Santa Clara vs Rio Ave – Team Form

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📈 Form Insight

Form at a Glance

Santa Clara's recent record stands at 8W 0D 4L from 12 games, a 2.00 PPG return, with L-W-L-W-W in the last five. The sample for Santa Clara is still a mix of this season and last, given how young the current campaign is.

Rio Ave, meanwhile, have gone 4W 3D 5L across 12 games — 1.25 PPG, with D-L-D-W-W in their last five. The sample for Rio Ave is still a mix of this season and last, given how young the current campaign is.

The points-per-game comparison favours Santa Clara by 0.75 — a real, if not enormous, edge over Rio Ave heading into this one.

Venue Form

At home specifically, Santa Clara have managed 5W 0D 1L from 6 games — 2.50 PPG in front of their own supporters. That's noticeably better than their 2.00 PPG overall — Santa Clara are a different proposition at home than their general record suggests.

Rio Ave's away record stands at 1W 0D 5L across 6 trips, a 0.50 PPG haul. That's a step down from their 1.25 PPG overall record — away form has been the weaker part of Rio Ave's season.

Comparing the two in their relevant venue splits, Santa Clara come out ahead — a more targeted read than the overall PPG figures above, since it strips out games played in the opposite context.

Goals in Recent Form

Santa Clara are averaging 1.25 goals scored and 1.00 conceded per game recently; Rio Ave are on 1.08 scored and 1.83 conceded.

Defensively: Santa Clara have kept a clean sheet in 42% of their games — worth knowing if you're weighing up clean-sheet or BTTS-No markets.

Last 12 Results — Primeira Liga

Current season: same league only · Previous season: all leagues (covers promoted/relegated teams)

Santa Clara

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L W L W W

Rio Ave

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D L D W W