Casa Pia vs Santa Clara - prediction, team news, lineups

Casa Pia look to extremity a six-game winless tally arsenic they invited Santa Clara to Rio Maior connected Saturday successful what shapes up arsenic a important conflict successful the combat for survival.

The Geese presently inhabit the relegation playoff spot successful the Primeira Liga table, though with a crippled successful hand, and triumph present would spot them determination level connected points with the 13th-placed Azorean visitors.

Match preview

A alteration astatine the helm initially appeared to spark a turnaround for Casa Pia, who collected 8 points from a imaginable 15 successful Alvaro Pacheco’s archetypal 5 matches successful charge, with the lone decision successful that spell coming distant to Sporting Lisbon.

However, the communicative has since shifted from 1 of resilience, arsenic Os Gansos person present mislaid 3 matches successful their past six games (D3), including a 3-1 decision connected their sojourn to Alverca past weekend.

Despite taking an aboriginal pb done Joao Marques wrong the opening minute, Pacheco’s men near that brushwood empty-handed aft conceding 3 times successful the 2nd half, a dismal show that contrasted with the spirited show successful their draw against Benfica the preceding game.

That nonaccomplishment besides underlines the Geese’s antiaircraft issues, having allowed astatine slightest 2 goals successful 3 of their past six outings – each of which ended successful decision – portion lone AVS (62) and Arouca (58) person shipped much than Casa Pia’s tally of 52 this season.

There is, however, immoderate encouragement to instrumentality from their location form, with Os Gansos unbeaten successful their past six matches astatine Rio Maior, though conscionable 2 wins successful that tally suggests they volition request much to unafraid maximum points here.

Santa Clara person besides seen their signifier dip successful caller weeks, going from a five-game unbeaten run, which included 3 cleanable sheets, to losing their past 2 matches, with astatine slightest 2 goals conceded successful both.

While defeat distant to Sporting could beryllium excused, the 2-0 location nonaccomplishment to Rio Ave past weekend would person been much disappointing, peculiarly aft a second-half show that saw them suffer control, including an ain extremity from Sidney Lima.

Those back-to-back setbacks service arsenic a reminder of earlier struggles, with Santa Clara going 12 matches without a triumph crossed each competitions betwixt mid-December and aboriginal March, including a six-game losing streak successful the league.

The Azoreans volition purpose to debar slipping into a akin run, but their distant signifier remains a concern, with conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 12 league matches connected the roadworthy and lone 2 wins from 14 specified outings this play (D5, L7).

The visitors can, however, instrumentality assurance from caller head-to-head meetings, having won each of their past 3 encounters with Casa Pia, including a 1-0 triumph successful the reverse fixture, portion their astir caller sojourn to this crushed besides ended successful success.
 

Casa Pia Primeira Liga form:

Santa Clara Primeira Liga form:

Team News

Casa Pia are expected to stay without semipermanent absentee Kiki Silva, who continues his betterment from a genu injury, portion goalkeeper Ricardo Batista has been sidelined since February.

Veteran defender Jose Fonte has missed the past 2 matchday squads and is simply a large doubt, portion Xander Severina has besides been unavailable for the past 10 games.

Cassiano is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again and volition beryllium aiming to rediscover his scoring interaction aft failing to find the nett successful his past 4 appearances.

Meanwhile, Santa Clara volition stay without defender Matheus Araujo (MT), who has been sidelined since precocious December with a genu injury.

Manager Petit has named the aforesaid lineup successful each of the past 4 matches, though changes successful onslaught could beryllium considered, with Vinicius Lopes pushing for a commencement aft featuring from the seat past clip out.
 

Casa Pia imaginable starting lineup:

Sequeira; Kaly, Sousa, Goulart; Larrazabal, Perez, Brito, Rosas; Livolant, Cassiano, Marques

Santa Clara imaginable starting lineup:

Batista; Soares, Da Silva, Lima, Romao; Serginho, Ferreira, Klismahn; Lopes, Fernando, G Silva

We say: Casa Pia 1-1 Santa Clara

Neither broadside enters this contention successful beardown form, truthful a cautious attack could beryllium expected fixed the value of the effect successful the discourse of survival.

While Santa Clara person had the precocious manus successful caller meetings, Casa Pia’s coagulated location tally provides a platform, making this a intimately contested brushwood wherever a gully appears a apt outcome. 
 

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