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Arouca
Benfica
Boavista
Braga
Casa Pia
Estoril
Estrela Amadora
Famalicao logo
Gil Vicente logo
Moreirense
Nacional
Porto
Rio Ave
Farense logo
Santa Clara
Sporting Lisbon
Vitoria de Guimaraes
Benfica
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 22
Feb 12, 2022 at 6pm UK
Estádio da Luz
Santa Clara

Benfica
2 - 1
Santa Clara

Nunez (60' pen., 62')
Silva (24'), Nunez (40'), Weigl (82')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Mohebi (21')
Mohebi (28'), Morita (32'), Barreto (40'), Pereira (45+1'), Villanueva (58')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Primeira Liga clash between Benfica and Santa Clara, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara

Benfica will head into the game with renewed confidence following their dominant win over Tondela last time out. However, they face a spirited Santa Clara side who have forced their way into the top half of the table after a superb turnaround. While we expect the visitors to put up a fight, we predict Benfica will come away with a slender win given they head into the game with a significantly-superior and more-experienced squad. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 72.85%. A draw had a probability of 17% and a win for Santa Clara had a probability of 10.12%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.14%) and 3-0 (9.84%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.1%), while for a Santa Clara win it was 0-1 (3.52%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Benfica in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Benfica.

Result
BenficaDrawSanta Clara
72.85%17.03%10.12%
Both teams to score 46.47%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
58.28%41.72%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
35.88%64.13%
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
89.98%10.02%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
66.93%33.08%
Santa Clara Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
51.65%48.36%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
16.51%83.49%
Score Analysis
    Benfica 72.84%
    Santa Clara 10.12%
    Draw 17.03%
BenficaDrawSanta Clara
2-0 @ 12.82%
1-0 @ 11.14%
3-0 @ 9.84%
2-1 @ 9.32%
3-1 @ 7.15%
4-0 @ 5.66%
4-1 @ 4.11%
5-0 @ 2.6%
3-2 @ 2.6%
5-1 @ 1.89%
4-2 @ 1.49%
6-0 @ 1%
Other @ 3.24%
Total : 72.84%
1-1 @ 8.1%
0-0 @ 4.85%
2-2 @ 3.39%
Other @ 0.7%
Total : 17.03%
0-1 @ 3.52%
1-2 @ 2.94%
0-2 @ 1.28%
Other @ 2.38%
Total : 10.12%

How you voted: Benfica vs Santa Clara

Benfica
85.7%
Draw
3.6%
Santa Clara
10.7%
28
Head to Head
Sep 11, 2021 6pm
Gameweek 5
Santa Clara
0-5
Benfica

Ramos (45+2'), Mansur (47')
Pinho (42'), Nunez (54', 62'), Silva (58'), Yaremchuk (68')
Vlachodimos (27')
Apr 26, 2021 7pm
Gameweek 29
Benfica
2-1
Santa Clara
Carlos (25' og.), Chiquinho (73')
Weigl (89'), Otamendi (90+2')
Carvalho (62')
Jan 4, 2021 5pm
Gameweek 12
Santa Clara
1-1
Benfica
Cardoso (60')
Sagna (26'), Cardoso (78'), Rashid (90+5')
Nunez (33')
Ferro (29')
Jun 23, 2020 7.15pm
Gameweek 28
Benfica
3-4
Santa Clara
Silva (50'), Vinicius (63', 65')
Gabriel (31'), Dias (81'), Svilar (87')
Carvalho (44'), Sanusi (57'), Crysan (81' pen.), Manuel (90+5')
Carvalho (17')
Nov 9, 2019 6pm
Gameweek 11
Santa Clara
1-2
Benfica
Carvalho (17')
Carvalho (45'), Manuel (58'), Ramos (69')
Vinicius (54'), Pizzi (78')
Jardel (46'), Gabriel (72'), Taarabt (86')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon1111003953433
2Porto119022882027
3Benfica108112872125
4Santa ClaraSanta Clara117041412221
5Braga116231911820
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes115331211118
7FamalicaoFamalicao11452129317
8MoreirenseMoreirense115241514117
9Casa Pia113441014-413
10Rio AveRio Ave113351020-1012
11Gil Vicente112451419-510
12Estoril PraiaEstoril11245816-810
13AVS11245919-1010
14BoavistaBoavista11236715-89
15Estrela Amadora112361020-109
16Nacional10226615-98
17AroucaArouca11227619-138
18SC FarenseFarense11128518-135


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