Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Santa Clara
Match Time & Date:
20/09/2020
11:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Maritimo
Estadio de Sao Miguel will host Sunday’s football match between Santa Clara and Maritimo, who face each other at the start of the new Primeira Liga season. Os Acoreanos did well to secure a top-ten finish last season, and, no doubt, they will try to book their place in European competitions in the 2020/21 campaign. The club chiefs did well to sign several talented footballers in the summer transfer window, but it has to be noted that pacey left-back Zaidu Sanusi is no longer part of the team as he joined Porto for a fee of €4.00m.
Maritimo, on the other hand, produced a couple of brilliant displays in the last season finale, with the team beating title-chasing Benfica 2-0. The club owners did well to keep hold of pacey full-back Nanu, who will be the man to watch in the away team. Santa Clara and Maritimo seem to be evenly matched ahead of the season opener; therefore, share of spoils is on the cards.
Santa Clara vs Maritimo H2H
Santa Clara
33%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
67%
Curent Form
Maritimo
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Santa Clara vs Maritimo H2H Last Matches
03/07/20
Santa Clara
Maritimo
07/12/19
Maritimo
Santa Clara
19/01/19
Santa Clara
Maritimo
12/08/18
Maritimo
Santa Clara
Total Score
Santa Clara
Maritimo
Santa Clara vs Maritimo H2H
SAN
33%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
67%
Curent Form
MAR
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Santa Clara vs Maritimo H2H Last Matches
03/07/20
SAN
MAR
07/12/19
MAR
SAN
19/01/19
SAN
MAR
12/08/18
MAR
SAN
Total Score
SAN
MAR
Highlighted Player (Fabio Cardoso):
Fabio Cardoso is a Portuguese defender who was born in Agueda (Portugal) on April 19, 1994. Cardoso started his youth career at his hometown club Agueda, but in 2008 he continued his development at Benfica. After scoring three goals in 55 appearances for Benfica B, he spent the 2015/2016 season on loan at Pacos Ferreira.
In the summer of 2017, he signed a four-year deal with Vitoria Setubal, but he spent only one season at Estadio do Bonfim. Cardoso joined Scottish club Glasgow Rangers in June 2017, signing a three-year contract with the club for a fee of around £1.3 million.
The Portuguese defender, though, made no more than 12 appearances for the Gers, joining Santa Clara in the summer of 2018. Fabio Cardoso has four caps with the Portugal U20 team, but he has yet to earn a call-up for the senior team. His primary position is a centre-back, but he is often used as a left-back. His preferred foot is right.
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.
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