Santarem (home)
- Santarem have failed to win their last two home games against Academica de Coimbra, making this Santarem vs Academica de Coimbra prediction particularly interesting for punters.
- Santarem are the opposite, preferring to be compact and disciplined and often cede possession to their opponents.
- The latter have one win in their four games at home, however, and beat CF Os Belenenses 2-0 away, which is good form going into this fixture.
Academica de Coimbra (away)
- Academica de Coimbra are unbeaten in their last two away games (W1, D1) while Santarem have not won their last home game.
- Academica de Coimbra have drawn their last three and won just once in their last five.
- So the value lies with the visitors, who have not been at their best lately but still sit fourth in the table on 15 points from 10 games while the hosts are seventh on 11.
Head-to-Head
Academica , who won the last head-to-head meeting 1-0 at home three months ago, have won one of their last five and drawn the last three while Santarem have been more up and down with two wins, one draw and two defeats in their last five.
Key Players
The visitors have a little more quality in their side, however, with Leandro Silva (two goals in his last five matches) and Cuba (four goals in seven league appearances) offering a potent strikeforce.
Betting Insights
- Academica de Coimbra will probably go into Saturday’s game as slight favorites at 2.1, but the hosts are a huge 3.27 against them for the Liga 3, Group B clash, making our Santarem vs Academica de Coimbra betting tips especially relevant this weekend.
- That could make them a little more sharp and so this set of Santarem vs Academica de Coimbra betting tips suggests picking Both Teams to Score at 1.83 which looks to have value in this spot.
- Neither have been keeping many clean sheets on the road or at home and both are likely to be vulnerable to a quick attack.
Prediction
So we are going with the slight favorite Academica to edge this close game 2-1 , and take the three points, but with three consecutive draws, it is worth backing the draw at 3.12 for any bettors who feel another close encounter is on the cards.
