On the 3rd of October, in this week 8 match, Marítimo hosts Casa Pia in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 18th placed Marítimo is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Benfica. Rafa Silva struck first for Benfica in the 28th minute, then Ramos added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Alexander Bah In the end, Marítimo couldn’t muster any offence and Benfica ran away with the shutout win. Marítimo looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 6th placed Casa Pia, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Famalicão. Leonardo da Costa Bolgado struck first for Casa Pia in the 60th minute on a feed from Takahiro Kunimoto, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Famalicão couldn’t muster any offence and Casa Pia ran away with the shutout win. Casa Pia should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Casa Pia’s most prolific scorer has been Saviour Godwin. The Nigerian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Marítimo hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Bruno Xadas and de Andrade Silva, and they each have 1 goal.