Santa Clara and Belenenses meet at Estádio de São Miguel, in a match for the 11th round of the Primeira Liga. There is only record of 1 recent direct match between these two teams, on 10-15-2017, which ended with the victory of Santa Clara by (2-1). Despite being a match between 9th and 10th of the table, it is actually a match between the 11th ranked in home games and the 6th as a visitor.
Santa Clara:
After 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in the 9 th position, with 14 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Vitória Guimarães by (2-0), after in the previous match they have lost (1-2) at home, against Sporting Lisboa. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, usually conquer as many points at home as outside. In his last games he scored 10 goals and suffered 10 at home, against 7 scored and 6 suffered as a visitor. In the last match they played, for the Taça de Portugal, they lost with Chaves at home (1-2). In the last 5 home league matches Santa Clara has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 15 possible. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 10 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 7 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 5 of their 11 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘); He suffered 5 of his 12 goals between the minutes (61’-75 ‘).
The Santa Clara enters this party little motivated, after a defeat by 1-2, at the reception to Chaves, for the Portuguese Cup. It should be noted that the locals register two defeats in a row in the championship, against Sporting Lisboa and Vitória de Guimarães. One of the best valences of the local training is the ease with which it manages to take advantage of the spaces to apply the counterattack. For this, coach João Henriques will line up the team in a 4-3-3, favoring the game on the flanks. On an individual level we highlight Osama Rashid, the great highlight of the team, with 3 goals and 5 assists. For this game the coach does not have Patrick, suspended, in addition to Thiago Santana, due to injury.
Belenenses:
After 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, the away team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 12 points won. In the penultimate match, they tied in a match against Portimonense, by (1-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Boavista, by (0-0). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 7 points in away matches and 5 at their stadium, with 3 goals scored and 2 conceded in away matches, against 4 goals scored and 6 conceded at home. The team comes to this match after a loss away with Porto by (2-0). For the league, Belenenses won 7 points out of 15 possible points, after 1 win and 4 draws in the last 5 away matches.
In this competition, they have drawn the last 4 away matches and have not lost any of the last 5 away matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 18 of the last 26 matches have ended with less than 3 goals.
Belenenses enters this match with a defeat, 2-0, in the move to FC Porto Stadium in a match for the Portuguese Cup. In the last match for the championship, the visitors tied to zero against Boavista. The foreign team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, in which the three arrows aimed at the adversary goal are Ljujic, Licá and Keita: the last one is the best Belenenses scoreboard in the championship, with 3 goals scored . It should be noted that the responsible for leading the offensive attacks of his team is midfielder Lucca. The foreign trainer has in doubt Tiago Caeiro and Pierre Sagna.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.58
