Casa Pia vs Santa Clara

Santa Clara stole a dramatic late win at Casa Pia, breaking a stubborn deadlock deep into stoppage time to keep their unbeaten league run alive. For long spells it looked like the sides were headed for a goalless draw, with Casa Pia doing just enough to frustrate the Azoreans despite playing over half the match a man down. The game turned in the 50th minute when David Sousa was sent off after a VAR review for a challenge on Brenner Lucas, leaving Casa Pia to defend with ten men for the rest of the contest. They held firm until the 90+2' minute, when João Vasconcelos finished off a move set up by Lucas Soares to snatch all three points for the visitors. The result pushes Santa Clara up to provisional third place on 18 points, level with Sporting and extending their unbeaten run to seven matches. For Casa Pia, it's a sharp comeback down to earth after their first league win of the season, leaving them stuck in 17th place with just four points as they continue to search for consistency.