Estádio dos Barreiros: Marítimo vs Boavista Primeira Liga full preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Which side will claim the win when Boavista go to play Marítimo? In this game guide you'll learn all the relevant news and stats necessary to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Marítimo and Boavista should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Marítimo form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Marítimo have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games. Marítimo are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio dos Barreiros, having lost their two previous games here.

Marítimo lost their last game at Pacos de Ferreira (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Costa was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Costa hit four key passes and won 10 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that match, Marítimo lost 1-3 at home to Tondela.

This is expected to be a close game, with Marítimo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Marítimo as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Marítimo has won six of these, drawn five and lost four.

Marítimo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Boavista form and stats

Boavista have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 2-6-6 (14 played).

Impressive finishing from Gorré secured the home win 1-0 against Arouca in their previous game. Midfielder Pérez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Pérez hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Boavista won their away game at Famalicao. The scoreline was 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Boavista playing away and similar expectations, we found 21 relevant matches. Results were five Boavista wins, ten draws and six defeats.

Boavista are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Boavista's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads played each other previously this season; Boavista - Marítimo 1-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Marítimo won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Boavista got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BoavistaP. Musa
P. Musa
10 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
6 goals
MarítimoD. Tagueu Tadjo
D. Tagueu Tadjo
6 goals

Marítimo missing players

Boavista missing players

Marítimo Boavista
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 14 29
8 3 2 Won W 1 2 6
9 6 1 Drew D 2 6 15
12 5 0 Lost L 1 6 8
32 15 6 Scored S 6 15 34
39 15 1 Conceded C 6 25 41
90% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
72% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 83%
41% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 41%
17% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 24%
10% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 10%
55% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 69%
28% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 21%
28% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 17%
 
4.1 4.8 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 4.2
5.1 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.2
3.3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 3.5
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
10.8 11.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 11.1 11.8
3.7 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.1 3.4
30% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 34%
 
14.9 14.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.8 11.9
4.9 4.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.6 4.3
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Boavista have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boavista have won significantly less corners away then 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 Porto 28 24 4 0 71 19 14 12 2 0 37 9 14 12 2 0 34 10 52 76
2 Sporting CP 29 23 4 2 59 18 14 12 1 1 26 5 15 11 3 1 33 13 41 73
3 Benfica 29 20 4 5 73 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 14 10 2 2 37 14 44 64
4 Sporting Braga 28 15 7 6 46 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 13 7 3 3 21 15 18 52
5 Gil Vicente 29 12 10 7 40 30 15 5 5 5 21 18 14 7 5 2 19 12 10 46
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 11 6 11 38 37 13 7 2 4 24 18 15 4 4 7 14 19 1 39
7 Pacos de Ferreira 29 9 9 11 27 34 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 4 6 9 15 -7 36
8 Estoril 28 8 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 18 19 14 5 4 5 14 15 -2 34
9 Boavista 29 6 15 8 34 41 15 4 9 2 19 16 14 2 6 6 15 25 -7 33
10 Marítimo 29 8 9 12 32 39 14 3 6 5 15 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -7 33
11 Santa Clara 28 7 10 11 30 46 14 6 5 3 18 21 14 1 5 8 12 25 -16 31
12 Portimonense 28 7 8 13 26 34 14 2 4 8 11 19 14 5 4 5 15 15 -8 29
13 Vizela 28 6 11 11 31 46 14 3 6 5 13 18 14 3 5 6 18 28 -15 29
14 Famalicao 28 6 10 12 34 43 14 3 6 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 20 27 -9 28
15 Arouca 29 6 8 15 27 50 14 4 2 8 13 28 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 26
16 Tondela 29 7 4 18 37 58 15 4 2 9 21 30 14 3 2 9 16 28 -21 25
17 Moreirense 29 5 8 16 26 46 14 3 3 8 15 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -20 23
18 Belenenses 29 4 9 16 18 49 14 4 3 7 12 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -31 21

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.