The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Tondela are in the 10th position while the guesting Marítimo worry at 14th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Tondela form and stats
With 1 Primeira Liga win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Tondela are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Tondela are returning here after visiting Portimonense in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Philipe Sampaio scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Tondela lost 0-3 at home to Vitória FC.
Tondela aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio João Cardoso in the league, with only 5 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded.
Marítimo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Marítimo so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Marítimo failed to get anything from their last game, a Primeira Liga home match vs Desportivo Aves (placed 18th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-1 defeat away at Sporting CP before that.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Marítimo in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Marítimo - Tondela 2-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - one - six (Tondela wins - draws - Marítimo wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Pereira de Pinho 5 goals |   D. Pereira Júnior 3 goals |  G. Alves dos Santos 3 goals |
Tondela missing players
Marítimo missing players
| Tondela | Marítimo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 68% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 26% |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 177 | 101 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 68 | 176 |
| 59 | 31 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 17 | 53 |
| 31% | 16% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 34% |
- Marítimo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Marítimo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tondela has the fewest points (6) at home
- Tondela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Tondela 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 | Benfica | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Famalicão | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Boavista | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Vitória FC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Tondela | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 | Santa Clara | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 23 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Marítimo | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 12 |