Vitória Setúbal and Santa Clara meet forces at Estádio do Bonfim, in a match for the 26th matchday of the Primeira Liga. In the last head ‑ to ‑ head for this edition of the league, on 31‑10‑2019, the two teams tied (1‑1). The record of recent direct confrontations between these two teams could not be more balanced, since there were 2 draws and 1 victory for each team in the last 4 games they played.
Vitória Setúbal :
After 6 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in 12th position, with 28 points won. In the last match, they have tied with Benfica at home by (1‑1), after in the previous match they had tied with (0‑0) away, in a match against Portimonense. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Vitória Setúbal won 3, drew 4 and lost 3, winning 13 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches, the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (9 in 12 games). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 9 of the last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never got the comeback. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 12 home matches for this competition: they have scored 4 of their 7 goals between minutes (61′ ‑ 75 ‘); they have suffered 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (31’ ‑ 45 ‘).
Vitória de Setúbal is campaigning quietly to guarantee maintenance and reaches this second day after the resumption of the Portuguese championship in twelfth place in the general classification, with the same 29 points as Boavista and Belenenses. The advantage for the relegation zone is 10 points. Last Thursday, the team led by the Spanish Julio Velázquez returned to the competition with a 1-1 draw on the visit to the Maritime. In terms of exhibition, the Vitória team was far below what its rival produced. After suffering the first goal at minute 11, he saw the VAR annul two other goals from the local team and ended up reaching a tie at minute 82, in a simple conclusion by Guedes, after a good individual move by Hildeberto Pereira, in one of the few attack movements created by Setúbal to really bother the rival goalkeeper throughout the match.
Santa Clara:
The visiting team is currently in 10th place, with 30 points won, after 8 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Porto by (0‑2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Gil Vicente, by (1‑1). In its last 10 games as a visitor for the championship, Santa Clara has recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, so it has won 12 points out of 30 possible. His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 24 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 12 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 12 away matches for this competition: they have scored 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (31’ ‑ 45 ‘); they have suffered 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (0’‑ 15 ‘).
The Santa Clara team continues with a balanced campaign, in the second consecutive season in the first division of Portuguese football, in which the objective is to reconfirm maintenance with the greatest possible calm. In ninth position in the classification table, coach João Henriques’ team has so far added 33 points (the same as Moreirense) after the return of the League. Playing as a local team, but in another stadium, the team from the Azores islands received and beat the powerful Braga 3×2, in a game full of history. Braga opened the penalty score, but Santa Clara responded with energy and made the 1×1 for Thiago Santana, 14 minutes later. In the second half, Braga started better and reached 2-1 at minute 56. But Braga went on to play with 10 from the (64 ‘) and Santa Clara took advantage of it to tie two minutes later: Santana scored penalty. The goal of the comeback would reach 90 + 2 ‘, with Carlos Junior finishing an assist from Lincoln.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1,78
