Match Report
10 points and 12 places separated them: Santa Clara 4th with 14, Rio Ave 16th with 4. Rio Ave had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.83/0.67 for Santa Clara and 0.83/2.33 for Rio Ave (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.4.
Santa Clara had not lost in 9 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Santa Clara, 3 draws and 5 for Rio Ave, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estádio de São Miguel (capacity 13,277). Santa Clara led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 4-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Santa Clara: Brenner (3'), Tiago Ribeiro (47'), Vinícius Lopes (52'), Fernando (90')
Key stats
Possession: Santa Clara 59% · Rio Ave 41% · Total shots: 16-5 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 8-2