Can Tondela beat Santa Clara in Estádio João Cardoso clash?

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio João Cardoso (5000 seats)

It's ground zero in Primeira Liga - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Tondela and Santa Clara did in their pre-season friendlies!

Tondela and Santa Clara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Tondela form and stats

Last season, Tondela's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 57. Playing at home last season Tondela managed 8-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 21 conceded.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Let's have a look at how Santa Clara performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 18/20 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Santa have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Santa Clara win, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Tondela victories, three draws and three Santa Clara wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Tondela missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Tondela Santa Clara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Tondela Last season Santa Clara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 8   Won W   6 13
6 2   Drew D   2 7
18 7   Lost L   9 14
36 18   Scored S   18 44
57 21   Conceded C   20 36
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
82% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
47% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 44%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 15%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
50% 35%   BTTS BTTS   59% 47%
18% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 29%
35% 35%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
4 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
5.4 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.5
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
6 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.8 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.9
3.4 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.7
32% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Belenenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Maritimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tondela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitória SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitória SC 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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.