Santa Clara – Aves SOCCER PICKS
Santa Clara and Desportivo Aves meet at Estádio de São Miguel, in a match for the 25th round of the Primeira Liga. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 10-27-2018, Santa Clara won out by (1-2). The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and tied 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 10-30-2016, in a match for the League of Honor that ended with the victory of Desportivo Aves by (0-2). Zé Tiago (55 ‘) and Pedró (81’) scored the goals of the game for Desportivo Aves. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 8 th and 13 th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 15 th best team in home matches and the 12 th best in away matches.
Santa Clara:
The home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 31 points won, after 9 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Nacional, by (2-0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Chaves, by (0-0). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 18 points in away matches and 13 at their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 11 conceded in away matches, against 18 goals scored and 21 conceded at home. In the last 10 home matches for the championship, Santa Clara won 3 and lost 7, so they won 9 points out of 30 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In 24 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 1 comeback.
The Santa Clara returns to play at home after, apparently, have managed to reverse the trend that was verified until then, that of only managing to win games in the quality of visitor. Not only has he reversed the trend, as he has already repeated the dose. Two consecutive victories in the Azores, against Portimonense and Nacional. Although he only achieved a draw on the last day, Santa Clara passed the goal of 30 points and can now commemorate having achieved permanence. Osama Rashid remains the only focus of concern for João Henriques.
Desportivo Aves:
After 7 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses, the away team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 25 points won. In the penultimate match, they tied in a match against Portimonense, by (1-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Boavista, by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they have won 15 points, against only 10 in their away games. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Desportivo Aves has 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses, so they have won 10 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 0-0 (4 out of 11 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 away matches for this competition: they have scored 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (16′-30 ‘).
The Desportivo das Aves is a case study. Since coach Augusto Ignacio arrived at the club, recovery has been a constant reality and at this moment they are already out of the relegation zone, but they have not yet reached the goal of 30 points. In the last day they beat the Boavista and in quality of visitor they do not lose three consecutive parties. Falcão is recovered, reinstated and must be an option for the game in the Azores.
