Marítimo vs Benfica Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Marítimo

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Marítimo will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-0 Primeira Liga loss in their previous game against Gil Vicente.

In that match, Marítimo managed 54% possession and 19 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For their opponents, Gil Vicente got 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. Pedro Tiba (23') and Tomás Araújo (82') scored for Gil Vicente.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Marítimo haven’t conceded. The reality is that Marítimo have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals on the way. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Heading into this fixture, Marítimo have not emerged victorious against Benfica in their last 5 league games.

Benfica

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Benfica will go into the encounter following a 5-1 Champions League win in the defeat of Club Brugge in their previous match.

In that game, Benfica managed 60% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Benfica, the goals were scored by Rafa Silva (38'), Gonçalo Ramos (45', 57'), João Mário (71') and David Neres (77'). At the other end, Club Brugge got 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Bjorn Meijer (87') scored for Club Brugge.

In their previous 6 clashes, Benfica have amassed a total of 17 goals. Benfica have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have had 2 goals go against them.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Benfica:

• have not been beaten by Marítimo in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/06/2020 tells us that Marítimo have won 1 of them and Benfica 5, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.

A sum of 20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 4 from Os Verde-Rubros and 16 coming from Benfica. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 7 on 18/09/2022 when the final score was Benfica 5-0 Marítimo.

That day, Benfica managed 75% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. The goals were scored by Rafa Silva (28'), Gonçalo Ramos (47', 64'), David Neres (82') and Julian Draxler (88').

At the other end, Marítimo had 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by António Nobre.

🗞️ Team News: Marítimo

Diogo Mendes (Unknown Injury) and Moisés Mosquera (Unknown Injury) are unavailable for Marítimo manager José Gomes.

In our view, Os Verde-Rubros may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select Marcelo Carne, Claudio Winck, Zainadine Junior, Rene Santos, Matheus Costa, João Afonso, Val Soares, Brayan Riascos, Xadas, André Vidigal and Pablo Moreno.

📰 Team News: Benfica

Benfica boss Roger Schmidt has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Rafa (Flu), Mihailo Ristić (Hamstring Injury), Gonçalo Guedes (Meniscal Injury) and Julian Draxler (Ankle Surgery) are not able to play.

We reckon that Benfica could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Odisseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, Nicolas Otamendi, António Silva, Alejandro Grimaldo, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino Luís, Joao Mario, Rafa Silva, David Neres Campos and Goncalo Ramos.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Marítimo have the ability to breach the defence of this Benfica side, although just one goal possibly won’t quite be good enough.

We can see a 1-2 win for Benfica when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 02:49 08/03/2023