Santa Clara take on the visitors Estoril in the round 13 match of Liga Portugal. The match will be played on Monday, November 14th at Estádio de São Miguel (Ponta Delgada).
Santa Clara do not belong to the giants of Portuguese football. But on the other hand, he reached his peak quite recently, in the season before last. Then a historical record was set in the form of 6th place in the final standings of Primeira. It even made it possible to break into the Conference League. There, the "Azoreans" were waiting for a kind of Balkan tour. They passed both the Macedonian "Shkupi" and the Slovenian "Olympia" without any problems. But Partizan turned out to be stronger, although the Serbian Grand was beaten at home minimally, 2-1. At the same time, Santa Clara took a step back in the championship, to the 7th position. And now actually got involved in the struggle for survival. And it has had some success lately. After 1 point in 4 rounds and defeat in the cup, Mario Silva's wards took 1-0 on the Vizela field - only the 2nd victory in this championship. After that, there was a sensational 1-1 against Porto, when the score was equalized late and the giant did not have time to respond. And finally, a goalless draw last Monday against Chaves.
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Estoril represents the capital, more precisely, one of the suburbs of Lisbon. But in the list of their merits, in addition to a one-time cup final in the mid-40s of the last century, there are only periodic rises from the Segunda. Another such event took place the year before last - then they even won the 2nd division of the country again. Moreover, the newcomer managed to finish at the top of the 2021/2022 standings. However, there was the maximum density, and the difference between the 8th place and the 13th was 1 point, 39 against 38. Now the "canaries" have about the same statistics. They started well: 4 wins and only 4 losses in the first 9 rounds. But then, from the end of October, things got worse. With "Portimonense" it still turned out to be a draw, 1-1, but "Braga" and "Benfica" had defeated them and without the slightest chance, 0-2 and 1-5.
In the past decade and a half, 12 head-to-head matches have been played, and Estoril have won only once. Santa Clara, however, also has only 4 wins, but also in the most recent match, when in April they won at home 2-0. The bookmakers believe that the Santa Clara, who play at home, can win again. But both clubs are not impressive, so the bet on “under 2.5 goals” looks like a passing option.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
