Santa Clara vs Estoril betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 18th, 2025

Santa Clara will be playing against Estoril in a Liga Portugal football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 15:30h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Santa Clara vs Estoril betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santa Clara vs Estoril will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio de São Miguel stadium, in the city of Ponta Delgada, with a capacity for 13277 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Santa Clara vs Estoril betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.57 goals per match played.

Santa Clara last match

In the last match they played, Santa Clara collected a draw. The opposing team was Farense, and the match - which ended with the result of 0-0 - was valid for Liga Portugal. Coach D. Filho's disposed his team in a 3-4-3 formation.

Taking into account the previous analysis, the probabilities of winning were high, which is reason enough to consider the draw (odd 3.30) as a bad outcome.

Santa Clara showed a less-than-positive performance overall, but some players, such as Gabriel Silva, still performed well. He himself was the best on the field for his team, supporting the team in the most difficult moments with his classy plays.

Estoril last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Estoril, who used a 3-4-3 formation, faced the Estrela Amadora team with a final score of 2-4.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 3.40.

Santa Clara vs Estoril h2h

The last time Santa Clara faced Estoril it was in Liga Portugal. Santa Clara, then in 10th place opened with a play using the 3-4-3 formation, while Estoril, who was in 9th place, played using a 4-3-3 tactic.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Liga Portugal. The meeting took place on 11-08-2024 and ended with a 1-4 win for Santa Clara.

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Considering the home team Santa Clara, standing in 5th place with 31 points in the Liga Portugal competition in Portugal. Their performance statistics have been such as 10 wins, 6 losses and, 1 draw.

The team has no advantage against the Sporting Braga team who holds the 4th place in the 18th round.

Santa Clara analysis

At the end of round 17 Santa Clara has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 18 goals to its credit against 16 conceded.

Santa Clara has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 4.24 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

Over the course of the tournament, Santa Clara recorded an average ball possession of 44.88%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Santa Clara will play against Estoril, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Winning 4 games as the visiting team, the team’s record of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw proves they are naturally stronger at home.

Best goalscorer from Santa Clara

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Vinicius. The Attacker has scored 7 times in the current season and has helped Santa Clara come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Estoril

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Estoril arrives in this game with 18 points, and in 12th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 4 games in total and lost 7 times, making a total of 6 draws.

With a small disadvantage of 1 point against Gil Vicente who occupies position 11, the team starts the 18th round.

Estoril analysis

We have reached matchday 17 in Liga Portugal and at the moment Estoril has made 18 goals and conceded 28.

Recent performances have shown that Estoril is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

Best goalscorer from Estoril

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Alejandro Marqués. The Attacker has scored 7 times in this competition and helped Estoril avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Santa Clara is Vinicius, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Estoril is Alejandro Marqués, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.18 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Santa Clara has an average of 3.3 yellow cards per game over the 17 rounds, while Estoril has an average of 2.6. In other words, these teams together are averaging 6.24 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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