Farense vs Santa Clara Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📊 Form Guide

Farense

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Farense will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Primeira Liga victory vs Vitória Guimarães.

In that game, Farense managed 30% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Farense, goals were scored by Marco Matias (6') and Darío Poveda (92'). For their opponents, Vitoria SC got 20 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Gustavo Silva (47') was the scorer for Vitória Guimarães.

Their latest results reveal that not much more can be done by the Farense rearguard. Farense have been mean at the back, with the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last six clashes standing at 4. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Ahead of this clash, Farense are winless against Santa Clara in their previous 4 league games.

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara will go into the meeting following a 2-1 Primeira Liga win to defeat Famalicão in their most recent match.

In that game, Santa Clara had 47% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Santa Clara was Wendel (23', 81'). Famalicao got 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Gustavo Sá (58') scored for Famalicão.

Looking at their form, and Santa Clara have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 6 goals in total. In defence, Santa Clara have been far from perfect.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Santa Clara:

• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 04/03/2000, neither club has come out on top overall with Farense winning 2 of those games, Santa Clara 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 4 from Farense and 8 being from Os Açoreanos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league game between these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 17 on 05/01/2025 when it finished Santa Clara 0-0 Farense.

In that match, Santa Clara managed 69% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

Farense got 2 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by António Nobre.

ℹ️ Team News: Farense

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Farense boss Tozé Marreco to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Ricardo Velho (Knee surgery) won’t play.

We think that Farense may well line up in a 4-3-3 system this time, beginning the first half with Kaique Pereira, Paulo Victor, Marco Moreno, Lucas Áfrico, Pastor, A. Pelegrinelli Neto, Claudio Falcão, Samuel Justo, Rony Lopes, Rui Costa and Marco Matias.

ℹ️ Team News: Santa Clara

In an otherwise full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness issue for the Santa Clara manager Vasco Matos to be concerned with. Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Os Açoreanos might make use of a 3-4-3 lineup by sending out Gabriel Batista, Sidney Lima, Luis Rocha, Matheus Nunes MT, Diogo Calila, Adriano Firmino, S. Miguel Araújo, L. Soares de, Ricardinho, Wendel and Vinícius Lopes.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Santa Clara and Farense could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 10:19 13/05/2025