Maritimo vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 08/01/2023, 00:54  by Daniel Ngulu in Liga Portugal Predictions

Maritimo gained a point in their last Primeira Liga game, but that was not enough to haul them off the relegation zone in the Portuguese top flight. They will be targeting a win when they host title contenders Sporting in their next game, a clash that finds them in 17th spot with seven points, 21 less than fourth placed Sporting’s tally. Maritimo are winless in their last six matches across all competitions, and they have one win in their 18 matches this season. In the Primeira Liga, they are only above bottom placed Pacos Ferreira, who are yet to win a game in the league this season. All of Maritimo’s seven points in the league have come in the last six matches and while that can pass as an improvement. However, they will need more to get three points from this game, and especially having managed just two clean sheets in their 14 league matches.

Sporting Lisbon will go into this game straight from a 3-0 win over struggling Pacos Ferreira and their only regret from the game will be Dario Essugo’s red card which rules him out of this game. Across all competitions, Sporting have shown great defensive abilities, keeping clean sheets in six of their last seven matches and this is an area they will want to build on coming into this game. Pedro Porro, Nuno Santos and Paulinho scored the goals in that win, making it the third time in five league matches that they scored three goals. Sporting have registered eight wins in the last 10 league matches and they come into this one with three wins in the last five away games in the league. They’ve failed to score in just one of their last five away league games. In the last five matches against Maritimo, they are unbeaten; the last time they met was in December in a League Cup game which Sporting won 5-0.