Sporting CP v CD Santa Clara

 

Sporting CP v CD Santa Clara
Sunday January 10th, 2027
Estádio José Alvalade
Matchday 17

The Warm up

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CD Santa Clara 2026/27 season to date 

Matchday 1 - CD Nacional (H) 2-2

The last of matchday 1 fixtures in Portugal the two island sides faced each other in the Monday evening game. A defensive error by Silva was capitalised upon by Vinícius whose shot was saved but went straight to Paciência who bundled the ball home from 13 yards to give Santa Clara the lead with 18 minutes gone. Just two minutes later a corner nearside was headed home by Paciência from 5 yards out to complete his brace and make it 2-0. 

On 34 minutes Nacional were awarded a penalty after a Romão was adjudged to have fouled new boy Markus Jensen in the 6 yard box. A minute later Liziero stepped up to put the ball into the bottom right hand corner for 2-1. A minute before half time the scores were level once more as a hopeful punt from Ruan back into the area appears to come bouncing back off Romão straight to Baeza who volleyed it first time into the net from 15 yards out with a smart finish. 

So a point apiece for the islanders from the Azores and Madeira. The home side definitely had the better chances to have put the game to bed especially when you consider Nacional's Xg would have included 0.79 for the penalty. That's four 2-2 draws on Matchday 1, set in motion by Estrela's comeback Saturday night. 

Xg 1.43 to 1.23

Total Attempts 19 - 10

Shots on target 7 - 4

Big chances 4 - 1

Big chances missed 2 - 0