Gabriel Silva strikes as Santa Clara climb to 13th | OneFootball

Match in Five Sentences: Santa Clara beat AVS 1-0 in Liga Portugal. Gabriel Silva settled it in the 68th minute, bending a free kick into the bottom left corner. Before that, AVS were reduced to ten men when Paulo Vitor received a second yellow card. The visitors controlled more of the ball with 54.7% possession and created 12 attempts, and Gabriel Silva later struck the post with a header (78.). Santa Clara rise from 16th to 13th, AVS remain 18th, with the winners hosting Gil Vicente next while the hosts visit Tondela.

Player of the Match: Gabriel Silva decided the contest with a precise free kick and threatened throughout, finishing with four shots and later hitting the woodwork.

Stat of the Match: AVS registered 47 clearances, a sign of how often they were forced to defend after the sending-off.

Three Things We Learned: A set piece proved decisive, with the only goal arriving from a free kick. AVS finished a man down after Paulo Vitor's second yellow and produced just two shots on target in total. Santa Clara's left flank was productive, as Guilherme Romão completed eight successful final-third passes and Lucas Soares de Almeida delivered two accurate crosses.