Despite the defeat against Vitoria de Guimaraes, Famalicao have enjoyed a fine run of games in recent weeks and will be delighted with their turnaround so far. Santa Clara have also shown strength since the turn of the year, losing just once in nine games. While Saturday's matchup promises to be an exciting one, we predict both sides will settle for a share of the spoils.
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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 Famalicao win with a probability of 57.46%. A draw had a probability of 24.1% and a win for Santa Clara had a probability of 18.42%.
The most likely scoreline for a Famalicao win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.66%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.45%) and 2-1 (9.52%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.34%), while for a Santa Clara win it was 0-1 (6.77%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with an 8.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a draw in this match.