Santa Clara vs Portimonense Match Analysis and Prediction

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Santa Clara will be playing host to Portimonense at the Estadio de Sao Miguel on Monday for their round 23 of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Santa Clara failed to climb into the top half of the Primeira Liga standings last Saturday when they lost 2-1 away to Benfica at the Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Mohammad Mohebi scored in the 20th minute to hand the visitors a first-half lead, before Darwin Nunez came up trumps for Benfica in the second half as he scored a brace to turn the game around.

Prior to that, Mario Silva’s side were on an impressive five-game unbeaten run in the league, their longest run without a Primeira Liga defeat since 2020, picking up three wins and two draws.

Following their struggle for form at the beginning of the season, Mario Silva will be impressed with his side’s turnaround in recent weeks as they are currently 11th in the Primeira Liga standings.

That has been due to their resilient performance at home where they are currently unbeaten in five games and rank seventh in the home record standings with 18 points from 11 games.

Portimonense continue to struggle for form in the league as they picked up a draw for the second game running last time out when they played out a 1-1 draw with Boavista.

In the contest at Estadio Municipal de Portimao, newly-signed forward Ricardo Matos scored the opener for the hosts within the opening 18 minutes, but Petar Musa restored parity 23 minutes later.

Portimonense have now failed to win in any of their last eight games across all competitions, picking up three draws and five losses.

Paulo Sergio’s side’s struggles have come at the defensive end, where they have failed to keep a clean sheet since a 1-0 win at Moreirense on December 12.

Santa Clara vs Portimonense head to head

The two sides have previously met on 34 occasions across all competitions, where Santa Clara have taken 16 victories while Portimonense have won 7, and they have drawn in 11. Santa have scored 42 goals and conceded 29. In their last five meetings, Santa have won two, Portimonense one with two draws.

Portimonense 1-1 Santa Clara 05/11/19

Santa Clara 1-1 Portimonense 16/06/20

Portimonense 1-2 Santa Clara 01/11/20

Santa Clara 2-0 Portimonense 13/03/21

Portimonense 2-1 Santa Clara 17/09/21

Santa Clara latest home form

Santa Clara have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their last five, matches. They managed to defeat Boavista 2-1 in their last league home match. In their last five matches, they have won four and drawn one, scoring 10 goals and conceding 6.

Santa Clara 2-1 Arouca 05/12/21

Santa Clara 1-0 Vitoria Guimaraes 17/12/21

Santa Clara 3-2 Sporting Lisbon 07/01/22

Santa Clara 2-2 Tondela 16/01/22

Santa Clara 2-1 Boavista 01/02/22

Santa Clara latest away form

Santa Clara have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having won just one of their last five matches. They recently lost 2-1 to Sporting Lisbon in the Taca da Liga. In their five most recent matches, they have won one, drawn one and lost three.

Pacos Ferreira 2-1 Santa Clara 30/12/21

Moreirense 0-2 Santa Clara 22/01/22

Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Santa Clara 26/01/22

Gil Vicente 2-2 Santa Clara 06/02/22

Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara 12/02/22

Portimonense latest home form

Portimonense have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having been winless in their seven most recent matches. They recently lost 4-2 to Mafra in the Taca de Portugal. In their last five matches, they have drawn two and lost three, scoring 6 goals and conceded 10.

Portimonense 1-2 Maritimo 09/01/22

Portimonense 2-4 Mafra 13/01/22

Portimonense 1-1 Vitoria Guimaraes 17/01/22

Portimonense 1-2 Tondela 30/01/22

Portimonense 1-1 Boavista 12/02/22

Portimonense latest away form

Portimonense have most recently been on a poor form on the road, having been winless in their last three matches. However, they have previously been on a good form, winning four straight matches. They managed to defeat Famalicao through penalties after a 1-1 draw in the Taca de Portugal on December 21.

Moreirense 0-1 Portimonense 12/12/21

Famalicao 1-1(P) Portimonense 21/12/21

Sporting Lisbon 3-2 Portimonense 30/12/21

Gil Vicente 1-0 Portimonense 23/01/22

Pacos Ferreira 1-1 Portimonense 05/02/22

Santa Clara news

Costinha picked up a severe Achiles tendon injury in August’s game against Moreirense and the forward remains out of contention for the hosts.

Attacking duo of Lincoln and Crysan are available for Santa Clara after serving their suspension after both picking up red cards against Gil Vicente two weeks back.

Portimonense news

Portimonense will be missing the services of Achraf Lazaar after the Moroccan full-back sustained a fibula injury last September.

After signing for Portimonense from Ascoli in the January transfer window, Matos opened his account with his goal against Boavista and he is expected to lead the attack once again.