Boavista vs Marítimo match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

Boavista have 11 points running out as the team playing at home. Marítimo have gained 10 points as the visiting team. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have collected 9 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 2-3-1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Boavista to get some points in this home game.

Boavista lost their last game at Arouca (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Arouca was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by A. Alves Santos). Jackson Porozo, defender, was given a rating of 7.32/10 in that game, top of the team. Porozo hit one key pass and won 11 of 11 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Famalicao with the scoreline 2-5.

This is expected to be a close game, with Boavista perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Boavista as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Boavista has won seven of these, drawn two and lost three.

A decent goal production from Boavista in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Boavista have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Marítimo form and stats

Marítimo have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-1-4 (6 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Marítimo's last three away games as they have all been lost.

The supporters enjoyed Marítimo's previous game versus Pacos de Ferreira (placed 12th), a Primeira Liga 2-0 win played at home. Paulo Victor (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.0. Victor stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tondela wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

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 ten relevant matches. Results were four Marítimo wins, two draws and four defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Marítimo have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Marítimo have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Boavista victories, one draw and five Marítimo wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaG. Affonso Sauerbeck
G. Affonso Sauerbeck
4 goals
BoavistaP. Musa
P. Musa
4 goals
BoavistaY. Njie
Y. Njie
3 goals

Boavista missing players

Marítimo missing players

Boavista Marítimo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 2 6 12
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
5 1 1 Lost L 2 4 6
15 9 4 Scored S 3 6 12
22 7 5 Conceded C 6 10 17
92% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
92% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
58% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 50%
33% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 17%
17% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 8%
67% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
25% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 25%
17% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
4 4.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.2
4.8 5.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.2 5.8
3.6 3.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 4.8 4.2
2 2 2 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.8 11.7 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.8 10
3.1 3.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.8 3.3
41% 41% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 26% 30%
 
11.6 10.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 21 16 15.4
5.6 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.5 5.5 4.9
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Porto 12 10 2 0 30 8 6 6 0 0 18 3 6 4 2 0 12 5 22 32
2 Sporting CP 12 10 2 0 19 4 7 6 1 0 11 1 5 4 1 0 8 3 15 32
3 Benfica 12 10 1 1 34 7 5 4 0 1 13 4 7 6 1 0 21 3 27 31
4 Estoril 11 5 5 1 16 9 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 20
5 Portimonense 12 6 2 4 13 9 6 2 1 3 4 5 6 4 1 1 9 4 4 20
6 Sporting Braga 11 5 4 2 17 14 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 3 2 1 8 9 3 19
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 12 4 4 4 14 12 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 2 16
8 Gil Vicente 12 3 5 4 15 15 6 1 2 3 7 8 6 2 3 1 8 7 0 14
9 Arouca 12 3 4 5 13 18 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 0 3 3 4 10 -5 13
10 Tondela 12 4 0 8 17 23 6 3 0 3 12 12 6 1 0 5 5 11 -6 12
11 Boavista 12 2 5 5 15 22 6 2 3 1 9 7 6 0 2 4 6 15 -7 11
12 Pacos de Ferreira 12 2 5 5 9 16 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 4 9 -7 11
13 Famalicao 12 2 4 6 16 20 6 0 3 3 4 9 6 2 1 3 12 11 -4 10
14 Marítimo 12 2 4 6 12 17 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 1 1 4 6 10 -5 10
15 Vizela 11 1 7 3 9 16 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -7 10
16 Moreirense 12 1 6 5 14 22 6 1 3 2 10 11 6 0 3 3 4 11 -8 9
17 Belenenses 12 1 5 6 7 22 6 1 2 3 5 14 6 0 3 3 2 8 -15 8
18 Santa Clara 11 1 3 7 7 23 6 1 2 3 4 13 5 0 1 4 3 10 -16 6

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.