Santa Clara have travelled here for an exciting fight versus the hosts Vitória SC. Read up on the game with this thorough Primeira Liga preview!
- Vitória SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Clara have lost all their away matches so far.
Vitória SC 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.
Vitória SC form and stats
Only two Primeira Liga home games for Vitória SC so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Vitória SC to get some points in this home game.
II was the last player to score a league goal for Vitória and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Vitória SC haven't scored in 224 minutes.
No payout for Vitória SC in their previous match, an away game at Sporting Braga that ended in defeat 0-1. The defeat against Sporting Braga was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored eight minutes into stoppage time (by Tormena). Midfielder Silva was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.21 (out of ten) in that game. Silva hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Vitória SC lost 0-1 at home to Casa Pia.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 Vitória SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Vitória SC has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Santa Clara form and stats
It's not happening yet for Santa Clara on their Primeira Liga travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Santa seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Santa Clara had fun at their own home (Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques) last time out, beating Maritimo 2-1. Allano and Babi scored. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone four league rounds without winning. Midfield player Silva was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Silva hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, the Santa manager Magalhães faced defeat when travelling to Famalicao and losing 0-1.Santa Clara are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
It's early days yet, but Santa Clara has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vitória SC five wins, two draws and Santa Clara three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  André 2 goals |  J. Ferreira Silva 1 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Vitória SC | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 7 | 5 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.4 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 12 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- Santa Clara have lost all their away matches so far.
- Vitória SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Vitória SC | Last season | Santa Clara | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 50 | 34 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 31 | 54 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 71% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 59% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 29% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 9 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 13 |
| 3 | Porto | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Estoril | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Chaves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Sporting CP | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Arouca | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Vitória SC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Boavista | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
