Academico Viseu 0-1 Santa Clara result, stats and report

Maritimo let a two-goal lead slip at home as Academico Viseu levelled through a late penalty to earn a 2-2 draw in the Liga Portugal. Connor Maguire has no sympathy for the home side.

Santa Clara won with a single first-half goal despite being outpossessed nearly two to one, producing a textbook example of how defensive structure and counter-attack movement can neutralise a team that dominates the ball without threatening the goal.

Santa Clara have built something quietly solid at home this season, but Sporting Braga arrive in the Azores carrying the best away record in the division. Something has to give on Sunday night.

Academico Viseu have yet to keep a single clean sheet in this Liga Portugal season, and Vitória Guimarães arrive having conceded 21 goals in their last ten away fixtures. Something has to give, and the structural reasons why are worth examining closely.

Arouca have turned their ground into one of the most productive home environments in the early Liga Portugal season, but Santa Clara arrive in fourth place with a defensive structure that has kept six clean sheets in their last ten outings. Something has to give.

Santa Clara welcome a Rio Ave side without a point or a goal to their name this season, as the Azoreans look to build on a promising home record and compound the visitors' misery at the start of the new Liga Portugal campaign.

Gil Vicente have been a proper handful at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos this season, but Academico Viseu are a new proposition entirely and nobody quite knows what to make of them yet. Sunday's Liga Portugal clash could go several ways.