On Sun Jan 16th, in week 18, Santa Clara plays host to Tondela in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Santa Clara recorded a 3-2 win against Sporting CP. João Palhinha scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 10th minute, then Jean Patric tied it up for Santa Clara in the 30th minute on a feed from Pierre Sagna But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 78th minute on a goal by Antonio. Santa Clara is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Tondela recorded a 1-1 draw against Boavista. Salvador Agra struck first for Tondela in the 71st minute on a feed from Renat Dadaşov, then Jeriel De Santis Córdova tied it up for Boavista in the 88th minute earning Boavista a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio João Cardoso, Tondela was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost one thousand excited fans. Daniel scored the first goal for Tondela in the 18th minute, then Daniel added another in the 54th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Santa Clara couldn’t manage to score, and Tondela took the shutout win.
Iker Undabarrena and João Pedro are the top scorers for Tondela in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Santa Clara’s top weapon lately has been Crysan, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.