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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Santa Clara – FC Porto

Santa Clara 4th in Liga Portugal Home 1.03 projected goals by the model
FC Porto 1st in Liga Portugal Away 0.97 projected goals by the model

Model updated 7 October, 06:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.03 0.97
Santa Clara FC Porto
Santa Clara
34%
Draw
36%
FC Porto
30%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Santa Clara Draw FC Porto
Fair odds 2.96 2.80 3.28
Total goals
1.99
Over 2.5 goals
32%
Both teams to score
46%
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 can't separate them

34% Santa Clara to win

Attack
10th vs 5th
Santa Clara attack v FC Porto defence
Defence
1st vs 3rd
Santa Clara defence v FC Porto attack
Recent xG form
+0.74 vs +1.34
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.03 – 0.97
Santa Clara v FC Porto
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: Santa Clara and FC Porto compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Santa Clara FC Porto
xG / match 1.35 · 6th (better) 2.26 · 2nd
xGA / match (better) 0.69 · 3rd 0.98 · 7th
xGD / match +0.67 · 5th (better) +1.28 · 2nd
xPts / match 1.93 · 5th (better) 2.22 · 2nd
Last 6 xGD / match +0.74 (better) +1.34

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 43% of the model's distribution.

Santa Clara clean sheet
35%
Santa Clara 2+ goals
27%
Under 2.5 goals
68%
Both teams to score: no
54%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
18.0%
0:0
13.5%
1:0
11.7%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Santa Clara sample
20 matches
FC Porto sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Santa Clara
4 matches
Away xG sample · FC Porto
3 matches
Computed
Wednesday, 07/10/2026 at 06:30

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.