Santa Clara v Nacional: safety push meets survival bid | OneFootball

Santa Clara host Nacional in Liga Portugal on Monday, 11 May 2026 at Estádio de São Miguel, with 13th playing 14th and both looking to bank points that ease relegation worries.

Head-to-head trends lean towards Santa Clara, who have eight wins to Nacional's two with four draws across previous meetings. The reverse fixture finished 3-3 in January, hinting at goals when these sides meet.

Form is mixed. Santa Clara have steadied with a win and two draws in their last three after back-to-back defeats. Nacional arrive with three wins in five but lost last time out.

Season profiles point to a tight match-up. Santa Clara average 0.9 goals per game but have nine clean sheets and an 80.04% pass accuracy, so may look to control spells and limit transitions. Nacional score at 1.1 per game, cross accurately from open play at 22.39% and could target service into Jesús Andrés Ramírez, who has 16 league goals and is among the division's leading scorers. Discipline could matter too, with the visitors on seven reds this season.

In the table picture, Santa Clara sit on 33 points and a win would take them to 36, pushing them closer to mid-table security. Nacional are on 31 and three points would lift them to 34 and could see them leapfrog the hosts, further strengthening their survival bid above the relegation places.