Marítimo vs Vizela match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio dos Barreiros

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (10932 seats)

Welcome to Primeira Liga and Marítimo - Vizela. In this preview and prediction you'll get numbers, scores, data, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Primeira Liga

Marítimo and Vizela should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Marítimo form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Marítimo have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Marítimo has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio dos Barreiros, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Marítimo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-7 away versus Benfica. 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. Midfield player Rossi got a match rating of 6.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Rossi hit two key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Santa Clara.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Marítimo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost four.

Marítimo has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Marítimo have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Vizela form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vizela so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Moreira secured the home win 1-0 against Sporting Braga in their previous game.

A 0-4 loss hosting Porto before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Vizela in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Vizela, three draws and one defeat.

Vizela find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Vizela have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
5 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
4 goals
MarítimoC. Winck Neto
C. Winck Neto
2 goals

Marítimo missing players

Vizela missing players

Marítimo Vizela
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
7 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
18 10 4 Scored S 6 8 14
26 8 1 Conceded C 7 15 25
87% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
80% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
53% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 50%
27% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 36%
20% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 14%
67% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 64%
20% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 7%
27% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 36%
 
3.5 3.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.7 5.1
4.9 4.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.9 6.1
3.9 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.4 2.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.7 10 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11 13.6
3.2 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.6 4.1
38% 48% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 25%
 
14.4 14.1 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19 17 13.9
4.9 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Primeira Liga
  • Vizela 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 Porto 15 13 2 0 38 8 7 7 0 0 19 3 8 6 2 0 19 5 30 41
2 Sporting CP 15 13 2 0 27 5 8 7 1 0 13 1 7 6 1 0 14 4 22 41
3 Benfica 15 12 1 2 46 12 7 5 0 2 21 8 8 7 1 0 25 4 34 37
4 Sporting Braga 15 8 4 3 24 16 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 3 2 2 8 10 8 28
5 Estoril 15 6 7 2 21 15 7 1 5 1 9 9 8 5 2 1 12 6 6 25
6 Portimonense 15 7 3 5 15 13 8 2 2 4 5 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 2 24
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 15 6 4 5 21 16 7 4 1 2 14 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 5 22
8 Gil Vicente 15 5 5 5 20 18 8 2 2 4 11 11 7 3 3 1 9 7 2 20
9 Boavista 15 3 6 6 17 25 8 3 4 1 11 8 7 0 2 5 6 17 -8 15
10 Marítimo 15 3 5 7 18 26 7 2 3 2 10 8 8 1 2 5 8 18 -8 14
11 Pacos de Ferreira 15 3 5 7 11 19 8 1 3 4 6 10 7 2 2 3 5 9 -8 14
12 Arouca 15 3 5 7 16 25 7 3 1 3 10 12 8 0 4 4 6 13 -9 14
13 Vizela 14 2 7 5 14 25 7 1 4 2 6 10 7 1 3 3 8 15 -11 13
14 Santa Clara 15 3 4 8 13 30 8 3 2 3 7 14 7 0 2 5 6 16 -17 13
15 Tondela 14 4 0 10 19 29 7 3 0 4 12 13 7 1 0 6 7 16 -10 12
16 Famalicao 15 2 5 8 19 30 7 0 3 4 5 13 8 2 2 4 14 17 -11 11
17 Moreirense 14 1 6 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 10 12 7 0 3 4 4 12 -10 9
18 Belenenses 14 1 5 8 7 24 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 0 3 4 2 9 -17 8

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.