A win for the hosts is predicted from this match if the league table is a way to look into the future. The Boavista supporters are confident that the gap between 6th and Marítimo's 18th place in the table will show on the grass.
- Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (24) in Liga Portugal
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Boavista form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Boavista have to build on here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in the Liga Portugal. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI.
Boavista are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Famalicao. The first loss after going unbeaten through three league rounds. As you see from the result above, Boavista suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Malheiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.13 (out of ten) in that game. Malheiro hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 45 successful passes (of 55 total).
Ahead of that match, Boavista won a home game hosting Sporting CP (2-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Boavista have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
The Boavista fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Marítimo form and stats
Playing away, Marítimo, who have the most conceded goals (24) in Liga Portugal, have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Liga Portugal this season. Marítimo are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 9 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Porto game.)
Marítimo failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Casa Pia (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Xadas, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.6. Xadas scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, the Marítimo manager Henriques faced defeat when travelling to Benfica and losing 0-5.Marítimo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Goals are few and far between in Marítimo's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Marítimo can't defend away. 17 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. Marítimo has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Boavista-Marítimo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Boavista three wins, Marítimo five wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Njie 2 goals |  B. Lourenço 2 goals | M. Carneiro Tavares 2 goals |
Boavista missing players
Marítimo missing players
| Boavista | Marítimo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 15 | 17 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.6 | 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 9.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.5 | 12.9 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 9.9 | 10.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.3 | 19 | 17.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.7 | 8.2 | 7 |
- All of Marítimo's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boavista have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Marítimo have scored away.
- Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Marítimo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Marítimo have lost all their matches so far.
- Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Marítimo have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (17) away in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (24) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Marítimo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Marítimo is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Porto | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Portimonense | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Boavista | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 7 | Sporting CP | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Estoril | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Chaves | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Arouca | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Vizela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 2 |
| 18 | Marítimo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 0 |
