Porto and Marítimo meet forces at Estádio Do Dragão, in a match for the 26th matchday of the Primeira Liga. In the last head ‑ to ‑ head for this edition of the league, played on 30‑10‑2019, the two teams tied (1‑1). The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 5 matches won 4 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 16‑03‑ 2019, for the Primeira Liga, Porto won by (3‑0). Porto Telles ‘goals were scored by Alex Telles (57’), Éder Militão (72 ‘) and Y. Brahimi (88’). the Marítimo presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this match the home factor may be decisive.
Porto :
The home team is currently in 1st position, with 60 points won, after 19 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Santa Clara, by (0‑2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Rio Ave, by (1‑1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 29 goals scored and 15 suffered; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in his stadium, with 31 goals scored and 12 suffered. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Porto won 8, drew 1 and lost 1, so they conquered 25 points in 30 possible. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: they opened the scoring in 18 of their last 24 matches for the Primeira Liga, of these 18 they came to the break in advantage in 15 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 17 In 24 matches in the competition, he suffered the first goal 6 times, but managed the comeback in 2.
FC Porto arrives this day in the leadership of the classification table, but with the same 60 points as rival Benfica. In a title fight that is expected to be rampant to the end, the dragons failed to return to the competition as they intended. Last Wednesday, the Sérgio Conceição team was surprised in Vila Nova de Famalicão and was defeated by 2×1, on the visit to Famalicão. The first goal was suffered at minute 48, after a serious error by goalkeeper Marchesín. FC Porto’s reaction, after a first half with several wasted occasions, was slow to appear, but would reach the 74th minute, with Corona successfully completing an assist from Sérgio Oliveira. But four minutes later, Famalicão would go ahead again on the scoreboard, in a move that made evident the lack of aggressiveness of FC Porto. Until the end, FC Porto failed to load heavily to reach a draw and the result would not change.
Maritime :
After 5 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, the visiting team is currently in 15th position, with 24 points won. In their last match, they lost to Moreirense away by (2‑0), after in the previous match they lost at home, in a match against Sporting Braga, by (1‑2). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. In his last 10 away games for the championship, the Maritime has recorded 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats, so he won 7 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (6 in 12 games). In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 9 of the last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 1 comeback.
The Maritime team has had a campaign with oscillations in its fight for maintenance. The team from the island of Madeira reached this day 26 in the fifteenth position in the classification table, with the same 25 points from Paços de Ferreira, the first team in the relegation zone. The advantage over the relegation zone is now six points. Last Thursday, the team led by José Gomes returned to the competition at home, with a 1×1 draw at the reception for Vitória de Setúbal. At minute 11, the Argentine Jorge Correa materialized the strong entry of the Maritime in the match and, until the end, his team dominated and created several situations to decide the game, he even saw two goals annulled after the intervention of the VAR.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,55
