Home side Santa Clara meet Porto at Estádio de São Miguel on 2026-01-04 (kick-off 18:00 GMT), contesting week 17 of the 2025-2026 Primeira Liga.
With the data available to us, Vasco Matos and F. Farioli have not met as managers before.
Santa Clara are 13th in the standings with 16 points, followed by Porto in 1st on 46 points.
Both teams have no missing players.
We anticipate Santa Clara lining up with five at the back (5-4-1), and Porto are expected to line up in 4-3-3.
The previous match saw Diogo Calila lead Santa Clara with a 6.2 TheyScored rating, and P. Rosario top-rating for Porto at 6.2.
Contrast in results: Santa Clara had to share the points 0-0 with Arouca, whereas Porto claimed victory 2-0 vs. AVS.
Santa Clara's form is 1-2-2 recently, but Porto are on a roll with 5-0-0 in their last 5 matches.
Porto lead this rivalry - 13 wins from 16 matches versus Santa Clara (who've won just 1 game), alongside 2 draws.
Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Porto to win 2-1, despite Santa Clara's 3-2-3 home form - Porto's strong 8-0-0 record away with 2.00 goals/game does the trick.
Santa Clara is going head to head with FC Porto on 4/1/2026 18:00 GMT at Estádio de São Miguel for the Portugal Primeira Liga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Santa Clara v FC Porto H2H statistics!