Match Report
Santa Clara, 5th with 57 points, sat 33 points above Boavista (18th, 24). The last five rounds placed Boavista 8th in the league for form — higher than their 18th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Boavista 0.71 scored and 1.74 conceded per game, Santa Clara 1.06 and 0.94, with the league averaging 1.28.
Boavista entered with eight losses in a row. Boavista had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Santa Clara, 8.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Boavista, 3 draws and 4 for Santa Clara, at 3.17 goals per meeting. 67% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
Estádio do Bessa Século XXI, capacity 28,263, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Boavista: V. Lystsov (81')
Key stats
Possession: Boavista 31% · Santa Clara 69% · Total shots: 12-11 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 9-5