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Match preview · Liga Portugal

FC Porto – Santa Clara

FC Porto 1st in Liga Portugal Home 1.20 projected goals by the model
Santa Clara 4th in Liga Portugal Away 0.83 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.20 0.83
FC Porto Santa Clara
FC Porto
43%
Draw
34%
Santa Clara
23%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
FC Porto Draw Santa Clara
Fair odds 2.32 2.91 4.43
Total goals
2.03
Over 2.5 goals
33%
Both teams to score
45%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans FC Porto

43% FC Porto to win

Attack
3rd vs 1st
FC Porto attack v Santa Clara defence
Defence
5th vs 10th
FC Porto defence v Santa Clara attack
Recent xG form
+1.34 vs +0.74
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.20 – 0.83
FC Porto v Santa Clara
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: FC Porto and Santa Clara compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading FC Porto Santa Clara
xG / match (better) 2.26 · 2nd 1.35 · 6th
xGA / match 0.98 · 7th (better) 0.69 · 3rd
xGD / match (better) +1.28 · 2nd +0.67 · 5th
xPts / match (better) 2.22 · 2nd 1.93 · 5th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.34 +0.74

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 44% of the model's distribution.

FC Porto clean sheet
41%
FC Porto 2+ goals
34%
Under 2.5 goals
67%
Both teams to score: no
55%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
17.1%
1:0
13.8%
0:0
13.2%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
FC Porto sample
20 matches
Santa Clara sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · FC Porto
4 matches
Away xG sample · Santa Clara
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.