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Santa Clara
Taca de Portugal | Quarter-Finals
Feb 29, 2024 at 4pm UK
Estadio de Sao Miguel
Porto

Santa Clara
1 - 2
Porto

Martins (27')
Lopes (22'), Klismahn (64'), Ferreira (88')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Evanilson (52'), Galeno (61')
Pepe (8'), Galeno (67')

Preview: Santa Clara vs. Porto - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Taca de Portugal clash between Santa Clara and Porto, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Santa Clara and Porto will look to book their place in the semi-final of this year's Taca de Portugal when they face off at Estadio de Sao Miguel on Tuesday.

The hosts are unbeaten in five straight matches leading up to this one, while their visitors are without defeat in eight matches on the bounce either side of the New Year.


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Porto's Joao Mario celebrates scoring their first goal with Pepe on December 29, 2023© Reuters

Porto breezed past the threat of Estoril in the last round of Taca de Portugal courtesy of a 4-0 victory at the Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota on January 9.

A hat-trick from Evanilson put Sergio Conceicao's men in pole position to progress after which Wenderson Galeno wrapped up the scoring 14 minutes from time.

Since then, the Dragons have won three of their four league matches and sit third in the Primeira Liga table, four points behind Sporting CP and a further two behind Benfica.

Coming up next is the challenge of an opposing outfit who have managed just one win from the last 17 editions of this fixture across all competitions.

Having netted seven times across their last two matches on the road, Wednesday's visitors set out to put on another attacking showpiece away from home.

Santa Clara needed penalties to get past Nacional in the sides' cup encounter on January 11 following a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time.

Vasco Matos's men took an extra-time lead through Gustavo Klismahn but were pegged back by Dudu's late equaliser, which forced the game into a shootout, where Ricardinho held his nerve to convert the decisive spot-kick.

Os Acoreanos have picked up 10 points from the subsequent 12 available in the league and currently lead the way in the Segunda Liga, three points clear of AVS.

With five wins from six home matches heading into Wednesday's contest, the hosts will be aiming to get the job done in front of their fans once again.

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Team News

Porto's Evanilson in action with Estoril's Tiago Araujo on November 3, 2023© Reuters

Mehdi Taremi and Zaidu Sanusi are currently on international duty with Iran and Nigeria respectively, ruling them out of contention for this one.

Ivan Marcano also misses out for the visitors through a knee injury, while midfielder Marko Grujic continues to nurse a muscle problem.

Despite seeing his run of four consecutive matches with a goal come to an end against Rio Ave, Evanilson still remains one to keep an eye on here.

Santa Clara's Vinicius Lopes has found the back of the net in each of his last two appearances and will be looking to deliver the goods once again.

Twenty-five-year-old Diogo Calila is a huge doubt for the home side, having missed the draw against Vilaverdense last time out with a slight knock.


Santa Clara possible starting lineup:
Batista; Henrique, Pacheco, Velazquez; Matheus, Klismahn, Ferreira, Soares; Lopes, Safira, Ricardinho

Porto possible starting lineup:
Costa; Mario, Pepe, Cardoso, Wendell; Varela, Nico; Galeno, Pepe, Conceicao; Evanilson


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We say: Santa Clara 1-3 Porto

Santa Clara have punched above their weight in the cup so far, but going head-to-head against Porto represents a tough ask regardless. We are tipping the visitors to come out on top in a relatively comfortable manner.


For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.


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Group A

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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1 Romania Romania21013
2 Belgium Belgium21013
3 Slovakia Slovakia21013
4 Ukraine Ukraine21013

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal22006
2 Turkey Turkey21013
3 Czech Republic Czech Republic20111
4 Georgia Georgia20111


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