Santa Clara vs Estoril Prediction – Primeira League

The home team is currently in 14th place, having earned 17 points from 4 wins, 5 draws, and 10 losses. In their penultimate match, they lost at home to Famalicão (0-1). In their last match, they lost away to Moreirense (1-0). Over their last 10 home league games, Santa Clara has recorded 3 wins, 2 draws, and 5 losses, earning 11 points out of a possible 30. In their home matches, the most frequent score at halftime was 0-0 (6 out of 10 matches). Their defensive solidity has not been strong, having conceded goals in 8 of their last 10 matches in this competition. Recent home matches show a trend of few goals, with 7 of the last 10 matches having fewer than 3 goals. In 19 matches in the competition, they have never managed to turn a score around in the 10 matches where they conceded the first goal. Notably, in their last 10 home games, they scored 3 of their 7 goals in the first 15 minutes and another 3 in the last 15 minutes of regulation time.

Santa Clara continues to struggle, sitting in 14th place, just 2 points above Casa Pia, the first team below the relegation line. They come off two consecutive losses at home to Famalicão (0-1) and then to Moreira de Cónegos (1-0). The team from the Azores remains defensively sound, as except for a game against Nacional that ended (3-3), all other matches had at most 1 goal. Now they face Estoril, a team that could exploit any spaces Santa Clara offers, thus a more cautious approach is expected from Santa Clara.