📊 Form Guide

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara prepare for this game after a 1-1 Primeira Liga draw against Rio Ave.

In that game, Santa Clara had 51% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Santa Clara was Sidney Lima (84'). For their opponents, Rio Ave got 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. André Luiz (25') was the scorer for Rio Ave.

Santa Clara have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 vs opposing sides during the course of their last six outings. In those games, Santa Clara have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 5.

Going into this one, Santa Clara have left without a victory over Arouca in their previous 4 league matches.

Arouca

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Arouca will go into the clash following a 1-0 Primeira Liga win as they beat Estrela Amadora in their most recent game.

In that match, Arouca managed 57% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Arouca was Dylan Nandín (68'). On the other side, Estrela Amadora got 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

In their last 6 clashes, Arouca have amassed a total of 7 goals. Arouca have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they have seen 7 goals go into their own net. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Going into this encounter, Arouca have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes dating back to 11/04/2018 shows that Santa Clara have won 1 of these games and Arouca 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined sum of 10 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Os Açoreanos and 6 for Arouca. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The previous league contest between the two was Primeira Liga match day 14 on 15/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Arouca 1-0 Santa Clara.

That day, Arouca had 51% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jason (67').

Santa Clara got 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by André Narciso.

📋 Team News: Santa Clara

Wendel (Injury to the ankle) and Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) will be missing for Santa Clara manager Vasco Matos.

We think that Os Açoreanos may well opt for a 3-4-3 formation for the game featuring Gabriel Batista, Matheus Nunes, Sidney Lima, Luis Rocha, Lucas Soares, Pedro Ferreira, Adriano, Matheus Pereira, Gabriel Silva, Joao Costa and Ricardinho.

ℹ️ Team News: Arouca

Thanks to a mainly available squad, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Arouca manager Vasco Seabra to be concerned about. Nino Galović (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that Arouca seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, settling for Nico Mantl, Alex Pinto, Boris Popovic, Chico Lamba, Weverson, Mamadou Loum Ndiaye, Taichi Fukui, Alfonso Trezza, Brian Mansilla, Morlaye Sylla and Dylan Nandin.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Arouca may not find it easy to score goals against this Santa Clara team who should get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore fancy a very even match with a 1-0 win for Santa Clara after 90 minutes.

We’ll see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 14:06 26/04/2025