Match Report
Marítimo, 16th on 26 points, faced a 27-point deficit to Vitória SC (6th, 53). Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Marítimo ran at 0.94 scored and 1.85 conceded, Vitória SC at 1 and 1.15.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Vitória SC.
The head-to-head ledger counts 27 games: 9 Marítimo wins, 14 for Vitória SC, 4 draws, at 2.07 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.2 goals per game across the last five against 2.07 historically.
The match was played at Estádio do Centro Desportivo da Madeira in Madeira (capacity 2,500). Vitória SC led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.