Santa Clara and Marítimo meet at Estádio de São Miguel, in a match for the 30th matchday of the Primeira Liga. The two teams tied (2‑2), on 07‑12‑2019, in the previous meeting for this edition of the league. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which registers 2 wins and 1 draw in the last 3 matches. The home advantage may play an important role in this match, since Marítimo presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
Santa Clara :
After 8 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, the home team is currently in 10th position, with 30 points won. In their last match, they tied with Gil Vicente away by (1‑1), after in the previous match they lost (0‑2) at home, in a match against Porto. 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 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 16 goals scored and 15 suffered; against 6 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats in his stadium, with 14 goals scored and 18 suffered. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Santa Clara won 4, tied 1 and lost 5, so they won 13 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (5 in 12 games). His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 12 games in which he suffered the first goal.
In the tenth position in the leaderboard, Santa Clara reaches the 30th round of the LIGA NOS with 38 points, the same as Moreirense and Boavista, which give him a five point advantage over Gil Vicente, who has a game less. After triumphing, by 3×4, historically, and defeating champion Benfica at the Estádio da Luz, the Azores team broke a sequence of five consecutive games without losing, when they were defeated from last Sunday’s visit to the Estadio do Bessa, Boavista’s house. The defeat by 1×0 came after a goal in the 14th minute, in a match in which João Henriques’ team failed to repeat the display of the last match. Until the end, he did not lack desire and ambition, but the lack of offensive inspiration did not allow Santa Clara to create great danger near the goal of Boavista.
Maritime :
The visiting team is currently in 15th position, with 24 points won, after 5 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Sporting Braga by (1‑2). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Moreirense, by (2‑0). 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, with 10 goals scored and 21 suffered; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in his stadium, with 17 goals scored and 18 suffered. In his last 10 away games for the championship, Marítimo registered 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats, for which he conquered 7 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches, the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (6 in 12 matches). In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 9 of the last 12 that they played there were less than 3 goals. In 24 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 1 comeback.
In the fight for maintenance, the Marítimo reaches this final part of the Portuguese championship in 12th place in the leaderboard, with the same 31 points from Paços de Ferreira, both having a four point advantage for the penultimate classified, Portimonense , one for Vitória de Setúbal and Belenenses (with one less game) and two for Tondela (with one less game). On the last day, José Gomes’ team received and beat Benfica, by 2×0, in a match in which, despite the goals scored by Correa (74 ‘) and Rodrigo Pinho (78’), the winger Nanu stood out. , who, with two brilliant plays on the right, signed two assists that have actually been worth at least half of each goal. Forgotten was the defeat of the previous day, in the visit to Portimonense (3×2).
