📊 Form Guide

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-2 LigaPro triumph versus AVS.

In that match, Santa Clara managed 40% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Santa Clara was Bruno Almeida (33', 60'). AVS had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Nenê (51') scored for AVS.

Their latest results show that much respect should be given to the Santa Clara defence. Santa Clara have given the opposition little, with the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their past 6 clashes standing at 4.

Paços de Ferreira

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Paços de Ferreira will go into this encounter following on from a 2-0 LigaPro win to beat Oliveirense in their most recent game.

In that match, Paços de Ferreira managed 52% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Paços de Ferreira was Rui Fonte (22', 39'). Oliveirense had 14 shots on goal with 8 on target.

A sequence of accomplished displays by the Paços de Ferreira defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 2 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 8. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 27/02/2021 shows that Santa Clara have won 3 of these and Paços de Ferreira 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 of them from Os Açoreanos and 4 coming from Os Castores. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league fixture between these clubs was LigaPro match day 11 on 18/11/2023 when it finished Paços de Ferreira 0-2 Santa Clara.

In that game, Paços de Ferreira managed 61% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Santa Clara had 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Bruno Almeida (26') was the scorer.

📋 Team News: Santa Clara

The Santa Clara boss Danildo Accioly doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash with a completely healthy group to choose from. Pedro Ferreira will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📋 Team News: Paços de Ferreira

Due to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Paços de Ferreira manager César Peixoto doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Santa Clara will, in all likelihood, see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

However, Paços de Ferreira will not find it easy to score themselves - but, we do see them hitting back at some stage here.

We can therefore see a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for Santa Clara at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 12:05 07/04/2024