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

Sat 11th Apr, 18:00 BST, Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada

the Estádio de São Miguel masses welcome Rio Ave's fans on Saturday evening, as Vasco Miguel Lopes Matos's CD Santa Clara clash with Sotiris Silaidopoulos's team in the Liga NOS. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across seventeen major markets are covered in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Santa Clara
46%
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Draw
27%
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Rio Ave
27%
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Santa Clara 1-0
13%
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Draw 1-1
13%
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Draw 0-0
9%
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Rio Ave 1-0
9%
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Santa Clara 2-0
9%
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Santa Clara 2-1
9%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
6%
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Rio Ave 2-0
5%
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Draw 2-2
4%
--
Santa Clara 3-0
4%
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Santa Clara 3-1
4%
--
Rio Ave 3-1
2%
--
Santa Clara 3-2
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-2
1%
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Over 2.5 Goals
43%
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Under 2.5 Goals
57%
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Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
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No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
47%
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BTTS - No
53%
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BTTS - Home Win
18%
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BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
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Home/draw
73%
--
Away/draw
54%
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Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
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Under 0.5 Goals
9%
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Home DNB
65%
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Away DNB
46%
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Santa Clara win to nil
28%
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Rio Ave win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Santa Clara have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Santa Clara have conceded 23 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Santa Clara have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Rio Ave lay in 10th place on 30 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Rio Ave have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Rio Ave have played 14 away games, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Santa Clara
Rio Ave
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Porto2723314372 
l
 
0-1A
May 17
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
2
S. Lisbon2620515365 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 3
May 10
l
 
4-0A
3
Benfica2719804165 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
4
Braga2613762646 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
5
Famalicao2713681145 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
6
Gil Vicente2711971142 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
May 3
d
 
2-2A
7
Estoril2710710437 
l
 
2-4A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
8
Moreirense2710512-835 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
9
V. Guimaraes279513-1332 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 26
10
Rio Ave277911-1830 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
-
-
11
Alverca277812-1829 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 4
d
 
1-1F
12
Arouca278514-2129 
d
 
0-00-0
May 3
l
 
0-3A
d
 
3-3A
13
Santa Clara277713-728 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
Apr 11
14
Estrela Amadora2761011-1228 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
15
Casa Pia265912-2224 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
w
 
3-1F
May 17
16
Nacional275715-1022 
May 10
d
 
3-3F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-0A
17
Tondela264814-2020 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
18
AVS271818-4011 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 17
w
 
1-2F
Win / draw / win form
Santa Clara 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Santa Clara1 - 0Gil Vicente
Santa Clara2 - 0V. Guimaraes
Santa Clara1 - 2Benfica
Santa Clara2 - 4Estoril
Santa Clara0 - 1Famalicao
Santa Clara0 - 1Porto
Santa Clara0 - 0Arouca
Santa Clara1 - 0Casa Pia
Santa Clara1 - 2S. Lisbon
Santa Clara2 - 0AVS
Santa Clara1 - 2Tondela
Santa Clara2 - 1Alverca
Santa Clara0 - 0Estrela Amadora
Santa Clara0 - 1Moreirense
Santa Clara2 - 1Famalicao
Santa Clara2 - 0Arouca
Santa Clara0 - 1S. Lisbon
Santa Clara1 - 0Nacional
Santa Clara1 - 1Moreirense
Santa Clara0 - 1Benfica
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSanta Clara1 - 0Gil Vicente
ASanta Clara1 - 0AVS
HSanta Clara2 - 0V. Guimaraes
ASanta Clara2 - 2Tondela
ASanta Clara1 - 1Alverca
HSanta Clara1 - 2Benfica
ASanta Clara0 - 1Estrela Amadora
HSanta Clara2 - 4Estoril
ASanta Clara0 - 1Moreirense
HSanta Clara0 - 1Famalicao
ASanta Clara3 - 3Nacional
HSanta Clara0 - 1Porto
HSanta Clara0 - 0Arouca
ASanta Clara0 - 1Braga
HSanta Clara1 - 0Casa Pia
ASanta Clara1 - 1Rio Ave
HSanta Clara1 - 2S. Lisbon
ASanta Clara0 - 1Gil Vicente
HSanta Clara2 - 0AVS
ASanta Clara1 - 2V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Estoril1 - 2Rio Ave
Tondela0 - 1Rio Ave
Porto1 - 0Rio Ave
Braga3 - 0Rio Ave
Nacional4 - 0Rio Ave
S. Lisbon4 - 0Rio Ave
Gil Vicente2 - 2Rio Ave
AVS1 - 2Rio Ave
Alverca1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora1 - 2Rio Ave
Famalicao0 - 0Rio Ave
Benfica1 - 1Rio Ave
Moreirense3 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca3 - 3Rio Ave
Nacional3 - 3Rio Ave
V. Guimaraes3 - 0Rio Ave
Moreirense0 - 2Rio Ave
Casa Pia2 - 1Rio Ave
Famalicao1 - 0Rio Ave
Estoril2 - 1Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARio Ave2 - 1Estoril
HRio Ave2 - 1Estrela Amadora
ARio Ave1 - 0Tondela
HRio Ave0 - 0Famalicao
ARio Ave0 - 1Porto
HRio Ave1 - 2Moreirense
ARio Ave0 - 3Braga
HRio Ave0 - 3Arouca
ARio Ave0 - 4Nacional
HRio Ave0 - 2Benfica
HRio Ave3 - 1Casa Pia
ARio Ave0 - 4S. Lisbon
ARio Ave2 - 2Gil Vicente
HRio Ave0 - 1V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave2 - 1AVS
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
ARio Ave1 - 1Alverca
HRio Ave0 - 4Estoril
ARio Ave2 - 1Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave3 - 0Tondela
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Santa Clara since 2018
Santa Clara
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
3
6
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
SCL
2
RIO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Santa Clara
Santa Clara1 - 0
0 - 2Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0
0 - 1Rio Ave
1 - 3Rio Ave
League games at Rio Ave since 2019
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
Goals: Scored
7
8
Games: Scored
6 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
0 / 6
SCL
2
D
3
RIO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Rio Ave1 - 0
1 - 2Santa Clara
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Santa Clara
Goal Statistics

Rio Ave's defensive record is to be admired, S. Silaidopoulos's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Liga NOS matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for CD Santa Clara makes sense in this context.

Santa Clara 13th Rio Ave 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Santa Clara will score no more than 1 goal
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Rio Ave scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-24
Santa Clara have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted
+4
Rio Ave’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Santa Clara
PG (predicted goals)
Rio Ave
1.4
1
Attack rating
%
better
SCL
RIO
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
RIO
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 Rio Ave Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Santa Clara Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27628
G BatistaV LopesS. Lobo AraújoS. Pena De Lima
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK271
-
P Ferreira MID27
3
-
S. Pena De Lima DEF261
7
1
S. Lobo Araújo MID2642
8
-
L Soares MID23
4
1
Brenner FWD23
2
-
V Lopes FWD2261
7
-
G Silva FWD224
2
-
F Venâncio DEF201
5
-
P Victor DEF181
4
1
A Firmino MID18
5
1
Calila DEF171
4
-
L Rocha DEF13
5
-
W. da Silva Costa FWD1312
2
-
MT MID121
2
-
E Manoel FWD111
1
-
M Pereira DEF101
2
-
Luquinhas FWD9
1
-
J. Augusto Mourão Costa FWD71
-
A. Carter FWD51
1
-
P. Pacheco Seabra DEF1
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241058
M Vrousai ClaytonA LuizClayton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Vrousai  DEF2511
3
1
O Pohlmann MID251
1
-
A Ndoj DEF242
7
-
D Spikic FWD2323
1
-
G Liavas MID211
2
-
N Abby DEF20
4
-
F. Petrasso DEF20
5
-
T. Nikitscher MID201
3
1
J Brabec DEF191
3
-
B Aguilera MID191
4
-
Clayton FWD19104
7
1
A Luiz FWD1975
3
-
C Miszta GLK17
5
-
N Athanasiou DEF171
1
-
A. Papakanellos MID16
1
-
J Panzo DEF14
3
1
J Tomé DEF13
2
-
M Gual FWD10
-
O Richards DEF9
2
-
J Graça MID8
1
-
J DEF6
1
-
K. Zoabi FWD5
2
-
K Chamorro GLK3
-
E. da Silva Moreira DEF3
-
T. Bakoulas MID3
-
T. Medina FWD1
-