Santa Clara U23 2-0 Benfica U23 — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Portugal - U23 National Championship, 17 Dec 2025

📅17/12/2025 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
28%
2.84
Draw
30%
3.35
Away
42%
2.23
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
1.78
Over 2.5
53%
1.95
Both Teams to Score
Yes
63%
1.76
No
37%
1.95
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
22%
2-3 Goals
49%
4-5 Goals
19%
6+ Goals
10%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
15%
1/2
5%
1/X
6%
X/1
9%
X/2
9%
X/X
20%
2/1
4%
2/2
28%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
28%
Home Win
32%
-3.9pp
30%
Draw
27%
+3.4pp
42%
Away Win
41%
+0.6pp
47%
Under 2.5
52%
-4.9pp
53%
Over 2.5
48%
+4.9pp
63%
BTTS Yes
53%
+10.5pp
37%
BTTS No
47%
-10.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Santa Clara U23 EU Bookmakers 35%
Head to Head
AWAY Benfica U23 EU Bookmakers 45%
+47% / +47% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -6% / -6%
2.00/0.00 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.40/0.70
+133% / Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -25% / +36%
49% Ball Possession 51%
10 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 6
262 · 73% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 320 · 75%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
5.0 Yellow Cards 1.1
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Santa Clara U23
1W-0D-2L
AWAY Benfica U23
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 2.67
38% Ball Possession 62%
8 Total Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 9
5 Corners 6
5 Yellow Cards 4
18.10.2025 Benfica U23 Benfica U23 2-0 Santa Clara U23 Santa Clara U23 UŞGB
19.10.2024 Benfica U23 Benfica U23 5-1 Santa Clara U23 Santa Clara U23 UŞGB
29.08.2023 Santa Clara U23 Santa Clara U23 3-1 HT 1-0 Benfica U23 Benfica U23 UŞGB
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Santa Clara U23
2-0
AWAY Benfica U23
43% Ball Possession 57%
15 Total Shots 9
8 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Santa Clara U23 vs Benfica U23
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Santa Clara U23 beat Benfica U23 2-0.

Our pre-match lean was Benfica U23 at 42%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — both teams to score (63%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Santa Clara U23 had 43% of the ball to Benfica U23's 57%, shots finished 15-9.

For context: across their last 3 meetings in our records, Benfica U23 led the recent series with 2 wins. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Santa Clara U23 and 2.67 for Benfica U23.

What was the final score of Santa Clara U23 vs Benfica U23?

Santa Clara U23 2-0 Benfica U23 in the Portugal - U23 National Championship on 17/12/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Santa Clara U23 vs Benfica U23?

Before kick-off our model rated an Benfica U23 win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Santa Clara U23 28%, draw 30%, Benfica U23 42%. The final score 2-0 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Benfica U23) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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