In this 34th week match, on Sat May 14th, Sporting CP hosts Santa Clara at Estádio José Alvalade 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 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. Sporting CP sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Portimonense. Bruno Tabata struck first for Sporting CP in the 12th minute, then Carlinhos tied it up for Portimonense in the 25th minute , but luckily for Sporting CP it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Sporting CP is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Santa Clara, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Paços de Ferreira. Lincoln scored the first goal for Santa Clara in the 9th minute, then Ricardo Antonio added another in the 67th minute In the end, Paços de Ferreira was frustrated by Santa Clara’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santa Clara ended the match with the shutout victory. Santa Clara is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio De São Miguel, Santa Clara was victorious by a score of 3 to 2 in front of almost two thousand spectators. João Palhinha scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 10th minute, but Jean Patric got the equalizer for Santa Clara in the 30th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 78th minute on a goal by Ricardo Antonio to cap off a wild match.
Kyosuke Tagawa has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Santa Clara. Pablo Sarabia has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored five goals for Sporting CP.