Match Report
Santa Clara, 18th on 22 points, faced an 18-point deficit to Vizela (11th, 40). Santa Clara's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Per game in the league, Santa Clara were scoring 0.76 and conceding 1.71, Vizela 1 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Seven consecutive defeats weighed on Santa Clara. Over the last five, Santa Clara had taken 0 of 15 points to Vizela's 9.
With 67 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, J. Ferreira Gonçalves was the man in the middle. The venue was Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada, with room for 13,277 spectators. Vizela led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.