Liga Portugal fixture guide and numbers: Portimonense meet Marítimo

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

The home supporters await a win and three points in this match, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Portimonense are in 11th place while the guesting Marítimo sweat at 17th.

Insights:
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals (37) in Liga Portugal

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Portimonense form and stats

4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Portimonense so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Portimonense will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 5th). Pedrão was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Pedrão hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Pacos de Ferreira.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Portimonense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 21 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 6 and lost 7.

Portimonense have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Portimonense have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Marítimo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Marítimo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Marítimo much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Portimonense will be a tough nut to crack.

Marítimo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sporting Braga proved too strong as Marítimo slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio dos Barreiros. Santos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.51. Santos served one assist, hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.

Prior to that match, the Marítimo manager Gomes faced defeat when travelling to Chaves and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Marítimo playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Marítimo wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's latest 12 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Marítimo when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. For Marítimo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other previously this season: Marítimo - Portimonense 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Portimonense wins - draws - Marítimo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortimonenseW. Ferreira dos Santos
W. Ferreira dos Santos
3 goals
MarítimoC. Winck Neto
C. Winck Neto
3 goals
MarítimoA. Cunha Vidigal
A. Cunha Vidigal
3 goals

Portimonense missing players

Marítimo missing players

Portimonense Marítimo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
11 4 0 Lost L 2 7 13
16 8 2 Scored S 2 6 13
26 9 0 Conceded C 6 25 37
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
40% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 50%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 15%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 15%
30% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
30% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 20%
45% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 35%
 
5.4 6 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.7
5.8 5.8 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 5.1
3 3.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.1 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
12.1 14.1 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.4 12.7
3.5 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.9 3.1
23% 21% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 21% 21%
 
15.8 13.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 16.3 14.8
5.9 5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.6 5.2
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 in the second half (3) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals (25) away in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most conceded goals (37) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Liga Portugal
  • Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-19) 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 20 17 2 1 51 12 10 9 1 0 32 8 10 8 1 1 19 4 39 53
2 Porto 20 15 3 2 47 12 9 8 0 1 30 5 11 7 3 1 17 7 35 48
3 Sporting Braga 20 15 1 4 45 20 9 6 1 2 19 6 11 9 0 2 26 14 25 46
4 Sporting CP 20 12 2 6 40 21 10 8 0 2 27 7 10 4 2 4 13 14 19 38
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 20 10 3 7 19 20 11 7 2 2 12 7 9 3 1 5 7 13 -1 33
6 Casa Pia 19 9 3 7 18 20 10 4 2 4 8 8 9 5 1 3 10 12 -2 30
7 Arouca 20 8 6 6 24 29 11 6 1 4 16 15 9 2 5 2 8 14 -5 30
8 Chaves 20 6 8 6 19 24 9 2 5 2 9 9 11 4 3 4 10 15 -5 26
9 Vizela 20 7 4 9 22 20 10 4 2 4 12 7 10 3 2 5 10 13 2 25
10 Boavista 19 7 4 8 23 31 10 5 3 2 15 15 9 2 1 6 8 16 -8 25
11 Portimonense 20 7 2 11 16 26 10 4 2 4 8 9 10 3 0 7 8 17 -10 23
12 Estoril 19 6 4 9 18 24 9 3 2 4 10 14 10 3 2 5 8 10 -6 22
13 Gil Vicente 20 6 4 10 20 27 10 3 3 4 8 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 -7 22
14 Rio Ave 19 5 6 8 18 24 9 4 1 4 9 8 10 1 5 4 9 16 -6 21
15 Famalicao 20 6 3 11 18 28 10 5 1 4 11 9 10 1 2 7 7 19 -10 21
16 Santa Clara 20 3 6 11 14 26 10 2 4 4 11 17 10 1 2 7 3 9 -12 15
17 Marítimo 20 3 4 13 13 37 10 2 2 6 7 12 10 1 2 7 6 25 -24 13
18 Pacos de Ferreira 20 2 3 15 12 36 11 1 2 8 7 20 9 1 1 7 5 16 -24 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.