Santa Clara v Estoril: free-scoring visitors face low-scoring hosts | OneFootball

Santa Clara host Estoril in Liga Portugal at the Estádio de São Miguel on Saturday, 31 January 2026, with the hosts seeking to stop a slide and the visitors looking to keep their top-half push on track.

Santa Clara won the reverse fixture 1-0 in September, but arrive 14th with 17 points. Estoril travel in eighth on 26 points.

Form points in opposite directions. Santa Clara drew 3-3 at Nacional before back-to-back defeats against Famalicão and Moreirense. Estoril have won four of their last five league games, including a 5-0 victory at Estrela Amadora and a 4-2 home win over Vitória S.C.

The match-up pits Estoril's attack against Santa Clara's tighter defence. Estoril have scored 37 league goals at 1.9 per game with 47.75% shooting accuracy, though they have conceded 31 and kept only three clean sheets. Santa Clara average 0.7 goals per game but have conceded 21 at 1.1 per game and recorded five clean sheets. For the visitors, Yanis Begraoui has 13 league goals, while João Carvalho leads the assist chart with seven, backed by Rafik Guitane and Jordan Holsgrove on five. Santa Clara's Vinícius has five league goals.

A home win would lift Santa Clara to 20 points and could ease them further from the relegation places. Victory for Estoril would strengthen their position in the top half and keep them in touch with the teams above.