Football betting preview: Marítimo favourites when Sporting Braga visits

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Struggling Marítimo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Braga in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League.

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Marítimo form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Marítimo at their home stadium (Estádio dos Barreiros) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Marítimo lost their last game at Belenenses (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Marítimo had a home game versus Paços de Ferreira which ended with a victory 3-0.

Marítimo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: Won one, drew zero and lost zero.

The Marítimo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Marítimo have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Sporting Braga form and stats

6-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Braga in their Primeira Liga matches away. A great winning streak in away games for Sporting Braga as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Desportivo Aves have they travelled home without three points.

Home advantage was not enough for Sporting Braga in their previous game, as they lost their Europa League-match, hosting Rangers, 0-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Vitória FC.

You'll want to know how Sporting Braga managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Sporting Braga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sporting Braga - Marítimo 2-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Marítimo won three, Sporting Braga won five and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting BragaJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
8 goals
Sporting BragaR. Horta
R. Horta
6 goals
Marítimo
R. Pereira de Pinho
5 goals

Marítimo missing players

Sporting Braga missing players

Marítimo Sporting Braga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 11 22
5 3 0 Won W 2 6 12
9 5 2 Drew D 0 1 4
8 3 0 Lost L 1 4 6
21 15 2 Scored S 8 17 36
28 14 2 Conceded C 2 10 24
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 73%
41% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 50%
27% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 9% 32%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 5%
50% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 50%
32% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 27%
32% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 23%
 
4.3 5.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.9 6.6
5.7 6.3 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4 4.1
3 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.6 3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
212 117 13 Total Shots T S 45 158 362
65 41 4 Shots on Target S O 21 60 133
32% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 27%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Marítimo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting Braga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Braga is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 22 19 0 3 50 12 11 9 0 2 27 6 11 10 0 1 23 6 38 57
2 Porto 22 18 2 2 47 15 11 10 0 1 25 5 11 8 2 1 22 10 32 56
3 Sporting Braga 22 12 4 6 36 24 11 6 3 2 19 14 11 6 1 4 17 10 12 40
4 Sporting CP 22 12 3 7 34 23 11 7 0 4 17 12 11 5 3 3 17 11 11 39
5 Rio Ave 22 10 6 6 31 22 11 4 4 3 16 12 11 6 2 3 15 10 9 36
6 Famalicão 22 9 6 7 35 39 11 5 3 3 20 20 11 4 3 4 15 19 -4 33
7 Vitória SC 22 8 7 7 36 24 11 5 2 4 18 10 11 3 5 3 18 14 12 31
8 Santa Clara 22 8 5 9 18 23 11 4 2 5 9 13 11 4 3 4 9 10 -5 29
9 Boavista 22 7 7 8 18 21 11 3 4 4 11 12 11 4 3 4 7 9 -3 28
10 Vitória FC 23 6 9 8 16 26 11 3 5 3 6 10 12 3 4 5 10 16 -10 27
11 Moreirense 22 6 8 8 31 31 11 5 3 3 18 15 11 1 5 5 13 16 0 26
12 Gil Vicente 22 6 8 8 23 28 11 4 5 2 14 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -5 26
13 Belenenses 22 7 3 12 19 38 11 4 1 6 9 19 11 3 2 6 10 19 -19 24
14 Tondela 22 6 6 10 19 27 11 1 4 6 6 14 11 5 2 4 13 13 -8 24
15 Marítimo 22 5 9 8 21 28 11 3 5 3 15 14 11 2 4 5 6 14 -7 24
16 Paços de Ferreira 22 5 4 13 14 31 12 4 2 6 9 12 10 1 2 7 5 19 -17 19
17 Portimonense 23 2 10 11 15 31 11 1 6 4 8 12 12 1 4 7 7 19 -16 16
18 Desportivo Aves 22 4 1 17 22 42 11 3 0 8 10 16 11 1 1 9 12 26 -20 13

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.