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What the record shows
The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.
Last 5 meetings
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- FC Alverca1 matches
- Santa Clara2 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
FC Alverca
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 36 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 28 May 2026
- Goals scored1.06 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.47 goals/match
- Expected goals1.2 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.24 xG/match
- Shots9.86 shots/match
- Shots allowed13.3 shots/match
- Shots on target3.53 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed4.28 shots/match
- Possession45.7%
- Corners4.47 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.28 corners/match
- Cards2.6 cards/match
- Fouls12.2 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency19%
- Scoring frequency69%
Santa Clara
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 36 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 28 May 2026
- Goals scored0.97 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.14 goals/match
- Expected goals1.07 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.01 xG/match
- Shots11.9 shots/match
- Shots allowed9.64 shots/match
- Shots on target3.22 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.47 shots/match
- Possession48.9%
- Corners4.75 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.36 corners/match
- Cards3.22 cards/match
- Fouls14.6 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency33%
- Scoring frequency64%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
FC Alverca
Sporting
Famalicão
FC Arouca
Marítimo
Académico Viseu FC
FC Porto