Soccer betting preview: Marítimo welcomes Estoril in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Primeira Liga: The middle-of-the-table spots shows the journey Marítimo and Estoril have undertaken uptil now. Both participants are eager to play; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Estoril have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Marítimo form and stats

The total Primeira Liga stats at home this season for Marítimo are 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Marítimo lost their last game at Porto (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Alipour, who usually features in attack, was the best player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.25 (out of 10). Alipour hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

In the match before that, Marítimo hosted Belenenses and drew the game 1-1.

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 Marítimo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost three.

Marítimo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Estoril form and stats

Playing away, Estoril have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season. Estoril seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Estoril's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Paços de Ferreira (placed 11th). Figueira (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.55. Figueira topped it up with a clean sheet.

A loss against Arouca was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Estoril in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Estoril, three draws and five defeats.

Estoril find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Estoril - Marítimo 2-1 was the product when these two contenders last played each other, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Marítimo victories, four draws and four Estoril wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
8 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
4 goals
MarítimoD. Tagueu Tadjo
D. Tagueu Tadjo
4 goals

Marítimo missing players

Estoril missing players

Marítimo Estoril
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 4 10 20
6 3 2 Won W 3 5 6
6 4 0 Drew D 1 2 8
8 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
25 13 4 Scored S 8 13 25
30 9 0 Conceded C 3 10 24
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 45%
20% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 30%
15% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
65% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 60%
25% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 25%
20% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 25%
 
3.6 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 6.2 5
4.8 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 4.8
3.5 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 3.4
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 10.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 11.8 11.1
3.4 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 3.9
37% 43% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 31% 32%
 
14.4 13.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 13.2 13.5
4.9 4.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.9
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Estoril have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Estoril 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 Porto 20 18 2 0 53 14 10 10 0 0 27 6 10 8 2 0 26 8 39 56
2 Sporting CP 19 15 2 2 35 12 10 8 1 1 17 5 9 7 1 1 18 7 23 47
3 Benfica 19 14 2 3 52 16 9 6 1 2 24 9 10 8 1 1 28 7 36 44
4 Sporting Braga 20 11 5 4 36 20 11 6 3 2 20 9 9 5 2 2 16 11 16 38
5 Gil Vicente 19 8 6 5 28 21 10 4 2 4 15 13 9 4 4 1 13 8 7 30
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 20 7 6 7 30 25 9 5 2 2 18 10 11 2 4 5 12 15 5 27
7 Estoril 20 6 8 6 25 24 10 1 6 3 12 14 10 5 2 3 13 10 1 26
8 Portimonense 20 7 4 9 20 22 11 2 3 6 8 14 9 5 1 3 12 8 -2 25
9 Marítimo 20 6 6 8 25 30 9 3 4 2 13 9 11 3 2 6 12 21 -5 24
10 Vizela 20 5 7 8 22 34 11 3 4 4 11 15 9 2 3 4 11 19 -12 22
11 Paços de Ferreira 20 4 8 8 14 23 10 2 4 4 9 12 10 2 4 4 5 11 -9 20
12 Tondela 20 6 2 12 28 40 10 4 0 6 16 20 10 2 2 6 12 20 -12 20
13 Santa Clara 19 5 5 9 21 36 10 4 3 3 12 18 9 1 2 6 9 18 -15 20
14 Boavista 19 3 10 6 21 29 10 3 6 1 13 10 9 0 4 5 8 19 -8 19
15 Arouca 20 4 6 10 19 36 9 3 1 5 10 20 11 1 5 5 9 16 -17 18
16 Famalicao 20 3 8 9 23 35 10 1 5 4 6 13 10 2 3 5 17 22 -12 17
17 Moreirense 20 3 7 10 18 31 9 2 3 4 11 14 11 1 4 6 7 17 -13 16
18 Belenenses 19 2 6 11 11 33 9 2 2 5 8 20 10 0 4 6 3 13 -22 12

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.