In this 24th week match, on Saturday Feb 26th, Marítimo will host Sporting CP at Estádio Dos Barreiros in a Primeira Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Marítimo is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Famalicão. Simon Banza scored the first goal for Famalicão in the 11th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Marítimo couldn’t muster any offence and Famalicão ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Marítimo should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Sporting CP recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Estoril. Pote scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the 40th minute, then Matheus Reis added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Paulinho At the end of 90 a dissapointed Estoril couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting CP took the shutout win. Sporting CP looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estádio José Alvalade, Sporting CP was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 19000 jubilant fans. Pedro Porro scored the first goal for Sporting CP in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Marítimo couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting CP ran away with the shutout win.
For Sporting CP, their top scorers are Paulinho and Pablo Sarabia, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Marítimo’s most prolific scorer has been Ali Alipour. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.