About Match
Sporting CP go into the game 3rd in the table on 14 points; Marítimo sit 10th on 7 — a 7-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting CP 2.5 scored and 1 conceded per game, Marítimo 1.17 and 1.83, with the league averaging 1.4. A win would lift Sporting CP to 17 points and up to 2nd (other results unchanged).
Sporting CP are unbeaten in 12, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Marítimo enter with three losses in a row. The last-five ledger: Sporting CP 13/15, Marítimo 4/15.
31 meetings are on record — 18 won by Sporting CP, 7 by Marítimo, 6 drawn, at 2.77 goals per meeting.
Estádio José Alvalade in Lisboa stages the fixture, a ground that holds 52,095.




