Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Santa Clara and Rio Ave, taking place on Friday, 17 March 2023, at Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada.
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Santa Clara, Recent FormThe Santa Clara squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 1-0 away defeat against Paços de Ferreira, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. In that game they had 40% possession and managed 11 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Paços de Ferreira who had 15 attempts and 4 on target.
Despite scoring 5 goals in their last 6 matches, they have failed to pick up many points, mainly because their back line have shipped 13 goals in that same period. Danildo Accioly will be concerned about his leaky defence after they have failed to keep a clean sheet at home for 11 games in a row.
Santa Clara will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 5 league games in a row no wins in 11 games.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Santa Clara, Gabriel Silva will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Rio Ave, Recent FormRio Ave will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 2-1 home win against Gil Vicente. They came away from that fixture with a 40% share of the possession and clocked up 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target, in comparison to Gil Vicente, who managed 15 attempts on goal, 5 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 5 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 5, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They are proving to be well organised on their travels, having kept 3 clean sheets in their last 6 games. After failing to get on the scoresheet in 6 away games out of 12 this season, Luís Freire will be looking for a bit more consistency from his forwards.
They've had a poor run of form on the road recently, losing 3 of their last 6 away games and managing only 1 win. So far this season, the bulk of their league games on the road have ended in disappointment, having won just 1 of their first 12 away games.
In the last league encounter between these sides, it was Santa Clara who ended up empty-handed, losing 1-0 to Rio Ave.
Playing away from home, Rio Ave have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against Santa Clara.
There is only really one injury concern for the Santa Clara manager Danildo Accioly ahead of this clash, with Marco Pereira (Hamstring) missing out, which gives Accioly a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
There is only really one injury concern for the Rio Ave manager Luís Freire ahead of this clash, with Jorge Joca (Knee) missing out, which gives Freire a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Santa Clara Playing at home | Rio Ave Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1.9 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 56' | Time first goal scored | 51' |
| 28' | Time first goal conceded | 41' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.9 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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