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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Marítimo – Sporting

Marítimo 11th in Liga Portugal Home 0.86 projected goals by the model
Sporting 3rd in Liga Portugal Away 1.37 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
0.86 1.37
Marítimo Sporting
Marítimo
21%
Draw
32%
Sporting
47%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Marítimo Draw Sporting
Fair odds 4.85 3.12 2.11
Total goals
2.23
Over 2.5 goals
39%
Both teams to score
49%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Sporting

47% Sporting to win

Attack
2nd vs 9th
Sporting attack v Marítimo defence
Defence
2nd vs 15th
Sporting defence v Marítimo attack
Recent xG form
+1.16 vs -0.55
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
0.86 – 1.37
Marítimo v Sporting

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Marítimo and Sporting compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Marítimo Sporting
xG / match 0.94 · 14th (better) 2.01 · 3rd
xGA / match 1.32 · 9th (better) 0.79 · 5th
xGD / match -0.38 · 11th (better) +1.22 · 3rd
xPts / match 1.07 · 12th (better) 2.17 · 3rd
Last 6 xGD / match -0.55 (better) +1.16

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 40% of the model's distribution.

Sporting clean sheet
39%
Sporting 2+ goals
41%
Under 2.5 goals
61%
Both teams to score: no
51%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.4%
0:1
12.5%
0:0
10.8%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Marítimo sample
7 matches
Sporting sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Marítimo
3 matches
Away xG sample · Sporting
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Marítimo has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.