Santa Clara will be visiting Estádio D. Alfonso Henriques on Saturday for the Primeira Liga meeting with hosts Vitória Guimarães.
Our Vitória Guimarães v Santa Clara tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - along with the latest match odds.
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Vitória Guimarães
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Vitória Guimarães enter this match following on from a 2-2 Primeira Liga drawn game vs Moreirense.
In that game, Vitória Guimarães managed 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Vitória Guimarães was Telmo Arcanjo (37', 51'). On the other side, Moreirense had 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Schettine (31') and Benny (77') scored for Moreirense.
Over their last six fixtures, Luís Freire's Vitória Guimarães have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 9 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.
Going into this contest, Vitória Guimarães are undefeated in their previous 10 league matches at home. A very good run at home.
Santa Clara
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Santa Clara will go into this meeting after a 1-0 Primeira Liga win with the defeat of Nacional in their previous fixture.
In that match, Santa Clara managed 37% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Santa Clara was João Costa (3'). Nacional got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.
Clashes with Santa Clara have, in the main, been somewhat laboured ones latterly with a void of goals being a real hallmark. During their past 6 games, the measly gross goal total of 6 has been yielded between them as well as opposing sides at an average goals per match of 1. We will have to see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 17/04/2021 shows that Vitória Guimarães have won 3 of these games and Santa Clara 2, with the number of draws being 1.
In all, 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 for Os Vimaranenses and 4 belonging to Os Açoreanos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.
The last league meeting featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 11 on 10/11/2024 when the final score was Santa Clara 1-0 Vitória Guimarães.
That day, Santa Clara had 37% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Ricardinho (80').
Vitória Guimarães had 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
The referee was Gustavo Correia.
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Team News: Vitória Guimarães
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Vitória Guimarães boss Luís Freire to be concerned with from a near full-strength group. Gustavo Silva (Muscle injury) will miss out.
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Team News: Santa Clara
Santa Clara manager Vasco Matos has to choose a team with limited availability. Wendel Silva (Injury to the ankle) and Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) miss out here.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Santa Clara will surely be able to get a goal against this Vitória Guimarães lineup, but it isn’t expected to be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Vitória Guimarães at the end of this one. Should be an interesting one.
Lucas Pereira,
09:03 03/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Vitória Guimarães
Formed: 1922
Stadium: Estádio D. Alfonso Henriques (30,029)
Captain: Bruno Varela
Chairman: António Miguel Cardoso
Manager: Luís Freire
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 6, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
🔑 Star Man: Tiago Silva
Generally used in the Centre Midfield position, Tiago Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Having played his first senior match for Belenenses in the 2013 - 2014 season, the skilful Midfielder has scored 4 league goals in the Liga Portugal 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in 25 appearances.