It will be interesting to see how Santa Clara start the season after an impressive Liga Portugal 2 campaign. However, Estoril were a difficult team to beat on their home patch last season and we feel they will get the new off to a winning start.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Santa Clara win with a probability of 45.7%. A draw had a probability of 27.2% and a win for Estoril Praia had a probability of 27.14%.
The most likely scoreline for a Santa Clara win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (8.84%) and 1-2 (8.82%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.76%), while for a Estoril Praia win it was 1-0 (9.25%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Santa Clara would win this match.