Primeira Liga preview with statistics: Marítimo welcomes Sporting CP to Estádio dos Barreiros

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Marítimo will aim to utilise their home advantage to get one over today’s adversaries. The hosting team are currently 29 points behind Sporting CP.

Insights:
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Primeira Liga

Both squads have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated match!

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Marítimo form and stats

Marítimo have collected 14 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 3-5-3.

Marítimo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Famalicão (placed 12th).

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Arouca.

Marítimo has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Marítimo have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Sporting CP have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 8-2-1 from 11 games.

Sporting CP won their last game, 3-0 versus Estoril played at home. Sarabia, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Sarabia scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).

After this away game Sporting CP return home for a Taça De Portugal game against Porto. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The Sporting CP manager Amorim has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 league matches. It's not easy to score on Sporting CP as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Sporting CP - Marítimo 1-0 was the score in these squads' latest h2h match, earlier this season. Marítimo-Sporting CP H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Marítimo two wins, Sporting CP six wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
9 goals
Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
7 goals
Sporting CPP. Sarabia García
P. Sarabia García
7 goals

Marítimo missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Marítimo Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
7 3 0 Won W 2 8 18
7 5 1 Drew D 1 2 3
9 3 2 Lost L 1 1 2
28 13 2 Scored S 6 24 46
31 10 5 Conceded C 4 10 15
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 91% 83%
48% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 64% 48%
17% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 22%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 13%
57% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 43%
30% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 57%
26% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 5.2 5.6
4.9 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3
3.5 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.7 3.2
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 6 6
 
10.8 12.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.3 15.3
3.6 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.6 6.2
34% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 32%
 
14.4 13.1 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.6 8.3
4.8 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 2.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting CP have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 20 3 0 58 16 11 10 1 0 29 8 12 10 2 0 29 8 42 63
2 Sporting CP 23 18 3 2 46 15 12 10 1 1 22 5 11 8 2 1 24 10 31 57
3 Benfica 23 16 3 4 60 22 11 7 1 3 27 12 12 9 2 1 33 10 38 51
4 Sporting Braga 23 13 5 5 40 23 12 7 3 2 22 10 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 44
5 Gil Vicente 23 11 7 5 35 24 12 5 3 4 19 15 11 6 4 1 16 9 11 40
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 23 8 6 9 33 30 11 6 2 3 21 14 12 2 4 6 12 16 3 30
7 Estoril 23 7 9 7 26 27 11 2 6 3 13 14 12 5 3 4 13 13 -1 30
8 Portimonense 23 7 7 9 23 25 12 2 4 6 9 15 11 5 3 3 14 10 -2 28
9 Marítimo 23 7 7 9 28 31 11 3 5 3 13 10 12 4 2 6 15 21 -3 28
10 Santa Clara 23 6 7 10 27 42 12 5 4 3 15 20 11 1 3 7 12 22 -15 25
11 Pacos de Ferreira 23 5 9 9 18 27 12 3 5 4 12 14 11 2 4 5 6 13 -9 24
12 Famalicão 23 5 8 10 29 37 11 2 5 4 11 13 12 3 3 6 18 24 -8 23
13 Vizela 23 5 8 10 25 39 12 3 4 5 11 16 11 2 4 5 14 23 -14 23
14 Boavista 23 3 13 7 27 36 12 3 8 1 17 14 11 0 5 6 10 22 -9 22
15 Arouca 23 5 6 12 22 42 11 3 1 7 10 25 12 2 5 5 12 17 -20 21
16 Tondela 23 6 2 15 29 45 12 4 0 8 17 24 11 2 2 7 12 21 -16 20
17 Moreirense 23 4 7 12 22 38 11 3 3 5 15 16 12 1 4 7 7 22 -16 19
18 Belenenses 23 3 6 14 14 43 11 3 2 6 10 24 12 0 4 8 4 19 -29 15

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.