Match Report
Marítimo went into the game 10th in the table on 7 points; Benfica sat 2nd on 16 — a 9-point gap. Per game in the league, Marítimo were scoring 1.17 and conceding 1.83, Benfica 3.5 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Benfica arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The sides have met 28 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Marítimo, 2 draws and 23 for Benfica, at 3.36 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 64% of meetings brought at least three goals.
Campo da Imaculada Conceição, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. The referee was S. dos Santos Guelho, with 60 matches in our database and 1.7 yellows per game on average. Benfica led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Benfica: Leandro Barreiro (7'), Leandro Barreiro (71'), Gianluca Prestianni (82')
Key stats
Possession: Marítimo 40% · Benfica 60% · Total shots: 6-11 · On target: 1-6 · Corners: 3-5