On the 22nd of January, in this week 19 match, Santa Clara and Moreirense will play a match in Moreira de Cónegos in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 14th placed Moreirense, recorded a 1-1 draw against Benfica. Moraes Junior struck first for Moreirense on an own goal in the 61st minute, then Darwin Nuñez tied it up for Benfica in the 65th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Benfica. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 13th placed Santa Clara is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Tondela. Rui Costa struck first for Santa Clara in the 23rd minute, then Antonio added another in the 40th minute on a feed from Lincoln. Santa Clara is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun Aug 15th, Santa Clara and Moreirense battled to a 2-2 draw. Carlos struck first for Santa Clara in the 58th minute, but Yan Souza got the equalizer for Moreirense in the 90th minute .
Santa Clara is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Antonio and Rui Costa each having 2 goals in their last 5. Moreirense’s most prolific scorer has been Rafael Martins. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.