Moreirense and Santa Clara face at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, in a match for the 11th round of the Primeira Liga. The record of direct confrontations played in this stadium indicates a total balance between these two teams, since there was 1 draw and 1 victory for each team in the last 3 matches. But the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 02-23-2020, for the Primeira Liga, which ended with the victory of Moreirense by (2-1). Fábio Abreu (15 ‘) and Fábio Pacheco (74’) scored the goals of the match, for Moreirense, and Carlos (35 ‘), for Santa Clara. Santa Clara presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor may be decisive.
Moreirense :
The home team is currently in 11th position, with 10 points won, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they drew at home against Gil Vicente by (1‑1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Tondela, by (0‑0). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 9 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 4 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats in their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 17 suffered. In their last 5 home games for the championship, Moreirense won 2, tied 2 and lost 1, for which they won 8 points out of 15 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 5 matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 15 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 10 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
The Moreirense team has had a mediocre campaign so far this edition of Liga NOS. With the same 10 points for Nacional and Marítimo, the group now led by coach César Peixoto (who is in his first adventure in the main echelon of Portuguese football) appears in eleventh position in the league standings, with only one point from advantage for the area. descent of the division. Without winning five consecutive games for the championship, Moreirense goes to the game after a 0-0 draw against Tondela, in a game in which he did not know how to take advantage of the fact of acting in numerical superiority during the last half hour. This a few days before advancing in the Portuguese Cup, with victory only in extra time, in the visit to Cova da Piedade (2-3).
Santa Clara:
After 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, the visiting team is currently in 7th position, with 13 points won. In their last match, they lost against Vitória Guimarães at home by (0‑4), after having won away in the previous match, in a match against Nacional, by (1‑3). This is a team that curiously has been stronger away than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; against 6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats in his stadium. For the championship, Santa Clara won 9 points out of 15 possible, after 3 wins and 2 losses in the last 5 games they played as a visitor. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they were not very strong defensively. In 10 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 8 away matches for all competitions: they have conceded 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (31’ ‑ 45 ‘) and 3 of their 7 between (61′ ‑ 75’).
Serving for the third consecutive year in the Liga NOS after taking a step forward, Santa Clara once again looks to maintenance as its main objective in this 2020/21 edition of the Portuguese championship. At the start of the eleventh day, the formation technically guided by Daniel Ramos has been carrying out a balanced campaign, as evidenced by the fact that he occupies the 7th position in the league standings, with 13 points, just two behind Paços de Ferreira. (6th). After winning two consecutive games, one for the championship and another on matchday 4 of the Portuguese Cup, the Azorean team surprised at home last week when they lost significantly in the reception to Vitória de Guimarães (0-4) , a team that had eliminated days before in the “queen event”, in a game where practically everything went wrong early.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,84
