Another action-packed fixture in Primeira Liga as Marítimo welcome Belenenses

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Marítimo languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Belenenses will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Marítimo is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Belenenses has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Primeira Liga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Marítimo form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Marítimo so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Marítimo to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Marítimo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Farense (placed 14th). Ahead of that match, Marítimo lost 1-2 at home to Benfica.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Marítimo, as the Taça De Portugal home game vs Salgueiros is only four days away.

Marítimo has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Belenenses form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Primeira Liga, are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga.

The supporters enjoyed Belenenses's previous game versus Sporting Braga (placed 4th), a Primeira Liga 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Boavista.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Espinho in just four days.

Belenenses are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. Belenenses's manager A. Gonçalves Teixeira has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Marítimo-Belenenses H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Marítimo two wins, Belenenses five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MarítimoR. Pereira de Pinho
R. Pereira de Pinho
7 goals
MarítimoZ. Chavango
Z. Chavango
1 goals
MarítimoD. Tagueu Tadjo
D. Tagueu Tadjo
1 goals

Marítimo missing players

Belenenses missing players

Marítimo Belenenses
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 1 2 5
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
10 4 0 Scored S 0 1 5
15 5 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 56%
89% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 44%
78% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
78% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
11% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 56%
22% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 9.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.5 10.4
3.8 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3.2
29% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 17%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Primeira Liga
  • Marítimo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Belenenses have scored away.
  • Marítimo is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 9 7 2 0 23 7 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 12 3 16 23
2 Benfica 9 7 0 2 21 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 4 3 0 1 10 5 10 21
3 Porto 9 6 1 2 23 13 5 4 0 1 13 8 4 2 1 1 10 5 10 19
4 Sporting Braga 9 6 0 3 14 9 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 5 18
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 9 5 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 2 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 16
6 Pacos de Ferreira 9 4 2 3 11 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 14
7 Santa Clara 9 4 1 4 10 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 3 0 2 7 6 1 13
8 Belenenses 9 2 5 2 5 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 -1 11
9 Rio Ave 9 2 5 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 3 4 -2 11
10 Nacional 9 2 4 3 9 11 5 1 3 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 2 3 -2 10
11 Famalicao 9 2 4 3 13 18 5 1 3 1 8 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 -5 10
12 Gil Vicente 9 2 3 4 8 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 0 2 3 3 7 -2 9
13 Moreirense 9 2 3 4 7 10 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 0 1 3 1 6 -3 9
14 Farense 9 2 2 5 11 14 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -3 8
15 Boavista 9 1 5 3 10 15 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 0 4 1 7 9 -5 8
16 Tondela 9 2 2 5 9 18 5 2 1 2 4 7 4 0 1 3 5 11 -9 8
17 Marítimo 9 2 1 6 10 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 0 4 6 10 -5 7
18 Portimonense 9 2 1 6 6 12 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -6 7

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.