Santa Clara have achieved 5 home triumphs up until now, Vizela have won 2 away. Which team improves their records after this one?
- Santa Clara have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Primeira Liga
- Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
5-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Santa Clara so far this season.
Santa Clara drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sporting Braga (placed 4th). Defender Ramos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Ramos won 8 of 10 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Portimonense.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 eleven games. Santa has won six of these, drawn two and lost three.
Santa Clara has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Vizela form and stats
Vizela have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
There were no winners in Vizela's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Portimonense (placed 8th). Afonso, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.35. Afonso hit five key passes and won 10 of 11 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Paços de Ferreira before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Vizela in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vizela, four draws and one defeat.
Vizela find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Vizela have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Santa and Vizela have duelled already this season: Vizela - Santa Clara 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Santa Clara victories, four draws and two Vizela wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 6 goals |   G. Schettine Guimarães 6 goals |  C. Dias Moreira 5 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Vizela missing players
| Santa Clara | Vizela | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 27 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 42 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 40 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 96% |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 91% | 83% |
| 62% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 73% | 46% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 55% | 33% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 62% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 9% | 8% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.4 | 11.4 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.3 | 14 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 30% |
| 11.6 | 12 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 16.3 | 13.8 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Santa Clara have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Primeira Liga
- Santa Clara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 64 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 58 |
| 3 | Benfica | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 41 | 54 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 45 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 29 |
| 9 | Marítimo | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Famalicão | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Santa Clara | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Boavista | 24 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Vizela | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Arouca | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 22 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Tondela | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -31 | 15 |
