Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sporting CP 4th with 74 points, Marítimo 16th with 26, 48 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 2.09 scored and 0.94 conceded per game, Marítimo 0.94 and 1.85, with the league averaging 1.25.
Sporting CP arrived on a run of three straight wins. Over the last five, Sporting CP had taken 11 of 15 points to Marítimo's 4.
30 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sporting CP 17, draws 6, Marítimo 7, at 2.77 goals per meeting.
T. Lopes Martins took charge of the match — our records show 90 games refereed with an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game. Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, capacity 50,095, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Marítimo led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.