Another action-packed fixture in Primeira Liga as Marítimo receive Paços de Ferreira

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Marítimo hope to have lots of fans in for this match despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 7 points and a 17th position in the Primeira Liga table. Guests Paços de Ferreira are in 10th place with 11 pts.

Insights:
  • Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Marítimo form and stats

0-3-2 (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.

In their previous game, the manager J. Velázquez Santiago led his Marítimo to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Tondela. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio dos Barreiros. A goal frenzy last time out for Marítimo, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Tondela. Fun stuff to watch! Attacking player Edgar Costa bettered all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Costa served one assist and hit four key passes.

Ahead of that match, Marítimo lost 1-2 at home to Gil Vicente.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Marítimo here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Marítimo have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Paços de Ferreira form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Paços de Ferreira have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.

Paços de Ferreira play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Benfica (placed 3rd). Midfield player Rui Pires was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Pires dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Sporting CP was the result prior to that, in a Primeira Liga home game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paços de Ferreira as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Ferreira have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these squads: Marítimo won four, Paços de Ferreira triumphed in two and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
3 goals
Paços de FerreiraN. Valente Santos
N. Valente Santos
3 goals
MarítimoC. Winck Neto
C. Winck Neto
2 goals

Marítimo missing players

Paços de Ferreira missing players

Marítimo Paços de Ferreira
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
4 3 0 Drew D 2 2 5
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
10 4 1 Scored S 2 4 9
17 7 2 Conceded C 2 7 14
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
55% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 36%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 45%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 36%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 36%
 
3.4 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 5.3
5.5 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.8 5.6
4.4 3.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 3 3.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.1 10.4 20 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 11.1
3.3 2.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 2.8
28% 31% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 29%
 
15.4 14.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 15 16.2 15
5 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.8 5
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Marítimo have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Primeira Liga
  • Marítimo have yet to win a game at home.
  • Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paços de Ferreira 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 11 9 2 0 28 7 5 5 0 0 16 2 6 4 2 0 12 5 21 29
2 Sporting CP 11 9 2 0 17 4 6 5 1 0 9 1 5 4 1 0 8 3 13 29
3 Benfica 11 9 1 1 27 7 5 4 0 1 13 4 6 5 1 0 14 3 20 28
4 Estoril 11 5 5 1 16 9 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 20
5 Sporting Braga 11 5 4 2 17 14 5 2 2 1 9 5 6 3 2 1 8 9 3 19
6 Portimonense 11 5 2 4 10 9 6 2 1 3 4 5 5 3 1 1 6 4 1 17
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 11 4 4 3 13 10 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 16
8 Gil Vicente 11 3 4 4 13 13 6 1 2 3 7 8 5 2 2 1 6 5 0 13
9 Tondela 11 4 0 7 17 21 6 3 0 3 12 12 5 1 0 4 5 9 -4 12
10 Paços de Ferreira 11 2 5 4 9 14 6 1 3 2 5 7 5 1 2 2 4 7 -5 11
11 Boavista 11 2 5 4 14 20 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 5 13 -6 11
12 Famalicao 11 2 4 5 16 17 5 0 3 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 12 11 -1 10
13 Arouca 11 2 4 5 11 17 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 0 3 3 4 10 -6 10
14 Vizela 11 1 7 3 9 16 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 0 3 2 3 10 -7 10
15 Moreirense 11 1 5 5 12 20 5 1 2 2 8 9 6 0 3 3 4 11 -8 8
16 Belenenses 11 1 5 5 7 15 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 0 3 3 2 8 -8 8
17 Marítimo 11 1 4 6 10 17 5 0 3 2 4 7 6 1 1 4 6 10 -7 7
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.