Welcome to Estádio José Alvalade and this match involving Sporting CP and Marítimo in the Liga Portugal. Here's all you must know!
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (58) in Liga Portugal
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio José Alvalade. 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. days ago.
Sporting CP enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Pacos de Ferreira's place. The match ended 4-0 with Santos, Trincão and Chermiti scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sporting CP played a great game against Pacos de Ferreira and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The striker Trincão outdid all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.65 out of 10. Trincão scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match, Sporting CP won a home game hosting Famalicao (2-1).Goals are plentiful at Estádio José Alvalade in the league this season as Sporting CP has scored 38 goals here in 15 home games. From these home matches, Sporting CP have conceded only 9 goals.
Marítimo form and stats
There's been little loot from Marítimo's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 15 away games in the Liga Portugal. Marítimo only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws. A depressing seven defeats in a row for Marítimo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Rio Ave.
Marítimo's last game was the home draw against Rio Ave (2-2). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Marítimo's duel with Rio Ave. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Vidigal found the equalizer. Xadas got a match rating of 8.63 in that game, top player of the team. Xadas served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
A loss against Vitoria Guimaraes was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Marítimo's match history for similar games we find 5 matches. The home team won 5 of these as expected, 3 of them by at least two goals. Marítimo managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this side's 13 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Marítimo have conceded 35 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head encounter ended Marítimo - Sporting CP 1-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Sporting CP wins - draws - Marítimo wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 15 goals |  F. Machado Mota de Castro Trincão 9 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 8 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Marítimo missing players
| Sporting CP | Marítimo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 65 | 38 | 15 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 29 |
| 28 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | 58 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | 77% |
| 68% | 80% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 53% | 58% |
| 29% | 27% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 27% | 26% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 27% | 16% |
| 42% | 40% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 47% | 55% |
| 45% | 53% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 16% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 47% | 35% |
| 7 | 7.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16.7 | 19 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 11.5 | 13.8 |
| 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 17% | 24% |
| 8.1 | 6.5 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.7 | 14.1 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
- All of Sporting CP's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (35) away in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most conceded goals (58) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in Liga Portugal
- Marítimo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have scored more than double the goals of Marítimo.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 55 | 80 |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 44 | 73 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 40 | 71 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 65 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 37 | 67 |
| 5 | Arouca | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 48 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 40 |
| 9 | Chaves | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | Boavista | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -12 | 40 |
| 11 | Vizela | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 39 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -11 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 28 |
| 16 | Marítimo | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -29 | 23 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -33 | 20 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -28 | 19 |
