Marítimo v Porto preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Yet another interesting match in the Primeira Liga. Marítimo is in the 10th place after completing two matches. They receive Porto who are placed 4th after two games.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an active fixture!

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Marítimo form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Primeira Liga game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from Marítimo's 17 home games.

A good away victory last time out for Marítimo, who won 2-1 against Belenenses (placed 16th). Midfield player Vitor Costa got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Costa served one assist and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match, Marítimo lost 0-2 at home to Sporting Braga.

Early season league goal statistics from Marítimo's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.

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Porto form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primeira Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 11 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat from 17 matches.

Two travels in a row for Porto, whose manager S. Marceneiro Conceição could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Famalicao. The attacker Toni Martínez got a match rating of 8.8 in that game. Martínez scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Belenenses.

Porto have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

PortoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
3 goals
MarítimoA. Cunha Vidigal
A. Cunha Vidigal
1 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
1 goals

Marítimo missing players

Porto missing players

Marítimo Porto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 2 4
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 5
4.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
4 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 16.5
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 44%
Marítimo Last season Porto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 5   Won W   11 24
5 3   Drew D   5 8
19 9   Lost L   1 2
27 10   Scored S   34 74
47 21   Conceded C   14 29
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
62% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
47% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 56%
12% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 41%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 24%
44% 29%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
29% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 47%
38% 47%   Failed to Score F T   6% 6%
 
3.9 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.9
5.1 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.3
3 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.8
3 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.1 9.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14.4
3.2 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.4
25% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 40%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Boavista 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Marítimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Pacos de Ferreira 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Belenenses 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season 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 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Marítimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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.