Chaves duels with Marítimo battle

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira (9000 seats)

Showdown between Chaves - Marítimo! Despite the season performances so far, this fixture should be immense!

Insights:
  • Marítimo have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga Portugal

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga Portugal.

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Chaves form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga Portugal this season. Chaves have only managed 1 win, 5 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira.

The followers are hoping that Chaves will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 6th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points through three league fixtures. The defeat against Vitoria Guimaraes was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored seven minutes into stoppage time (by Safira). The attacking player Abass was named "man of the match" for Chaves with the rating of 7.95/10. Abass scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Chaves played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Boavista.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chaves handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Chaves here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games).

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Marítimo form and stats

There's been little loot from Marítimo's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Liga Portugal. Marítimo only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

The manager Gomes was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estádio dos Barreiros. Marítimo suffered a 0-2 loss to Porto (placed 2nd). Midfielder Xadas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.12. Xadas dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Estoril.

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, 4 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 10 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Marítimo are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other already this season, with the match result Marítimo - Chaves 1-2 registered in the official records. Last eight meetings with these teams: Chaves won five, Marítimo were winners in two and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ChavesH. Hernández Marrero
H. Hernández Marrero
5 goals
ChavesS. de Sousa Vitoria
S. de Sousa Vitoria
3 goals
MarítimoA. Cunha Vidigal
A. Cunha Vidigal
3 goals

Chaves missing players

Marítimo missing players

Chaves Marítimo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 9 18
5 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
7 5 2 Drew D 2 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 6 11
17 7 4 Scored S 2 5 11
23 8 2 Conceded C 5 23 33
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 67%
33% 12% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 44%
11% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
56% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 44%
17% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
33% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 39%
 
4.3 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.2 5.7
7.6 6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5 5.2
2.9 3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.9 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
13.3 16.4 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.8 12.2
4.1 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.9 3.1
23% 18% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 19% 20%
 
16.5 15.2 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 17.1 15.3
5.2 4.4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.8 5.4
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Marítimo have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals (23) away in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 16 2 1 48 12 9 8 1 0 29 8 10 8 1 1 19 4 36 50
2 Porto 18 13 3 2 43 11 8 7 0 1 28 5 10 6 3 1 15 6 32 42
3 Sporting Braga 18 13 1 4 39 18 8 5 1 2 15 5 10 8 0 2 24 13 21 40
4 Sporting CP 18 11 2 5 38 19 9 8 0 1 26 5 9 3 2 4 12 14 19 35
5 Casa Pia 18 9 3 6 18 17 10 4 2 4 8 8 8 5 1 2 10 9 1 30
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 18 8 3 7 17 20 10 6 2 2 11 7 8 2 1 5 6 13 -3 27
7 Arouca 18 7 5 6 22 28 10 5 1 4 15 15 8 2 4 2 7 13 -6 26
8 Vizela 18 7 3 8 22 18 9 4 1 4 12 7 9 3 2 4 10 11 4 24
9 Boavista 17 7 3 7 20 27 10 5 3 2 15 15 7 2 0 5 5 12 -7 24
10 Chaves 18 5 7 6 17 23 8 1 5 2 7 8 10 4 2 4 10 15 -6 22
11 Rio Ave 18 5 6 7 18 23 8 4 1 3 9 7 10 1 5 4 9 16 -5 21
12 Famalicão 18 6 3 9 17 23 9 5 1 3 11 8 9 1 2 6 6 15 -6 21
13 Portimonense 18 6 2 10 15 25 9 3 2 4 7 9 9 3 0 6 8 16 -10 20
14 Estoril 17 5 4 8 16 22 7 2 2 3 8 12 10 3 2 5 8 10 -6 19
15 Gil Vicente 18 5 3 10 18 26 9 3 2 4 7 9 9 2 1 6 11 17 -8 18
16 Santa Clara 18 3 5 10 12 23 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 1 2 6 3 8 -11 14
17 Marítimo 18 3 4 11 11 33 9 2 2 5 6 10 9 1 2 6 5 23 -22 13
18 Pacos de Ferreira 19 2 3 14 12 35 11 1 2 8 7 20 8 1 1 6 5 15 -23 9

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.