Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Marítimo & Sporting CP face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Marítimo have less rest than Sporting CP in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Primeira Liga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Sporting Braga, so at least Marítimo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Marítimo form and stats
Marítimo was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Taça De Portugal.Marítimo have collected 8 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 2-2-2.
Before that, Marítimo drew at home versus Boavista.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Marítimo here at Estádio dos Barreiros in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Marítimo have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting CP form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The away performances of Sporting CP have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Primeira Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Sporting CP who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Benfica.
Pedro Gonçalves and Matheus Nunes scored in Sporting CP's previous match, the home game against Sporting Braga that ended 2-0. Preceding that game was the away Primeira Liga victory against Belenenses with the score of 2-1.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sporting CP are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sporting CP are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Marítimo victory, four draws and five Sporting CP wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 11 goals |   R. Pereira de Pinho 7 goals |  D. Tagueu Tadjo 4 goals |
Marítimo missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Marítimo | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | Benfica | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Marítimo | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Nacional | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Tondela | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Boavista | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Farense | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 9 |