Primeira Liga match prediction and statistics for the Portimonense vs Marítimo meet

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 09.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

A peek at the Primeira Liga table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Get our Portimonense - Marítimo match preview!

Insights:
  • Portimonense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Portimonense and Marítimo 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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Portimonense form and stats

With 2 Primeira Liga wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Portimonense are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Portimonense faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting CP (2-3). Portimonense's goalkeeper Samuel was extremely busy against Sporting CP, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves. Samuel, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. Samuel stopped the opponent with nine saves.

A 1-1 draw away in the Taça De Portugal before that, with Famalicão (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) the opponent.

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 Portimonense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn six and lost three.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Portimonense as they have a new game in only four days, a Taça De Portugal match thankfully also at home. Mafra are visiting.

Portimonense aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Portimonense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Marítimo form and stats

There's been little loot from Marítimo's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Primeira Liga. Marítimo only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

Impressive finishing from Tagueu and Guitane secured the home win 2-0 against Vizela in their previous game. Victor (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.42. Victor topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Marítimo manager Freire De Seabra faced defeat when travelling to Benfica and losing 1-7.

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

Marítimo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Marítimo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Portimonense victories, two draws and four Marítimo wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
4 goals
PortimonenseA. Boa Morte
A. Boa Morte
3 goals
MarítimoD. Tagueu Tadjo
D. Tagueu Tadjo
3 goals

Portimonense missing players

Marítimo missing players

Portimonense Marítimo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 3 8 16
7 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
6 4 2 Lost L 3 5 7
17 5 0 Scored S 2 8 20
16 9 2 Conceded C 10 18 26
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
62% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 81%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 50%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 25%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 19%
25% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 62%
44% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
38% 62% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 25%
 
4.2 5.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 3.4
5.8 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5 4.9
3.5 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 4.6 3.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11 15.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.5 9.8
4.1 4.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.4 3.3
26% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 38%
 
15.4 13.4 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14.6 13.9
3.9 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portimonense have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 16 14 2 0 41 9 8 8 0 0 22 4 8 6 2 0 19 5 32 44
2 Sporting CP 16 14 2 0 30 7 9 8 1 0 16 3 7 6 1 0 14 4 23 44
3 Benfica 16 12 1 3 47 15 7 5 0 2 21 8 9 7 1 1 26 7 32 37
4 Sporting Braga 16 9 4 3 30 16 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 4 2 2 14 10 14 31
5 Estoril 16 6 7 3 21 16 7 1 5 1 9 9 9 5 2 2 12 7 5 25
6 Portimonense 16 7 3 6 17 16 8 2 2 4 5 9 8 5 1 2 12 7 1 24
7 Gil Vicente 16 6 5 5 23 18 8 2 2 4 11 11 8 4 3 1 12 7 5 23
8 Vitoria Guimaraes 16 6 5 5 22 17 8 4 2 2 15 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 5 23
9 Marítimo 16 4 5 7 20 26 8 3 3 2 12 8 8 1 2 5 8 18 -6 17
10 Paços de Ferreira 16 4 5 7 13 20 9 2 3 4 8 11 7 2 2 3 5 9 -7 17
11 Boavista 16 3 7 6 18 26 8 3 4 1 11 8 8 0 3 5 7 18 -8 16
12 Vizela 16 3 7 6 16 27 8 2 4 2 8 10 8 1 3 4 8 17 -11 16
13 Arouca 16 3 5 8 16 31 8 3 1 4 10 18 8 0 4 4 6 13 -15 14
14 Santa Clara 16 3 4 9 14 32 8 3 2 3 7 14 8 0 2 6 7 18 -18 13
15 Moreirense 15 2 6 7 15 24 8 2 3 3 11 12 7 0 3 4 4 12 -9 12
16 Tondela 15 4 0 11 19 32 8 3 0 5 12 16 7 1 0 6 7 16 -13 12
17 Famalicão 15 2 5 8 19 30 7 0 3 4 5 13 8 2 2 4 14 17 -11 11
18 Belenenses 15 1 5 9 7 26 7 1 2 4 5 15 8 0 3 5 2 11 -19 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.