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Primeira Liga | Gameweek 16
Dec 30, 2024 at 8.15pm UK
Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho
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Santa Clara

Famalicao
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Santa Clara

Vinicios (58')
Sa (30'), Pinheiro Ferreira (81'), Soares (90+3')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Silva (32' pen.), Lima (51')
Rocha (27'), Venancio (60'), Messi (90')

Preview: Famalicao vs. Santa Clara - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Monday's Primeira Liga clash between Famalicao and Santa Clara, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Four places separate Famalicao and Santa Clara in the Primeira Liga table heading into Monday's gameweek 16 match at Estadio Municipal de Famalicao.

Both sides enter the final match of 2024 in underwhelming form, with Fama winless in five matches and their visitors beaten in consecutive games for the first time since regaining promotion.


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Preview: Famalicao vs. Santa Clara - prediction, team news, lineups

Having held Porto (1-1) and Sporting Braga (3-3) to draws, ninth-placed Famalicao were favourites to dispatch second-bottom Farense before Christmas, only to come unstuck on home soil, losing 2-1 to the relegation-threatened club.

Keen to return to winning ways on Monday after new boss Nuno Oliveira suffered defeat in his home bow, Vila Nova aim to snap a winless streak stretching back to the start of November, when they beat promoted AVS 3-2.

That victory was only a respite for Fama, who picked up one point from the next available nine, leading to Armando Evangelista's dismissal.

Winless since Oliveira's appointment, Famalicenses are second-bottom of the form table (jointly with Boavista) with three points from their previous five Liga matches, conceding eight times during that run, outdone only by Moreirense (10) and Braga (nine).

Despite the form table making Santa Clara favourites, Fama's encouraging head-to-head record with Monday's opponents offers optimism to fans, who have seen their side claim five wins in their last seven meetings with the Ponta Delgada outfit, though the sole defeat came last month in the Taca de Portugal.

Preview: Famalicao vs. Santa Clara - prediction, team news, lineups

Bruno Almeida was Santa Clara's hero in the November 24 cup tie, scoring with 11 minutes of normal time remaining to snap Os Acorianos' six-match winless streak (five defeats) against Fama with a 1-0 triumph.

That cup success was the second of four 1-0 wins for Vasco Matos's side, who also clinched victories over Sporting Lisbon and Rio Ave, but have since fired blanks in consecutive Liga losses to Arouca (1-0) and Braga (2-0).

The latest reverse against Braga saw the promoted club leapfrogged in the standings by the victors, although the Azoreans seek a positive ending to 2024 to avoid losing three top-flight fixtures in a row for the first time since their ill-fated campaign that ended in relegation.

Santa Clara were beaten nine times on the trot that year from February to April 2023, a run that appears implausible for the high-flying fifth-placed side on their return to the big time.

Nevertheless, a season that began impressively is in danger of losing momentum, highlighting the away side's desire to finish 2024 strongly at Fama.

Famalicao Primeira Liga form:


Famalicao form (all competitions):


Santa Clara Primeira Liga form:


Santa Clara form (all competitions):



Team News

Gil Dias received his fifth booking this term in the loss to Farense, thus ruling out the right-winger against Santa Clara; Sorriso could replace the wide attacker on Monday.

Despite missing Dias's joint-high goal contributions (five), Famalicao have several players capable of taking responsibility: Oscar Aranda (five), Sorriso, Gustavo Sa and Mario Gonzalez (four each), who could be utilised in varying capacities on Monday.

Yassir Zabiri and Ivan Zlobin are ruled out for the hosts, with the Moroccan last featuring in October and Zlobin missing the Farense match with reported kidney problems.

Lucas Soares was sent off after 22 minutes against Braga, and the Santa Clara wing-back is ruled out of the away side's final fixture of 2024, with Diogo Calila the expected replacement.

Having sustained no apparent injuries in the Braga loss, Pedro Pacheco (knee) and Ricardinho (muscle) remain Os Acorianos' absentees in gameweek 16.

Vinicius Lopes has notched four match-winning strikes this term, a joint-high with Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis, Sporting's Viktor Gyokeres and Porto's Samu Aghehowa, and the Brazilian aims to add to his six goals at Fama.


Famalicao possible starting lineup:
Carevic; Calegari, Riccieli, Mihaj, Soares; Topic, Youssouf; Sorriso, Sa, Rochinha; Aranda

Santa Clara possible starting lineup:
Batista; Lima, Rocha, Ramos; Calila, Klismahn, Firmino, Pereira; Serginho, Lopes, Silva


We say: Famalicao 0-0 Santa Clara

Santa Clara, the only Primeira Liga side yet to draw this term, travel to Famalicao, who enter round 16 with the league's joint-highest number of stalemates - seven.

With Fama playing out three draws in their previous five home fixtures (losing two) and the away side falling to four away losses in their preceding five matches, neither side looks primed to edge Monday's encounter.

Thus, both sides could cancel each other out, with the spoils shared in the Braga district.


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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon21163257164151
2Benfica21152449183147
3Porto21134445182743
4Braga21134438201843
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara2112272522338
6Casa Pia219662725233
7Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes217953025530
8Estoril PraiaEstoril218672632-630
9FamalicaoFamalicao2151062224-225
10Rio AveRio Ave216782335-1225
11MoreirenseMoreirense2165102531-623
12AroucaArouca2165101932-1323
13Gil Vicente215792332-922
14Nacional2164111928-922
15AVS213991631-1518
16Estrela Amadora2145121834-1617
17SC FarenseFarense2136121330-1715
18BoavistaBoavista2126131436-2212
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