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

Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada

Rio Ave, led by manager Sotiris Silaidopoulos, visit Vasco Miguel Lopes Matos and his CD Santa Clara side at the Estádio de São Miguel on Saturday evening in the Liga NOS. Below you'll find predictions for 17 markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds from leading bookmakers. Access it all using the tabs below.

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CD Santa Clara's next match is v Casa Pia at 18:00 on Saturday 18th April
Rio Ave's next match is v AVS at 20:45 on Friday 17th April
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Santa Clara and Rio Ave was on Saturday 11th April 2026
Portuguese Liga NOS
April 11th 2026
Santa Clara 0
2 Rio Ave
 
50' T. Nikitscher
61' (OG)S. Pena De Lima
 
SCL
RIO
Shots On
4
3
Shots Off
6
1
Corners
3
3
Possession
54%
46%
Fouls
18
12
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/0
 
Santa ClaraRio Ave
 
G. Batista de Souza
G. Romão
S. Pena De Limafootball icon
P. Ferreira (J. Rocha Tavares 81')
G. Silva Vieira
L. Santos Oliveira (G. Mendes Paciencia 57')
S. Lobo Araújo
L. Soares de Almeida (D. Dos Santos Cabral 69')
G. Dimaraes Miranda (B. Gonçalves Santos 57')
H. da Silva
W. dos Santos (V. Lopes da Silva 46')
A. Ntoi
N. Abby
(J. Esteves Baptista 90') M. Vrousai
J. Brabec
G. Teixeira Lopes da Conceição
football iconT. Nikitscher
(G. Liavas 90') D. Bezerra de Oliveira
(A. Papakanellos 86') T. Folgado Monteiro
(F. Petrasso 86') D. Špikić
(R. da Silva Pae 76') O. Pohlmann
E. van der Gouw

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

This match should deliver some entertainment, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning there will be no more than 3 goals scored during a standard 90 mins. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Santa Clara are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.83.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Santa Clara
50%
4/6750/1
Draw
26%
5/260/1
Rio Ave
24%
4/11/1000
Santa Clara 1-0
13%
5/127/10
Draw 1-1
12%
11/212/5
Santa Clara 2-0
10%
6/113/2
Santa Clara 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Draw 0-0
9%
7/19/4
Rio Ave 1-0
8%
11/19/5
Rio Ave 2-1
6%
16/119/5
Santa Clara 3-0
5%
12/118/1
Santa Clara 3-1
5%
14/122/1
Draw 2-2
4%
18/122/1
Rio Ave 2-0
4%
25/12/7
Santa Clara 3-2
2%
33/1100/1
Rio Ave 3-1
2%
40/133/1
Santa Clara 4-0
2%
28/145/1
Santa Clara 4-1
2%
33/160/1
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
6/56/1
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
13/201/12
Home 1st Goal
53%
4/717/20
Away 1st Goal
42%
15/827/10
No 1st Goal
5%
7/19/4
BTTS - Yes
47%
21/208/1
BTTS - No
53%
7/101/20
BTTS - Home Win
20%
10/3100/1
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/125/1
BTTS - Away Win
10%
11/118/5
Home/draw
76%
1/670/1
Away/draw
50%
11/101/1000
Home/away
74%
2/71/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
4/112/5
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
2/19/5
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
3/140/1
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
2/91/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
8/1125/1
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/141/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
18/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/661/50
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/143/10
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
8/19/4
Home DNB
68%
1/4100/1
Away DNB
43%
11/41/500
Santa Clara win to nil
30%
13/8-
Rio Ave win to nil
14%
7/1-
Santa Clara / Santa Clara
31%
7/413/2
Santa Clara / Rio Ave
2%
40/155/1
Santa Clara / Draw
5%
14/125/1
Draw / Santa Clara
19%
10/313/8
Draw / Rio Ave
8%
9/19/2
Draw / Draw
16%
4/19/5
Rio Ave / Santa Clara
3%
25/140/1
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
10%
15/216/1
Rio Ave / Draw
5%
16/128/1
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Santa Clara have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Santa Clara have conceded 27 goals, scored 16, 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 12th place on 30 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Rio Ave have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

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
Porto2924414576 
l
 
0-1A
May 17
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
2
S. Lisbon2822515671 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
4-2F
May 10
l
 
4-0A
3
Benfica2920904369 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
4
Braga2815762852 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
5
Famalicao2913881147 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
6
Gil Vicente29121071446 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
May 3
d
 
2-2A
7
Estoril2910712137 
l
 
2-4A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-4A
w
 
1-2A
8
V. Guimaraes2910613-836 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 26
9
Moreirense2910613-936 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
10
Alverca299812-1535 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
11
Rio Ave298912-1733 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
-
-
12
Arouca299515-2132 
d
 
0-00-0
May 3
l
 
0-3A
d
 
3-3A
13
Santa Clara297715-1128 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
14
Estrela Amadora2961013-1528 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
15
Nacional296716-1025 
May 10
d
 
3-3F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-0A
16
Casa Pia2851013-2425 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
w
 
3-1F
May 17
17
Tondela284915-2521 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
18
AVS291919-4312 
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
20
Conceded
25
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
ASanta Clara2 - 4S. Lisbon
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
Rio Ave 11TH
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
18
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave1 - 2Alverca
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
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

CD Santa Clara have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Liga NOS matches. Their PG of 1.5 against Rio Ave on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Santa Clara 13th Rio Ave 11th
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1.5
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Santa Clara will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% 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
1.5
0.9
Attack rating
SCL
RIO
1%
better
view stats
Games scored18
17
Failed to score10
11
Scored first11
9
Goals scored26
29
Avg. goals scored0.9
1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for11
15
Avg. XG for1
1
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
17%
better
SCL
RIO
view stats
Games conceded20
24
Clean sheets8
4
Conceded first15
17
Goals conceded35
48
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded8
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
15%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.7
KickOff rating
+17%

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Santa Clara Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29628
G BatistaV LopesS. Lobo AraújoS. Pena De Lima
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Batista GLK291
-
L Soares DEF25
4
1
S. Pena De Lima DEF281
7
1
H. da Silva DEF12
4
-
G Romão DEF91
-
G Silva MID244
3
-
P Ferreira MID29
4
-
S. Lobo Araújo MID2842
8
-
Welinton MID1311
1
-
Klismahn FWD1211
1
-
L. Santos Oliveira FWD811
-
Subs
Neneca GLK
-
P Victor DEF181
4
1
Calila DEF181
4
-
F Venâncio DEF201
5
-
Darlan MID4
-
J. Rocha Tavares MID201
6
-
Brenner FWD251
2
-
G Paciência FWD82
3
-
V Lopes FWD2461
8
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26637
M Vrousai J. Miller BlesaD SpikicA Ndoj
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Gouw GLK9
1
-
M Vrousai  DEF2712
4
1
J Brabec DEF211
4
-
G. Teixeira Lopes da Conceição DEF9
3
-
N Abby DEF221
4
-
T. Nikitscher MID2211
4
1
A Ndoj MID262
7
-
D. Bezerra de Oliveira MID121
1
-
O Pohlmann MID271
1
-
D Spikic MID2523
1
-
T. Folgado Monteiro FWD8
2
-
Subs
C Miszta GLK17
5
-
J Tomé DEF15
2
-
F. Petrasso DEF21
5
-
J DEF6
1
-
O Richards DEF10
2
-
R. da Silva Pae MID8
1
-
A. Papakanellos MID17
1
-
G Liavas MID231
2
-
J. Miller Blesa FWD86
1
-