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

After securing their archetypal Primeira Liga triumph of the play conscionable earlier the planetary break, Casa Pia volition look to physique connected that occurrence erstwhile they resume competitory enactment connected Saturday day by welcoming unbeaten Santa Clara to Rio Maior.

The Lisbon-based hosts presently beryllium 17th successful the Portuguese apical flight with 4 points from their opening 7 matches, portion the Azorean visitors inhabit 4th spot with 15 points from a imaginable 21.

Match preview

Casa Pia look to beryllium discovering their attacking bushed successful caller outings, having present recovered the nett successful back-to-back league matches aft failing to people successful their opening 5 fixtures of the campaign.

The Geese began the Primeira Liga play with 4 consecutive defeats against Maritimo, Benfica, Gil Vicente and Moreirense earlier earning their archetypal constituent successful Minho, wherever they played retired a goalless gully astatine Vitoria de Guimaraes.

A gathering with defending champions Porto followed, though the effect did small to boost assurance arsenic Casa Pia suffered a dense defeat, though Filipe Coelho would person astatine slightest taken immoderate encouragement from seeing his broadside people successful a competitory lucifer for the archetypal clip since helium took complaint successful July.

However, determination was genuine crushed to grin aft matchday seven, erstwhile the 41-year-old secured his archetypal competitory triumph arsenic Casa Pia boss, with the Lisbon outfit coming from down to bushed Estoril Praia 2-1 distant from home, courtesy of goals from Selvi Clua and Benjamin Pauwels.

While the effect produced the Geese's champion attacking show of the season, their antiaircraft problems stay a large concern, with nary different broadside successful the part having conceded arsenic galore arsenic Os Gansos’ 16 goals.

Improvement is besides needed connected location soil, wherever Casa Pia person won conscionable 1 of their past 10 matches, with that solitary occurrence coming successful the instrumentality limb of their relegation playoff against Torreense aft finishing 16th past word nether interim brag Alvaro Pacheco.

That said, the Geese present person an accidental to grounds consecutive league victories for the archetypal clip since beating Boavista and Benfica successful January 2025, with different 3 points perchance capable to assistance them retired of the relegation zone.

Santa Clara, meanwhile, person made an fantabulous commencement to the caller run and stay 1 of lone 3 Primeira Liga sides yet to sensation decision aft collecting 4 wins and 3 draws from their opening 7 matches.

The latest effect successful what has been a resilient tally was a goalless gully against Braga connected matchday 7 conscionable earlier the break, marking the team's 4th cleanable expanse of the campaign, with lone leaders Porto (three) conceding less than the Azoreans' 4 goals successful the league this season.

That effect besides continued a funny pattern, arsenic Santa Clara person alternated betwixt a stalemate and back-to-back victories crossed their opening 7 outings of the campaign, with shared points against Nacional and Alverca coming astatine intervals betwixt consecutive wins implicit Academico de Viseu and Famalicao arsenic good arsenic different brace against Rio Ave and Arouca.

While the gully with Braga sets the code for different specified cycle, the Azoreans tin beryllium optimistic astir their chances of winning this play against a Casa Pia broadside they person beaten successful 3 of their past 4 meetings and against whom they person conceded conscionable erstwhile during that period, including a goalless gully successful the teams' past gathering successful Rio Maior.
 

Casa Pia Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Casa Pia volition stay without goalkeeper Andre Gomes, who suffered a close adductor wounded during the decision to Vitoria de Guimaraes.

Ivan Mandic is truthful expected to proceed betwixt the posts aft starting the past 2 league matches, with Patrick Sequeira providing the alternate successful goal.

Jeremy Livolant remains successful contention to marque his archetypal quality of the play aft returning to grooming pursuing his disciplinary issue, portion Pauwels could beryllium reinstated into the lineup aft coming disconnected the seat to people the victor against Estoril.

Santa Clara person nary caller fittingness concerns up of the travel to Rio Maior, though defender MT remains sidelined with a cruciate ligament injury.

Petit could mostly instrumentality with the broadside that held Braga to a gully connected matchday seven, though Dje Tavares had little betterment clip than immoderate of his teammates aft representing Cape Verde during the planetary break, portion Goncalo Paciencia is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again.
 

Casa Pia imaginable starting lineup:

Mandic; Geraldes, Kaly, Sousa, Rosas; Clua, Ofori; El Boukammiri, Rego, Pauwels; H Araujo

Santa Clara imaginable starting lineup:

Franca; Soares, Pacheco, E Moreira, Romao; Dje, Ferreira, Ribeiro; V Lopes, Paciencia, B Lucas

We say: Casa Pia 0-1 Santa Clara

Casa Pia volition beryllium encouraged by their archetypal league triumph of the play and should beryllium susceptible of making beingness hard for Santa Clara, but their antiaircraft shortcomings could yet beryllium costly against the visitors' much accordant attack.

The Azoreans person conceded conscionable 4 goals crossed 7 league matches and stay unbeaten this season, truthful different disciplined show could spot Petit's broadside assertion a constrictive triumph and support their beardown commencement to the campaign.
 

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