In this week 11 match, on Sat Oct 29th, Santa Clara hosts Porto in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Santa Clara sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Vizela. Bruno Messi struck first for Santa Clara in the 87th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Vizela was frustrated by Santa Clara’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santa Clara ended the match with the shutout victory. Santa Clara looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while porto is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Benfica. Rafa Silva struck first for Benfica in the 72nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Porto was frustrated by Benfica’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Benfica ended the match with the shutout victory. Porto is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Porto won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Porto’s most prolific scorer has been Wenderson Galeno. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Gabriel Silva Vieira and Kyosuke Tagawa are the top scorers for Santa Clara in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.