Vitória SC scrimmages with Santa Clara in Primeira Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques (30008 seats)

Vitória SC have played really well so far, sitting at 6th place in the table. Santa Clara can look both ways from the 10th spot.

Insights:
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitória SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC have collected 26 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 8-2-5.

An away draw last time out for Vitória SC, facing Tondela in a game that ended 1-1. Soares was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.54 out of 10. The defender Soares scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 1 of 2 duels.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Pacos de Ferreira.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vitória SC handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and three defeats.

A decent goal production from Vitória in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 15 league matches. Vitória SC have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Santa Clara form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Clara so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-8 (win-draw-lose).

Santa's last game was the home draw against Maritimo (2-2). It looked so good for Santa Clara vs Maritimo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Tagawa and that is quite the accomplishment! Midfielder Allano was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Allano signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Arouca that ended 1-1.

The attacking power of Santa Clara when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Santa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Santa Clara - Vitória SC 1-0. Vitória SC-Santa Clara H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vitória SC six wins, Santa Clara three wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VitóriaO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
12 goals
Vitória SCB. Duarte da Silva
B. Duarte da Silva
6 goals
Vitória SCD. Costa Rocha
D. Costa Rocha
5 goals

Vitória SC missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitória SC Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
12 8 3 Won W 0 1 8
7 2 1 Drew D 2 6 12
12 5 1 Lost L 2 8 11
43 28 10 Scored S 3 13 35
39 19 4 Conceded C 7 26 49
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 90%
68% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 87% 84%
58% 73% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 58%
32% 47% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 29%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
58% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 58%
23% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 23%
29% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
4.8 5.5 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.6 4.6
5.1 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4.5
3.6 3.3 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.1 2.9
7 4 0 Red cards R C 4 5 9
 
13.7 14.9 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.9 11.1
4.4 5.3 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.5
32% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 32%
 
11.7 10.9 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11.9 11.7
4.2 3.8 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.2
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitória SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.

  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 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 30 23 4 3 59 20 15 12 1 2 26 7 15 11 3 1 33 13 39 73
3 Benfica 31 21 5 5 75 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 15 11 2 2 39 14 46 68
4 Sporting Braga 30 16 8 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 8 4 3 22 15 19 56
5 Gil Vicente 31 12 12 7 43 33 16 5 6 5 22 19 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 48
6 Vitória SC 31 12 7 12 43 39 15 8 2 5 28 19 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 43
7 Maritimo 31 9 10 12 38 41 15 4 6 5 19 15 16 5 4 7 19 26 -3 37
8 Pacos de Ferreira 31 9 10 12 28 39 15 5 5 5 18 19 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 37
9 Estoril 31 8 12 11 34 38 16 3 8 5 20 21 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 36
10 Santa Clara 31 8 12 11 35 49 16 7 6 3 22 23 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 36
11 Portimonense 31 9 8 14 28 41 16 4 4 8 13 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -13 35
12 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
13 Vizela 31 7 11 13 33 49 16 4 6 6 15 20 15 3 5 7 18 29 -16 32
14 Famalicão 31 6 12 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 16 3 5 8 20 28 -10 30
15 Arouca 31 6 9 16 29 53 15 4 3 8 14 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -24 27
16 Moreirense 31 6 8 17 28 47 15 4 3 8 17 20 16 2 5 9 11 27 -19 26
17 Tondela 31 7 5 19 38 61 16 4 3 9 22 31 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 26
18 Belenenses 31 5 10 16 21 51 15 5 3 7 13 26 16 0 7 9 8 25 -30 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 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 30 23 4 3 59 20 15 12 1 2 26 7 15 11 3 1 33 13 39 73
3 Benfica 31 21 5 5 75 29 16 10 3 3 36 15 15 11 2 2 39 14 46 68
4 Sporting Braga 30 16 8 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 8 4 3 22 15 19 56
5 Gil Vicente 31 12 12 7 43 33 16 5 6 5 22 19 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 48
6 Vitória SC 31 12 7 12 43 39 15 8 2 5 28 19 16 4 5 7 15 20 4 43
7 Maritimo 31 9 10 12 38 41 15 4 6 5 19 15 16 5 4 7 19 26 -3 37
8 Pacos de Ferreira 31 9 10 12 28 39 15 5 5 5 18 19 16 4 5 7 10 20 -11 37
9 Estoril 31 8 12 11 34 38 16 3 8 5 20 21 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 36
10 Santa Clara 31 8 12 11 35 49 16 7 6 3 22 23 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 36
11 Portimonense 31 9 8 14 28 41 16 4 4 8 13 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -13 35
12 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
13 Vizela 31 7 11 13 33 49 16 4 6 6 15 20 15 3 5 7 18 29 -16 32
14 Famalicão 31 6 12 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 16 3 5 8 20 28 -10 30
15 Arouca 31 6 9 16 29 53 15 4 3 8 14 29 16 2 6 8 15 24 -24 27
16 Moreirense 31 6 8 17 28 47 15 4 3 8 17 20 16 2 5 9 11 27 -19 26
17 Tondela 31 7 5 19 38 61 16 4 3 9 22 31 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 26
18 Belenenses 31 5 10 16 21 51 15 5 3 7 13 26 16 0 7 9 8 25 -30 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.