On Saturday Oct 8th, Santa Clara hosts Sporting CP at Estádio De São Miguel in a Primeira Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 16th placed Santa Clara is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rio Ave. Emmanuel Boateng struck first for Rio Ave in the 15th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Santa Clara couldn’t muster any offence and Rio Ave ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while sporting CP sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Olympique Marseille. Francisco Trincão scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 1st minute, but Alexis Sánchez got the equalizer for Olympique Marseille in the 13th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 16th minute on a goal by Amine Harit. Sporting CP should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Francisco Trincão has been the most prolific scorer on Sporting CP in the last five matches with 3 goals. Matheus Babi and Allano are the top scorers for Santa Clara in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.