Mar 12th features a match where Famalicão and Santa Clara will play a match in Vila Nova de Famalicão in a clash of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Famalicão sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Vitória SC. Pêpê scored the first goal for Famalicão in the 6th minute, then Oscar Estupiñan tied it up for Vitória SC in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 47th minute on a goal by Rochinha. Famalicão is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Santa Clara is fresh off their 3-1 win against Vizela. Bruno Wilson scored the first goal for Santa Clara on an own goal in the 66th minute, then Crysan added another in the 68th minute on a feed from Óscar Barreto. Santa Clara is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Oct 23rd, Santa Clara hosted Famalicão in their last match together. Famalicão won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost one thousand dissapointed spectators. Simon Banza struck first for Famalicão in the 44th minute on a feed from Iván Jaime, then Simon Banza added another in the 54th minute on a penalty In the end, Santa Clara was frustrated by Famalicão’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Famalicão ended the match with the shutout victory.
Santa Clara is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mohammad Mohebi and Crysan each having 2 goals in their last 5. Simon Banza has been the most prolific scorer on Famalicão in the last five matches with 3 goals.