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CD Santa Clara v Benfica : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Feb, 18:00 BST, Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Liga NOS, and António Jorge Rocha Simão’s CD Santa Clara will have the blessing of it on Saturday evening. Bruno Lage’s Benfica are their opponents at the Estádio de São Miguel. Form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We're tipping under 3.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to win this match, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have a maximum of 3 goals. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Santa Clara and Benfica have delivered plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance statistics point towards those records being extended. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday evening, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.30.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Benfica coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Santa Clara
29%
5.50
16%
5.75
15%
Draw
28%
3.75
4%
3.60
8%
Benfica
43%
1.65
3%
1.67
Draw 1-1
13%
7.507.00
Benfica 1-0
13%
5.00
17%
5.00
17%
Santa Clara 1-0
10%
11.0010.00
9%
Draw 0-0
10%
7.50
17%
7.00
22%
Benfica 2-1
8%
9.00
6%
8.00
7%
Benfica 2-0
8%
6.50
7%
6.50
7%
Santa Clara 2-1
7%
19.00
27%
15.00
15%
Santa Clara 2-0
5%
26.00
13%
21.00
11%
Draw 2-2
4%
23.00
10%
17.00
13%
Benfica 3-1
4%
17.00
13%
13.00
8%
Benfica 3-0
4%
12.00
8%
10.00
9%
Santa Clara 3-1
2%
51.00
24%
34.00
17%
Benfica 3-2
2%
41.00
21%
26.00
24%
Santa Clara 3-0
2%
67.00
31%
46.00
12%
Santa Clara 3-2
1%
51.00
24%
41.00
21%
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
2.35
12%
2.25
18%
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
1.57
8%
1.57
13%
Home 1st Goal
44%
3.50
13%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
1.44-
No 1st Goal
6%
7.50
17%
-
BTTS - Yes
47%
2.25
10%
2.25
15%
BTTS - No
53%
1.57
8%
1.57
13%
BTTS - Home Win
12%
13.00
30%
11.00
29%
BTTS - Draw
18%
6.00
9%
5.25
5%
BTTS - Away Win
17%
4.50
4%
4.20
17%
Home/draw
57%
2.20
5%
2.20
2%
Away/draw
71%
1.14
3%
1.14
3%
Home/away
72%
1.251.29
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
1.44
6%
1.44
11%
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
2.62
13%
2.70
17%
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
4.33
15%
4.20
29%
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1.20
4%
1.20
8%
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
10.00
11%
8.50
42%
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1.06
1%
1.06
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
23.00
21%
17.00
42%
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1.01
1%
1.01
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1.08
1%
1.08
3%
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
7.50
17%
7.00
22%
Home DNB
49%
4.00
14%
3.90
8%
Away DNB
63%
1.22
5%
1.22
2%
Santa Clara win to nil
17%
8.00
14%
-
Benfica win to nil
26%
2.38
9%
-
Santa Clara / Santa Clara
9%
10.00
11%
8.50
13%
Santa Clara / Benfica
3%
26.00
13%
21.00
11%
Santa Clara / Draw
5%
19.00
12%
15.00
15%
Draw / Santa Clara
8%
11.00
10%
10.00
5%
Draw / Benfica
20%
4.00
8%
4.20
3%
Draw / Draw
17%
4.75
5%
4.60
12%
Benfica / Santa Clara
2%
41.0034.00
17%
Benfica / Benfica
31%
2.62
5%
2.50
Benfica / Draw
5%
15.0015.00
15%
Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Santa Clara have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Santa Clara have conceded 9 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Santa Clara have played 11 games at home, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Benfica lay in 2nd place on 47 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 49 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Benfica have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Benfica have played 10 away games, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Santa Clara
Benfica
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon2116324151 
Apr 13
w
 
0-1F
May 11
l
 
1-0A
2
Benfica Away2115243147 
Feb 15
l
 
4-1F
-
-
3
Porto2113442743 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1F
Apr 6
4
Braga2113441843 
l
 
0-2A
May 4
l
 
1-2A
May 17
5
Santa Clara H211227338 
-
-
w
 
4-1A
Feb 15
6
Casa Pia21966233 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
7
V. Guimaraes21795530 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 6
w
 
1-0F
Apr 19
8
Estoril21867-630 
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-4A
w
 
3-0F
May 4
9
Famalicao215106-225 
May 11
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-0A
10
Rio Ave21678-1225 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 19
w
 
5-0F
Mar 16
11
Moreirense216510-623 
Mar 9
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
12
Arouca216510-1323 
Apr 27
l
 
1-0A
Apr 13
w
 
0-2F
13
Gil Vicente21579-922 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 16
w
 
5-1A
Mar 2
14
Nacional216411-922 
Mar 30
l
 
2-0A
Mar 9
w
 
0-2F
15
AVS21399-1518 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 27
d
 
1-1F
16
Estrela Amadora214512-1617 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 23
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3F
17
Sporting Farense213612-1715 
d
 
0-00-0
May 17
Mar 30
w
 
1-2A
18
Boavista212613-2212 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 2
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
Win / draw / win form
Santa Clara 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
11
D
2
Lost
7
Benfica 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
49
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Benfica have beaten Santa Clara in 6 consecutive league meetings
7
Benfica have not lost to Santa Clara in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at Santa Clara since 2019
Santa Clara
Benfica
Goals: Scored
2
13
Games: Scored
2 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
3 / 5
D
1
BEF
4
League games at Benfica since 2019
Benfica
Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
18
8
Games: Scored
6 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
0 / 6
SCL
1
BEF
5
Goal Statistics
Santa Clara 5th Benfica 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Santa Clara will score no more than 1 goal
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Benfica will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-23
Santa Clara have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted
-15
Benfica have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/285244/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Santa Clara
PG (predicted goals)
Benfica
1
1.3
Attack rating
%
better
SCL
BEF
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
SCL
BEF
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Santa Clara v Benfica Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Santa Clara Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21847
G BatistaV LopesM PereiraCalila
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK21
2
-
MT DEF2111
1
-
S. Pena De Lima DEF2021
5
-
A Firmino MID201
4
1
P Ferreira MID202
6
-
V Lopes FWD2081
6
-
G Silva FWD2042
1
-
Calila DEF1911
7
-
L Rocha DEF18
6
-
L Soares DEF181
4
1
F Venâncio DEF17
2
-
Klismahn MID173
1
-
S. Lobo Araújo MID1711
2
-
M Pereira DEF164
6
1
J. Augusto Mourão Costa FWD111
1
-
D. Borges da Silva MID7
-
G Ramos DEF4
1
-
Matheusinho MID2
-
R. Oliveira António FWD24
4
-
H Habraão DEF1
-
Benfica Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21756
A TrubinV PavlidisK AktürkogluO Kökcü
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Trubin GLK21
-
V Pavlidis FWD2174
2
-
Álvaro Fernandez DEF2021
5
-
O Kökcü MID2034
6
-
A Bah DEF181
3
-
T Araújo DEF182
1
-
N Otamendi DEF1832
2
-
F Aursnes MID1812
1
-
Ángel Di María FWD1874
4
-
L Barreiro MID1731
4
-
Florentino MID172
2
-
K Aktürkoglu FWD1765
-
Z Amdouni FWD1651
1
-
A Cabral FWD162
3
-
A Silva DEF1111
2
-
A Schjelderup FWD1112
-
G Prestianni FWD7
1
-
R Sanches  MID6
1
-
Manu MID32
1
-
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID2
-
T Gouveia FWD211
1
-
A Bajrami DEF1
-
Bruma  FWD1
-
A Belotti FWD1
-