In this week 28 match on Apr 4th, Porto will host Santa Clara at Estádio Do Dragão in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed Porto is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Boavista. Fabio Vieira struck first for Porto in the 32nd minute on a feed from Evanilson, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Boavista couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. Porto is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Santa Clara is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Belenenses. Neither Santa Clara nor Belenenses could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Santa Clara is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 7th, Santa Clara hosted Porto at the Estádio De São Miguel in their last match together. Porto took the match by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost four thousand spectators. Sérgio Oliveira scored the first goal for Porto in the 42nd minute, then Luis Díaz added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Otavinho At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santa Clara couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win.
Santa Clara is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lincoln and Rui Costa each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Evanilson and Mehdi Taremi have been the hottest scorers for Porto in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.