About Match
14 points for Santa Clara (4th), 16 for Benfica (2nd): a 2-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Clara 1.83 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Benfica 3.5 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.4. If Santa Clara win, their total rises to 17 and up to 2nd, overtaking Benfica, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Defeat has not touched Santa Clara in 11 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Benfica have won seven straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
15 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Santa Clara 1, draws 2, Benfica 12, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 73% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue is Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada, with room for 13,277 spectators.