The guesting Porto team are thought to be odds-on favourites at Marítimo, as the away side hold a 26 point supremacy from their 17 league games this season.
- Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Liga Portugal
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga Portugal
Porto could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Sporting CP, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Porto.
Marítimo form and stats
Marítimo's struggle is real here at Estádio dos Barreiros with only 8 points collected from 8 Liga Portugal games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4. Two home wins in a row for Marítimo bring valid hopes of a third.
The Marítimo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Estoril and win 1-0. Mosquera was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.71 out of 10. The defender Mosquera won 8 of 8 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Vizela.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Marítimo have been in this position before, they have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3 from 5 games. 0 defeats by at least two goals.
Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained two goals or less.
Marítimo are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Portugal match at Chaves awaits in four days.
Marítimo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games.
Porto form and stats
Porto have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. Porto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Two away games in a row for Porto, whose boss Conceição could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Sporting CP. Ramos (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.14. Ramos topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win as anticipated against Academico Viseu preceding that, in the League Cup. As mentioned earlier, Porto will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 9 wins (8 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
A new game in only four days for Porto, the Liga Portugal home match versus Vizela. Busy days.
The visiting Porto have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Porto as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Porto have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Marítimo.The duelists have played before this season: Porto - Marítimo 5-1. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 10 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 7 goals |  F. de Lima Barbosa 6 goals |
Marítimo missing players
Porto missing players
| Marítimo | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 41 |
| 31 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 65% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 47% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 53% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 14.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 18.4 | 17.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 21% | 22% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 25% | 37% |
| 15.6 | 13.9 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.6 | 7.9 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
- Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Liga Portugal
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Marítimo.
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga Portugal
- Porto is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Porto | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 39 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Arouca | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Chaves | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Vizela | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Boavista | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Estoril | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Marítimo | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 6 |
