It's advantage Vitoria SC so far with their 6th position in the Primeira Liga table, welcoming Santa Clara who are placed 12th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Vitória SC form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Vitória SC at their home stadium (Dom Afonso Henriques) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Davidson was the last player to score a league goal for Vitória SC and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Vitória SC haven't scored in 184 minutes.
Vitória SC manager I. Abreu and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Maritimo (placed 11th) in the Primeira Liga. Ahead of that match, Vitória SC lost 0-1 at home to Benfica.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Vitória SC home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Vitória SC as they have a new game in only four days, a League Cup match thankfully also at home. Porto are visiting.
Vitória SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dom Afonso Henriques with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Vitória SC are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dom Afonso Henriques in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
Playing away, Santa Clara have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.
The manager J. Oliveira was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio de São Miguel. Santa Clara suffered a 0-1 loss to Rio Ave (placed 7th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Desportivo Aves with the score of 1-0.
You'll want to know how Santa Clara managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santa Clara as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Santa Clara have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Vitória SC won 4 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Santa Clara has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 4Top Goalscorers
  E. Tapsoba 4 goals |  D. da 3 goals |  L. Bonatini 3 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Vitória SC | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 24 | 15 | 13 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 81% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 25% | 38% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 253 | 122 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 57 | 196 |
| 81 | 39 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 18 | 52 |
| 30% | 38% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 21% |
- Vitória SC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vitória SC have scored more than double the goals of Santa Clara.
- Vitória SC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vitória SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Benfica | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 45 |
| 2 | Porto | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 41 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Vitória FC | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Boavista | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Tondela | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Pacos de Ferreira | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 6 |