Santa Clara 2-1 Casa Pia – Result & Analysis

Poisson rates Casa Pia at 46% — recent form provides partial corroboration, though signals are mixed in this Santa Clara vs Casa Pia encounter.

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Casa Pia travel to Estádio de São Miguel to take on Santa Clara in Primeira Liga (matchday 20). The game is scheduled for Saturday 1 February 2025 at 15:30 UK time.

Form Analysis

Looking at their last 10 matches, Santa Clara stand at 4W 2D 4L — 1.40 PPG. Last five: L W D L D. They are averaging 0.80 goals per game and conceding 1.00 — a modest attacking output that tempers optimism on the Over 2.5 market. 4 clean sheets in 10 games (40%) reflects a solid defensive base. Both teams have scored in just 30% of their matches, indicating a tendency toward clean sheets or low-scoring outcomes.

At home, Santa Clara have gone 6W 1D 3L in their last 10 home games (1.90 PPG). At home they are averaging 1.00 goals scored and 0.90 conceded per game. 5 clean sheets from their last 10 home games (50%) — they are an exceptionally hard side to score against at home. At home, both teams have scored in only 30% of games — reinforcing BTTS No as the home-venue-backed angle. Their home PPG of 1.90 is noticeably stronger than their overall 1.40 — Santa Clara are significantly better at home than their overall form suggests.

Casa Pia — last 10 games: 5W 4D 1L — 1.90 PPG. Last five: W W D W W. They are scoring at 1.80 per game and conceding 1.20. 1 clean sheet from 10 outings (10%). Both teams have scored in 80% of their matches — a high rate that makes Yes a well-evidenced angle from their form.

When travelling, Casa Pia have posted 5W 2D 3L from their last 10 away outings — 1.70 PPG. Away from home they average 1.30 goals scored and 1.40 conceded per game.

Form points away from home here. Casa Pia's 1.90 PPG return is 0.50 points per game ahead of Santa Clara's 1.40 — the visitors are the form-based selection, and Double Chance is an alternative worth pricing if the outright looks tight.

H2H

The H2H picture is flat: the 3 H2H matches we hold have produced 1 wins for Santa Clara, 1 for Casa Pia and 1 draw. Form and model data should carry more weight here. With only 3 H2H matches to go on, treat this as a light input.

Goals have been at a premium in this fixture — just 1.7 per game across the 3 H2H matches we hold, giving Under 2.5 a clear head-to-head base rate. The most recent of those, on 24 Aug 2024, ended Santa Clara 2–0 Casa Pia — a Santa Clara win.

With a balanced win record and just 1.7 goals per game, the H2H data points toward a tight, low-scoring contest — Under 2.5 is the stronger head-to-head angle regardless of which side wins.

In-Play Profile

Santa Clara in-play tendencies (last 19 games, 9 of them at home): at least one goal arrives before half-time in 56% of their matches in home games; when goalless at HT, a second-half goal follows 86% of the time; BTTS occurs in 33% of their matches (home games); Over 2.5 goals lands in 33% of games (home games); they fail to score in 32% of games.

Casa Pia in-play tendencies (last 19 games, 9 of them away): at least one goal arrives before half-time in 56% of their matches in away games; when goalless at HT, a second-half goal follows 100% of the time; two or more arrive in the second half on 67% of those occasions; of the 5 games they led at half-time, they failed to win 40%; BTTS occurs in 44% of their matches (away games); Over 2.5 goals lands in 44% of games (away games).

BTTS rates are mixed from the trading data — Santa Clara 37% versus Casa Pia 58%; no strong lean in either direction. Under 2.5 goals has backing from the in-play data — both teams register low Over 2.5 rates (Santa Clara 32% | Casa Pia 37%).

Poisson Model

The Poisson distribution model projects Santa Clara 1.05 xG and Casa Pia 1.44 xG. These expected goals figures are the primary input: they feed a goal-probability matrix across all scoreline combinations to derive the result and market probabilities below. Underlying strength ratings: Santa Clara attack 0.761 / defence 1.064 | Casa Pia attack 1.176 / defence 0.983. League average goals — home 1.403 / away 1.152. Santa Clara's attack rating of 0.761 is below the league average, which holds their xG down at 1.05. Data: built from Santa Clara's last 19 games and Casa Pia's last 53.

Result probabilities: Santa Clara 27% | Draw 27% | Casa Pia 46%. Fair-value odds: Santa Clara 3.71 | Draw 3.64 | Casa Pia 2.19. Casa Pia hold a narrow Poisson edge at 46% — the draw (27%) is close enough to merit draw-inclusive market consideration.

Goals markets: Over 2.5 probability 45% | BTTS Yes probability 50% | Total xG 2.49. Under 2.5 has a narrow probability edge at 55% — total xG of 2.49 is below the line but not decisively so. BTTS Yes at 50% is only a slight lean — neither team is projected to score with enough certainty to make Yes a clear standalone call.

Analysis Verdict

On the Poisson output, Casa Pia are the pick at 46% — moderate model lean. Recent form corroborates the Poisson lean — partial multi-source support. With a 27% draw probability, Draw No Bet on Casa Pia offers a more defensible entry point than the straight win.

On the goals line, Poisson's 2.49 combined xG gives a 55% probability to Under 2.5 — reasonable conviction, supported by the H2H data averaging 1.7 goals per game across 3 H2H matches.

Poisson assigns a 50% probability to BTTS Yes based on the attack/defence strength model. This conflicts with form data — both teams scored in: Santa Clara 30% (last 10 home games) | Casa Pia 50% (last 10 away games), a notable divergence.

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