Match Report
The table read 13th (Santa Clara, 36 pts) against 10th (Estoril, 39 pts), 3 points apart. Estoril ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Santa Clara 0.94 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Estoril 1.59 and 1.68, with the league averaging 1.34.
Santa Clara had not won in 7 games. Over the last five, Santa Clara had taken 2 of 15 points to Estoril's 12.
7 meetings are on record — 4 won by Santa Clara, 2 by Estoril, 1 drawn, at 3.43 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
The match was played at Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada (capacity 13,277). Estoril led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Santa Clara: Diogo Calila (52'), Gabriel Silva (65') · Estoril: Alejandro Marqués (40'), Yanis Begraoui (33'), Rafik Guitane (74'), Yanis Begraoui (88')
Key stats
Possession: Santa Clara 54% · Estoril 46% · Total shots: 14-11 · On target: 4-6 · Corners: 6-5