Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Following a 1-0 loss to Famalicao, Casa Pia will look to get back on course when they take on Maritimo in the Primeira Liga round 25. Casa Pia made a flying start to the season, but they have been anything but impressive in the second half of the season. Forward Leo Natel is sidelined with an ACL injury, but he should be the only absentee in the home team.
O Maior das Ilhas, on the other hand, are six points behind the safe zone, meaning that Sunday’s game is of big importance for them. Maritimo, though, failed to impress in back-to-back defeats to Gil Vicente and Benfica, and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Casa Pia’s party at Estadio Pina Manique. In the first half of the season Casa Pia defeated Maritimo 2-1, which is yet another reason why we are going to bet on the hosts. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team.
Highlighted Team (Maritimo):
Based in Funchal, Madeira, Maritimo are a Portuguese club that compete in Primeira Liga. O Maior das Ilhas (The Greatest of the Islands) play their home matches in the national championship at Estadio do Maritimo.
The stadium was officially founded on May 5, 1957 and it can hold up to 10,932 spectators. Maritimo won their first and only Campeonato de Portugal in the 1925/1926 season, with the team beating Belenenses in the title game 2-0 at Campo do Ameal. Maritimo wear green shirts with red stripes and white shorts when playing on home soil, whilst the colour of their away kit is sky blue.
The Estadio do Maritimo have yet to win the Taca de Portugal trophy, but they made it to the final of the competition on two occasions (1994/95, 2000/01), as well as the final of the Taca da Liga in 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. Nacional are considered the club’s main rivals.