Marítimo are longing to add to their points total at their own arena in this fixture against Paços de Ferreira.
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (50) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
Marítimo and Paços de Ferreira 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.
Marítimo form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Marítimo have to build on here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the Liga Portugal. When Marítimo hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Santa Clara, Marítimo, Gil Vicente, Estoril and Portimonense), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
In their previous game, the manager Gomes led his Marítimo to a defeat away at Arouca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio dos Barreiros. Midfielder Xadas was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. Xadas hit four key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
Ahead of that match, Marítimo won a home game hosting Boavista (4-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Marítimo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Marítimo as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Marítimo has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 6.
The Marítimo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Marítimo have conceded 18 goals.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Paços de Ferreira so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Paços de Ferreira has drawn their two previous away games.
Paços de Ferreira failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Famalicão (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-3. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Attacker Gaitán got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Gaitán hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Vitória SC that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Ferreira in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Paços de Ferreira, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paços de Ferreira as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Paços de Ferreira have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier on this match year: Paços de Ferreira - Marítimo 0-1. Marítimo-Paços de Ferreira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Marítimo four wins, Paços de Ferreira three wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cunha Vidigal 5 goals |   A. Butzke Benavides 5 goals |  C. Winck Neto 4 goals |
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| Marítimo | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 21 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 50 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 46 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 74% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 70% |
| 52% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 46% | 48% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 48% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 48% |
| 15% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 41% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 44% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 13.3 | 15 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.8 | 12.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 22% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 20% |
| 14.3 | 13.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 15.7 | 14.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
- Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (50) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 52 | 71 |
| 2 | Porto | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 40 | 64 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 27 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 54 |
| 5 | Arouca | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 41 |
| 7 | Vizela | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Famalicão | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -6 | 36 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Boavista | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 33 |
| 12 | Chaves | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Estoril | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 25 |
| 16 | Marítimo | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 32 | -29 | 19 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -26 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 27 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | -25 | 15 |
