Santa Clara hosts Vitoria Guimaraes in round 10 of Portuguese Primeira Liga. The match will be played on Monday, December 21st at Estádio de São Miguel (Ponta Delgada)
Santa Clara is a modest Portuguese team, which is more accustomed to being in the middle of the standings but not at the top. Now this club is in an intermediate seventh place in the championship, lagging only three points behind the European Cup zone. Daniel Ramos' trainees gained two victories in the last five rounds (over Nacional and Portimonense) and lost three times. Santa Clara can hardly be called a promising team - the average age of footballers is close to 27 years old. Mostly, these are players who were not needed by more eminent teams. Team leaders include such performers as Fabio Cardoso, Rashid, Thiago (seven goals scored), Carlos, and Lincoln.
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Vitoria Guimaraes is an unyielding Portuguese team with good prospects for the future and a decent position in the standings. Now Black-and-whites occupy an intermediate fifth place in Primeira. João Henriques' charges have 16 points and impressive defense reliability (seven goals conceded in nine matches). However, the attack of Guimaraes acts with the same efficiency. This pragmatism allows the club to claim a place in the European Cup zone. By the way, Vitoria has a very young line-up (average age is 23.5 years). This season, the club has significantly rebuilt its staff potential. On a permanent basis, the management invited such strong players as Varela, J. Fernandes, Mumin, Miguel Luis, Janvier, Poha, Kim, Foster, and Holm. Beyond that, they loaned Bisseck, Pepelu, Carls, and Mensah.
In recent matches between these Portuguese clubs, the experts have often noted a pragmatic style with an emphasis on defensive football. Taking into account the statistics of the away team, we should expect low scoring indicators in the upcoming match either. We think everything will be decided by 1-2 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
