In a weekend match in week 16, on Fri Jan 13th, Santa Clara and Portimonense will play a match in Portimão in a meeting of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 11th placed Portimonense, recorded a 0-1 loss against Benfica. João Mário scored the first goal for Benfica in the 9th minute on a penalty, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Portimonense couldn’t muster any offence and Benfica ran away with the shutout win. Portimonense looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while santa Clara is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Sporting Braga. Ricardo Horta scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 15th minute, then Iuri Medeiros added another in the 16th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santa Clara couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win. Santa Clara looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Portimonense won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Santa Clara’s most prolific scorer has been Kennedy Boateng. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Welinton Junior and Ricardo Matos are the top scorers for Portimonense in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.