santa Clara have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The Santa Clara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Santa Clara have conceded 22 in these home matches.
Vitória Setúbal form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vitória Setúbal so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose).Vitória Setúbal's last game was the home draw against Portimonense (1-1). Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Benfica's place.
We have checked recent matches where Vitória Setúbal have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W2-D2-L3.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vitória Setúbal as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games. As opposed to that, Vitória Setúbal have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Vitória Setúbal - Santa Clara 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Santa Clara 1 win, 0 draws and Vitória Setúbal 1 victory.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Cádiz
9 goals / 1 assists
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Zé Manuel
8 goals / 1 assists
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Osama Rashid
5 goals / 2 assists
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Santa Clara missing players
Vitória Setúbal missing players
| Santa Clara | Vitória Setúbal | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 35 | 20 | Scored | 13 | 25 |
| 36 | 22 | Conceded | 20 | 32 |
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 87% | 83% |
| 63% | 73% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 63% |
| 43% | 53% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 13% | 7% |
| 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 3% |
| 47% | 60% | Both teams to score | 60% | 47% |
| 27% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | Failed To Score | 27% | 37% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 6 | 4.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3.6 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 5 |
- Vitória Setúbal is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Santa Clara is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Porto | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 45 | 75 |
| 2 | Benfica | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 55 | 72 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 31 | 67 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 64 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 49 |
| 6 | Vitória Guimarães | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
| 7 | Belenenses | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 40 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Desportivo Aves | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 33 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Marítimo | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Vitória Setúbal | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 14 | Boavista | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -14 | 32 |
| 15 | Tondela | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -13 | 31 |
| 16 | Chaves | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -22 | 28 |
| 17 | Nacional | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 42 | -30 | 27 |
| 18 | Feirense | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 28 | -37 | 15 |
