Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Santa Clara
Match Time & Date:
16/01/2022
16:30
Prediction: 2-1
Tondela
Estadio de Sao Miguel will host Sunday’s Primeira Liga game between Santa Clara and Tondela, the two teams who are level on points in the standings. Santa Clara quickly bounced back from a 2-1 loss to Ferreira, with the team shocking Sporting CP 3-2 in their last league match. Os Acoreanos are eyeing their fourth consecutive win at home, and they are surely capable of matching Tondela at “Sao Miguel”.
Ricardinho is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in the last league match, while both Mikel Villanueva and Radael Ramos are back from suspension. Os Auriverdes, on the other hand, have already suffered 11 defeats in the 2021/2022 Primeira Liga season, and given Santa Clara’s splendid winning run at home ground, we do not believe that the visitors are capable of grabbing something from Sunday’s clash. Defender Jota Goncalves should be the only absentee in the away side.
Highlighted Player (Jhon Murillo):
Jhon Murillo is a Venezuela international who was born in El Nula on November 21, 1995. After spending his youth career at San Camilo and Alto Apure, Murillo started playing for Zamora at the senior level.
The Venezuelan forward scored 19 goals in 59 appearances for el Blanquinegro before joining the famous Portuguese club Benfica. However, Murillo did not see any game action at Benfica in Primeira Liga as he was immediately sent on loan to Tondela. After ending his loan spell with the Auriverdes, Jhon Murillo signed a loan deal with Turkish club Kasimpasa in the 2017/2018 season.
In 2018 he returned to Tondela, signing a permanent contract with the Portuguese outfit. Speaking of his international career, the Tondela winger made his Venezuela debut on February 11, 2015, in a friendly against Honduras, scoring the winner on his debut. His primary position is left winger, but he is capable of producing excellent performances as a centre-forward as well.
Highlighted Team (Tondela):
Founded on June 6, 1933 Tondela are a professional football club from Portugal that compete in Primeira Liga. Club Desportivo de Tondela were founded through a merger of two clubs: Tondela Football Club abd Operario Atletico Clube.
The Auriverdes green and yellow shirts and yellow shorts when playing at their Estadio Joao Cardoso (5,000), whilst blue is the dominant colour of their away kit. Tondela are based in Tondela, the town located in Viseu District. Former Portugal international Ricardo Costa is one of the most notable footballers who played for Tondela in the past. The 183-cm-tall defenders scored 3 goals in 59 appearances for the club in the Primeira Liga.
There is one organized group of fans supporting Tondela named Febre Amarela. This supporters group was founded in 2009. Tondela secured promotion to Primeira Liga at the end of the 2014/2015 season and they have been competing in the Portuguese top flight ever since.
