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Liga Portugal
Matchday 5 · played

Santa Clara – Rio Ave

The result and what the model gave before the match. The season forecast is on the Liga page.

Santa Clara
Final score: 4 to 0
Rio Ave
Sunday 6 September at 15:30

Before the match, the model gave these probabilities (published 29 August 2026, while matchday 4 was still being played):

Santa Clara win
49%
Happened
Draw
28%
Rio Ave win
23%
away

Santa Clara won. Before the match, the model gave this outcome 49%.

Probabilities from a bivariate Poisson Bayesian model, fitted to goals and shots on target from the last four seasons of the Primeira Liga and Liga 2 (older games count for less), with each squad's value as the starting point; 50,000 simulated seasons. How the model works · Next fixtures: forecast of 25 September 2026