Maritimo vs FC Porto Prediction & Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - January 30, 2023

Maritimo vs FC Porto
Portuguese Primeira Liga
Date: 1 February 2023, Wednesday
Kick-off at 19:00 UK / 20:00 CET
Venue: Estadio dos Barreiros (Funchal).

Porto won the first trophy of the season by beating Sporting Lisbon 2-0 in Portuguese League Cup final on Saturday evening.

Stephen Eustaquio and Ivan Marcano (penalty) bagged goals in what was a modest attacking performance from Porto. The team led by Sergio Conceicao registered no more than four shots in the 90 minutes of play against Sporting four days ago.

On another note, it was the ninth win in the last ten games in all competitions for Porto. Conceicao’s troops have conceded only a single goal in the previous six matches in the process.

They will fancy their chances of maintaining such a fine defensive form on Wednesday evening in the Primeira Liga clash against Maritimo away at Estadio dos Barreiros in Funchal.

Maritimo picked up two huge 1-0 wins over Sporting Lisbon and Estoril in the previous two league outings on the home patch.

They still have a mountain to climb to rescue themselves from dropping to second tier next year as the safe zone is five points away at the moment.

Maritimo have big issues with the lack of attacking creativity as they notched only 11 goals in 17 league fixtures this term. This record does not bring optimism ahead of the clash with the stern back line of Porto’s.

Maritimo vs FC Porto Head-to-head

• Porto picked up a demolishing 5-1 victory over Maritimo in the first half of the season back in early-August last year at Estadio Do Dragao.
• They have three wins and a draw in the previous four encounters with Maritimo.
• We have seen goals at both ends in each of the previous five head to head games between these counterparts.

Maritimo vs FC Porto Prediction

We believe the time has come for the end to a “Both Teams To Score” trend in this matchup. Maritimo notched only 11 goals in 17 league matches this term, while Porto allowed just one goal in their previous six games across competitions.

Porto to win to nil is the way to go at the 1.90 odds, while we will also take the visitors to win 2-0 as the correct score prediction at the odds of 6.00.

Maritimo vs FC Porto Betting Tips

• Porto to win to nil @ 1.90 (9/10)

• Correct Score: 2-0 Porto @ 6.00 (5/1) odd.

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