In a weekend match on Sat Sep 17th, in week 7, Santa Clara hosts Paços de Ferreira at Estádio De São Miguel in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Santa Clara recorded a 0-1 loss against Vitória SC. Anderson Silva struck first for Vitória SC in the 48th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Santa Clara couldn’t muster any offence and Vitória SC ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while paços de Ferreira sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Casa Pia. Adrián Butzke struck first for Paços de Ferreira in the 17th minute, then Saviour Godwin tied it up for Casa Pia in the 58th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 60th minute on a goal by Neto to cap off a wild match. Paços de Ferreira looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both N’Dri Koffi and Adrián Butzke have been the hottest scorers for Paços de Ferreira in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Rildo Gonçalves de Amorim Filho has been the most prolific scorer on Santa Clara in the last five matches with two goals.