Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Santa Clara 1st with 73 points, Paços de Ferreira 5th with 52, 21 apart. Against a league average of 1.22 goals per team per game, Santa Clara ran at 1.41 scored and 0.56 conceded, Paços de Ferreira at 1.24 and 1.03.
Defeat had not touched Paços de Ferreira in 6 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Santa Clara, 13/15 for Paços de Ferreira.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Santa Clara, 1 draw and 3 for Paços de Ferreira, at 2.22 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings.
Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada staged the fixture, a ground that holds 13,277. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.