Overview
- Kickoff is set for Sunday at Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada at 17:00 local (18:00 Lisbon), with Cláudio Pereira refereeing, Tiago Costa and Sérgio Jesus as assistants, Rui Costa on VAR, and Disney+ Premium carrying the game in Brazil at 15:00 Brasília time.
- Porto leads the league with 46 points and Santa Clara sits 13th with 16, and a win would allow the leaders to extend their advantage in the title race.
- Porto remains without injured goalkeeper Diogo Costa, so Cláudio Ramos continues as the starter as coach Francesco Farioli stresses the difficulty of playing in the Azores.
- Santa Clara coach Vasco Matos says the postponement of their previous league match aided recovery after a congested December and calls for intensity and spirit against the leaders.
- Santa Clara kept forward Brenner Lucas after outside interest, while left-back Matheus Pereira departed for Toronto FC in MLS.