Liga Portugal match prediction: Little separates Marítimo and Boavista in quality

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Marítimo are depending on their home fans to assist them to do well in this fixture against Boavista. Who wins at Estádio dos Barreiros?

Insights:
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals (47) in Liga Portugal
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Liga Portugal

Marítimo and Boavista should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Marítimo form and stats

Marítimo's results here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the Liga Portugal have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Marítimo has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Gomes and the players.

Liza was the last player to score a league goal for Marítimo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Marítimo haven't scored in 282 minutes.

Marítimo faced defeat in their previous match, away at Casa Pia (0-2). Júnior, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Júnior won 13 of 14 duels.

Ahead of that match, Marítimo lost 0-3 at home to Benfica.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Marítimo here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). 16 goals have been conceded.

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Liga Portugal, after 3-1-8 (12 played).

Boavista's previous game was their home loss versus Famalicao (1-2). Midfielder Makouta was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Makouta served one assist, hit one key pass and had 46 successful passes (of 51 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Sporting CP's place.

Boavista have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Boavista - Marítimo 1-1. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Marítimo won five, Boavista triumphed in two and we saw three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
10 goals
MarítimoC. Winck Neto
C. Winck Neto
4 goals
BoavistaV. Sasso
V. Sasso
4 goals

Marítimo missing players

Boavista missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Marítimo Boavista
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 8
4 2 1 Drew D 1 1 6
17 7 2 Lost L 1 8 11
17 10 2 Scored S 7 12 28
47 16 4 Conceded C 5 23 40
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
76% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 72%
52% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 60%
16% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 32%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 56%
16% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 20%
40% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 32%
 
5.7 5.9 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 5.5
5.6 5.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.4 5.1
3 3.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.2 3
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
13.3 15.3 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.2 10.3
3.3 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3.3
20% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 40% 34%
 
14.6 13.7 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 13.4 11.7
5.3 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.8 4.3
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Liga Portugal
  • Boavista have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals (47) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Liga Portugal

  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 25 22 2 1 66 14 13 12 1 0 42 10 12 10 1 1 24 4 52 68
2 Porto 25 18 4 3 55 17 12 10 0 2 35 9 13 8 4 1 20 8 38 58
3 Sporting Braga 25 18 2 5 54 22 12 8 2 2 23 6 13 10 0 3 31 16 32 56
4 Sporting CP 24 16 2 6 49 23 12 10 0 2 32 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 26 50
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 25 12 4 9 25 29 13 8 2 3 14 10 12 4 2 6 11 19 -4 40
6 Arouca 25 10 8 7 29 32 13 7 2 4 19 16 12 3 6 3 10 16 -3 38
7 Casa Pia 25 11 5 9 22 24 13 6 3 4 12 9 12 5 2 5 10 15 -2 38
8 Rio Ave 25 9 6 10 25 28 12 7 1 4 14 9 13 2 5 6 11 19 -3 33
9 Famalicao 25 10 3 12 25 32 12 7 1 4 13 9 13 3 2 8 12 23 -7 33
10 Vizela 25 9 5 11 27 27 12 4 2 6 12 13 13 5 3 5 15 14 0 32
11 Chaves 25 8 8 9 26 31 12 3 5 4 14 15 13 5 3 5 12 16 -5 32
12 Boavista 25 8 6 11 28 40 13 5 5 3 16 17 12 3 1 8 12 23 -12 30
13 Gil Vicente 24 8 5 11 26 31 12 4 4 4 11 11 12 4 1 7 15 20 -5 29
14 Portimonense 25 8 2 15 18 32 13 5 2 6 10 12 12 3 0 9 8 20 -14 26
15 Estoril 25 6 4 15 21 39 12 3 2 7 11 22 13 3 2 8 10 17 -18 22
16 Marítimo 25 4 4 17 17 47 12 3 2 7 10 16 13 1 2 10 7 31 -30 16
17 Pacos de Ferreira 25 4 4 17 19 43 13 2 2 9 9 23 12 2 2 8 10 20 -24 16
18 Santa Clara 25 3 6 16 17 38 13 2 4 7 13 25 12 1 2 9 4 13 -21 15

Table
  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 25 22 2 1 66 14 13 12 1 0 42 10 12 10 1 1 24 4 52 68
2 Porto 25 18 4 3 55 17 12 10 0 2 35 9 13 8 4 1 20 8 38 58
3 Sporting Braga 25 18 2 5 54 22 12 8 2 2 23 6 13 10 0 3 31 16 32 56
4 Sporting CP 24 16 2 6 49 23 12 10 0 2 32 7 12 6 2 4 17 16 26 50
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 25 12 4 9 25 29 13 8 2 3 14 10 12 4 2 6 11 19 -4 40
6 Arouca 25 10 8 7 29 32 13 7 2 4 19 16 12 3 6 3 10 16 -3 38
7 Casa Pia 25 11 5 9 22 24 13 6 3 4 12 9 12 5 2 5 10 15 -2 38
8 Rio Ave 25 9 6 10 25 28 12 7 1 4 14 9 13 2 5 6 11 19 -3 33
9 Famalicao 25 10 3 12 25 32 12 7 1 4 13 9 13 3 2 8 12 23 -7 33
10 Vizela 25 9 5 11 27 27 12 4 2 6 12 13 13 5 3 5 15 14 0 32
11 Chaves 25 8 8 9 26 31 12 3 5 4 14 15 13 5 3 5 12 16 -5 32
12 Boavista 25 8 6 11 28 40 13 5 5 3 16 17 12 3 1 8 12 23 -12 30
13 Gil Vicente 24 8 5 11 26 31 12 4 4 4 11 11 12 4 1 7 15 20 -5 29
14 Portimonense 25 8 2 15 18 32 13 5 2 6 10 12 12 3 0 9 8 20 -14 26
15 Estoril 25 6 4 15 21 39 12 3 2 7 11 22 13 3 2 8 10 17 -18 22
16 Marítimo 25 4 4 17 17 47 12 3 2 7 10 16 13 1 2 10 7 31 -30 16
17 Pacos de Ferreira 25 4 4 17 19 43 13 2 2 9 9 23 12 2 2 8 10 20 -24 16
18 Santa Clara 25 3 6 16 17 38 13 2 4 7 13 25 12 1 2 9 4 13 -21 15

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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.