Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Marítimo & Boavista face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Marítimo form and stats
Last season, Marítimo's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Marítimo have played 17 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-9 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Marítimo in their previous match, an away game at Sporting CP that ended in defeat 1-5. Zainadine Júnior was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.03 out of 10. The defender Júnior won 2 of 2 duels. Marítimo were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sporting CP (1-5).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Marítimo here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 17 games). 21 goals have been conceded.
Boavista form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Boavista have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 3-8-6 (17 played).
Two travels in a row for Boavista, whose manager J. Borges de Sousa could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Gil Vicente. Attacker Yusupha Njie got a player rating of 8.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Njie scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. A heroic performance from Boavista in their game against Gil Vicente last time out. Things got complicated when Jeriel De Santis was sent off in the 80th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 2-1 victory! Yusupha Njie came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gil Vicente last time out, making the manager J. Borges de Sousa feel like a tactical genius.
Before that, Boavista secured a home win against Portimonense with the score 1-0.Boavista are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Boavista have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Marítimo five wins, two draws and Boavista three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Marítimo missing players
Boavista missing players
| Marítimo | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 9 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 24% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 45 | 85 |
| 2 | Porto | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 45 | 80 |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 42 | 76 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 64 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -1 | 53 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 43 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 43 |
| 9 | Famalicao | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 10 | Belenenses | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -9 | 39 |
| 12 | Tondela | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -21 | 36 |
| 13 | Boavista | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 35 |
| 15 | Marítimo | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -20 | 35 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 34 |
| 17 | Farense | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 31 |
| 18 | Nacional | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 25 |