Maritimo vs Vitoria Setubal
Portugal – Primeira Liga
Date: Thursday, 4 June 2020
Kick-Off at 18:00 UK/ 19:00 CET
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros (Funchal).
Maritimo
Maritimo lost three games in a row before the break enforced in action so while they had a comfortable gap over the teams in the relegation zone, they will be eager to stop this alarming slide down the standings Primeira.
They will be without captain Edgar Costa for this match because he remains suspended following his dismissal against Braga while Brazilian midfielder Jhon Cley out injured and will not feature here.
Croatian midfielder Josip Vukovic is expected to be available to join the squad for this match after he had tested negative several times now following a positive test earlier coronavirus.
VITORIA Setubal
Similar to Maritimo, Vitoria Setubal are in miserable shape before the action comes to a stop had gone winless in their last six matches with three defeats and three draws but a point against Benfica last time will give them confidence.
The only negative of the draw with Benfica was the booking picked up by their veteran captain Semedo so he missed here though he only absentee them because they have recovered all of their players from injury.
The club has not got a case of the coronavirus in their squad during the training they have largely not impaired so they will be confident of returning to action in a relatively good condition.
Betting Preview
Maritimo went to the break on a bad bad shape because they have been defeated in all of their last three games. Setubal is not in better shape because they are winless in their last six games. Maritimo usually can keep the lead as even if they had scored at 92% of their home matches, they have been leaking goals at 75% of those, who have had a clear impact on the position of the table.
Maritimo vs Vitoria Setubal: Head-to-head (h2h)
Setubal has 3 wins and losses in the last five meetings against this opposition.
They are now unbeaten in three clashes on the trot.
Last three games head to head with fewer than 2.5 goals in total.
The hosts had 3 wins and 5 defeats in its last meeting on this land.
Less than 2.5 goals came in three of their five matches here.
Goals Key Statistics
Scoring goals has not been too much trouble at Estádio dos Barreiros for Maritimo this season as they have netted 1.33 per game. The problem is that they have conceded 1.33 less for defense. Victoria Setubal, on the other hand, has failed to make an impact in front of goal on the road with just 0.83 goals scored per game when they had shipped 1.33. Over 2.50 goals has been the result of 58% of a home match Maritimo and 42% of this equipment goes Setubal. Both teams have scored in 75% of the home match Maritimo and only 33% of the event went this Setubal.
Maritimo vs Vitoria Setubal: Predictions
The host does not match their performance in the league. They lost games against teams in the bottom of the table waiting for degradation. Defeat for teams in mid-table including Moreirense and Belenenses tells the story of the season so far. Recent interesting to Setubal somewhat similar to this condition. After a draw against their relegation side Portimonense Benfica held 1-1 at home. But they are winless in the last three away games as well. So I think we will see a stalemate in Funchal on Thursday.
Maritimo of 22 goals scored, 16 came on this ground. They have conceded the same number of goals too in 12 home games. Similarly, the last defense Braga Setubal scored away from home which is one of the best in the league. So I think we can see both nets bulge in this one as well.
