Primeira Liga fixture forecast and stats, news and lineups for the Sporting CP vs Santa Clara meet

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 15.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade (50044 seats)

Sporting CP prepare for this match after their 3-2 result versus Portimonense, a game that gave some clarity. What will happen against Santa Clara?

Insights:
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (17) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.

Sporting CP is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. For Santa Clara most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Home games in the Primeira Liga have been a walk in the park for Sporting CP so far, with 40 points won from 16 matches; 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Sporting CP are returning here after visiting Portimonense and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Tabata and Sarabia (2) scored the goal(s). Manager Amorim felt very clever after Sarabia scored the winning goal against Portimonense, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 56th minute. The gifted forward Tabata outshone all others in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Tabata scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Ahead of that match, Sporting CP won a home game hosting Gil Vicente (4-1).

A decent goal production from Sporting CP in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 16 league matches. Sporting CP have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Santa Clara have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-7-8 (16 played). Visiting Santa Clara has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Santa had fun at their own home (Estádio José Alvalade) last time out, beating Paços de Ferreira 2-0. Ricardinho and Lincoln scored. Midfield player Lincoln was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Lincoln scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Vitória SC.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Santa Clara rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Santa Clara - Sporting CP 3-2 was the product when this pair of teams previously played each other, also in this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's seven Sporting CP victories, zero draws and one Santa Clara win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Sarabia García
P. Sarabia García
14 goals
Sporting CPJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
11 goals
Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
8 goals

Sporting CP missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting CP Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
26 13 5 Won W 0 1 9
4 1 0 Drew D 3 7 13
3 2 0 Lost L 2 8 11
69 30 11 Scored S 4 14 38
23 8 2 Conceded C 8 27 50
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
88% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 85%
48% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 55%
27% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 27%
15% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
45% 25% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 58%
52% 69% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 24%
3% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 27%
 
5.9 6.3 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.7
2.8 2.4 1.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4.4
3 2.7 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 3
6 0 0 Red cards R C 4 5 9
 
15.9 17.4 20.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.6 11.2
6.4 6.7 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 3.6
33% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 28% 32%
 
8.1 6.2 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.6 11.4
2.7 1.9 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 4
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (17) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 33 28 4 1 84 22 16 14 2 0 48 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 62 88
2 Sporting CP 33 26 4 3 69 23 16 13 1 2 30 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 46 82
3 Benfica 33 22 5 6 76 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 16 12 2 2 40 14 46 71
4 Sporting Braga 33 19 8 6 50 28 17 10 4 3 27 13 16 9 4 3 23 15 22 65
5 Gil Vicente 33 13 12 8 47 37 17 6 6 5 25 19 16 7 6 3 22 18 10 51
6 Vitória SC 33 12 9 12 45 41 16 8 3 5 29 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 4 45
7 Santa Clara 33 9 13 11 38 50 17 8 6 3 24 23 16 1 7 8 14 27 -12 40
8 Estoril 33 9 12 12 36 41 17 4 8 5 21 21 16 5 4 7 15 20 -5 39
9 Marítimo 33 9 11 13 39 43 16 4 6 6 19 16 17 5 5 7 20 27 -4 38
10 Paços de Ferreira 33 9 11 13 29 42 16 5 6 5 19 20 17 4 5 8 10 22 -13 38
11 Boavista 33 7 16 10 37 50 17 4 10 3 20 20 16 3 6 7 17 30 -13 37
12 Portimonense 33 9 8 16 30 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 5 4 7 15 23 -15 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 33 7 12 14 36 54 17 4 7 6 16 21 16 3 5 8 20 33 -18 33
15 Arouca 33 7 9 17 30 54 16 5 3 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 30
16 Tondela 33 7 6 20 39 65 16 4 3 9 22 31 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 27
17 Moreirense 33 6 8 19 29 50 16 4 3 9 18 22 17 2 5 10 11 28 -21 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 33 28 4 1 84 22 16 14 2 0 48 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 62 88
2 Sporting CP 33 26 4 3 69 23 16 13 1 2 30 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 46 82
3 Benfica 33 22 5 6 76 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 16 12 2 2 40 14 46 71
4 Sporting Braga 33 19 8 6 50 28 17 10 4 3 27 13 16 9 4 3 23 15 22 65
5 Gil Vicente 33 13 12 8 47 37 17 6 6 5 25 19 16 7 6 3 22 18 10 51
6 Vitória SC 33 12 9 12 45 41 16 8 3 5 29 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 4 45
7 Santa Clara 33 9 13 11 38 50 17 8 6 3 24 23 16 1 7 8 14 27 -12 40
8 Estoril 33 9 12 12 36 41 17 4 8 5 21 21 16 5 4 7 15 20 -5 39
9 Marítimo 33 9 11 13 39 43 16 4 6 6 19 16 17 5 5 7 20 27 -4 38
10 Paços de Ferreira 33 9 11 13 29 42 16 5 6 5 19 20 17 4 5 8 10 22 -13 38
11 Boavista 33 7 16 10 37 50 17 4 10 3 20 20 16 3 6 7 17 30 -13 37
12 Portimonense 33 9 8 16 30 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 16 5 4 7 15 23 -15 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 33 7 12 14 36 54 17 4 7 6 16 21 16 3 5 8 20 33 -18 33
15 Arouca 33 7 9 17 30 54 16 5 3 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 30
16 Tondela 33 7 6 20 39 65 16 4 3 9 22 31 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 27
17 Moreirense 33 6 8 19 29 50 16 4 3 9 18 22 17 2 5 10 11 28 -21 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.