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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Santa Clara – FC Alverca

Santa Clara 4th in Liga Portugal Home 1.33 projected goals by the model
FC Alverca 10th in Liga Portugal Away 0.78 projected goals by the model

Model updated 5 October, 12:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.33 0.78
Santa Clara FC Alverca
Santa Clara
48%
Draw
33%
FC Alverca
19%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Santa Clara Draw FC Alverca
Fair odds 2.07 3.06 5.27
Total goals
2.10
Over 2.5 goals
35%
Both teams to score
45%
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The model's case

Why the model leans Santa Clara

48% Santa Clara to win

Attack
10th vs 10th
Santa Clara attack v FC Alverca defence
Defence
1st vs 7th
Santa Clara defence v FC Alverca attack
Recent xG form
+0.74 vs -0.25
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.33 – 0.78
Santa Clara v FC Alverca
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 Alverca compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Santa Clara FC Alverca
xG / match 1.35 · 6th (better) 1.40 · 5th
xGA / match (better) 0.69 · 3rd 1.74 · 15th
xGD / match (better) +0.67 · 5th -0.34 · 10th
xPts / match (better) 1.93 · 5th 1.06 · 14th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.74 -0.25

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
43%
Santa Clara 2+ goals
39%
Under 2.5 goals
65%
Both teams to score: no
55%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.6%
1:0
14.0%
0:0
12.1%
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Match result

Santa Clara to win
48.3% 2.07 —
Draw
32.7% 3.06 —
FC Alverca to win
19.0% 5.27 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
66.3% 1.51 —
Under 1.5 goals
33.7% 2.97 —
Over 2.5 goals
35.3% 2.83 —
Under 2.5 goals
64.7% 1.55 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
45.4% 2.20 —
Both teams not to score
54.6% 1.83 —

Team goals — Santa Clara

Santa Clara to score
76.2% 1.31 —
Santa Clara not to score
23.8% 4.20 —
Santa Clara 2+ goals
39.1% 2.56 —
Santa Clara at most 1 goal
60.9% 1.64 —

Team goals — FC Alverca

FC Alverca to score
57.1% 1.75 —
FC Alverca not to score
42.9% 2.33 —
FC Alverca 2+ goals
17.5% 5.71 —
FC Alverca at most 1 goal
82.5% 1.21 —

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 Alverca sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Santa Clara
4 matches
Away xG sample · FC Alverca
3 matches
Computed
Monday, 05/10/2026 at 12:30

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.