Maritimo hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 16th position in the Primeira Liga table. Visiting Santa Clara holds 11th place with 13 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Marítimo form and stats
Marítimo's struggle is real here at Estadio do Maritimo with only 6 points collected from 6 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. Marítimo have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Marítimo lost their last game at Benfica (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Portimonense that ended 1-1.
Marítimo were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 twelve games. Marítimo has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Marítimo has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Marítimo have conceded 10 from these games.
Santa Clara form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Santa Clara in their Primeira Liga matches away.
The manager João Henriques was unhappy after their last game, a Primeira Liga match played at their home ground Estádio de São Miguel. Santa Clara suffered a 1-2 loss to Boavista (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Leixoes at their stadium, the result 4-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Santa Clara in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Santa Clara, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Santa Clara's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Santa Clara in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Marítimo won 2, Santa Clara won 0 and 0 draws. 0 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Rodrigo Pinho 4 goals |  Getterson 2 goals |  D. Maeda 2 goals |
Marítimo missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Marítimo | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 42% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | 68 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 44 | 155 |
| 31 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| 39% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 15% | 20% |
- All of Marítimo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Marítimo has the most conceded goals (10) at home
- Marítimo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Marítimo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.
- Marítimo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Marítimo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santa Clara 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 | Benfica | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 33 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Famalicão | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Boavista | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Tondela | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitoria Setubal | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Portimonense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Marítimo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 3 |