Santa Clara vs Farense betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 05th, 2025

Santa Clara and Farense will play on January 05th, 2025, Sunday at 15:30h (UTC), in an event counting for the Liga Portugal in Portugal, check the Santa Clara vs Farense betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santa Clara vs Farense will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio de São Miguel stadium, in the city of Ponta Delgada, with a capacity for 13277 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Santa Clara vs Farense 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 2.53 goals per match played.

Santa Clara last match

Santa Clara is coming off a win. In its last outing they faced Famalicão in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the match ended 1-2. The eleven coached by D. Filho played in a 3-4-3 formation.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.70, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

It can be said that the 1 goal scored by Gabriel Silva in the match were crucial to the victory of Santa Clara. Thanks to his goals, the team managed to guarantee a positive result and fulfill the match's objective.

Farense last match

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

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 3.50) in the end can be considered a positive result.

Santa Clara vs Farense h2h

The last time Santa Clara faced Farense it was in League Cup. Santa Clara, then in 2nd place opened with a play using the 4-2-3-1 formation, while Farense, who was in 1st place, played using a 3-4-2-1 tactic.

The last time these teams met was for the cup where the Farense team was eliminated by Santa Clara after a penalty shoot out, after the score remained 0-0 at the end of the extra time.

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Santa Clara team with 30 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 10 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses.

This means that Sporting Braga team, in 5th place, is close behind in the 17th round with a disadvantage of 2 points.

Santa Clara analysis

At the end of round 16 of Liga Portugal, Santa Clara collected 18 goals scored and 16 goals conceded.

Santa Clara averaged 4.06 attempts toward the opponent's goal per match played, which may say a lot about the team's offensive skills and its ability to score.

Over the course of the tournament, Santa Clara recorded an average ball possession of 43.31%. 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 Farense, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 4 games as the visiting team, compared to their record of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws playing in their home base.

In comparison to Farense 1235 attacks and 11 goals, Santa Clara has had 1284 attacks and 18 goals.

Best goalscorer from Santa Clara

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Vinicius. With 7 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Santa Clara team achieving several victories this season.

Farense

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Farense arrives in this game with 13 points, and in 15th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 3 games in total and lost 9 times, making a total of 4 draws.

This means that in the 17th round the team has no advantage in relation to the Nacional team that is in the 16th place.

Farense analysis

After round 16 of Liga Portugal we count 11 goals scored by Farense and 23 conceded.

Farense has been inconsistent in their recent matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1. They need to find more consistency in their performances if they want to challenge for the top positions in the league.

Farense is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 0.69 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Best goalscorer from Farense

In this season, the individual highlight is Marco Matias that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 2 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Farense achieved in several matches.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Santa Clara 1 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Farense 0.63 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.57.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 4.19 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 6.25 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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