Guimaraes vs Maritimo Prediction & Betting Tips

Two different-shaped seasons so far

Guimaraes' Primeira Liga campaign has been tough going. Just one win in seven league games has left them 14th with five points, and they've already lost four times, including to Arouca, Sporting CP and Braga.

Guimaraes: 20 completed matches; Maritimo: 20 completed matches.

Guimaraes

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

20

Difference

+11

Maritimo

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

27

Difference

-6

Maritimo, back in the top flight after last season in the Segunda Liga, have actually picked up more points than their hosts. Two wins, two draws and three defeats puts them 11th on eight points, though they've shipped twelve goals in those seven matches, including a 3-0 loss to Benfica.

Maritimo's return to the top flight has been bumpy defensively but not disastrous on points.

Comparative Team Statistics: Guimaraes vs Maritimo

A long rivalry, but this meeting is fresh territory

These two have met regularly stretching back over a decade, and a good number of those games have been tight, low-scoring affairs. The most recent meeting, back in April 2023, saw Vitória SC win 2-1 away at Maritimo.

That result is now well over three years old, and Maritimo have since dropped to the Segunda Liga and come back up, so it says little about the current squads. This is effectively a first look at how these sides match up again in the top flight.

Where they sit right now

Guimaraes are 14th with five points from seven games, having scored five and conceded eight. Maritimo sit above them in 11th with eight points from the same number of matches, scoring eight and conceding twelve.

Both clubs are clearly some way off the pace early in the season, though this only tells us about these two teams' recent output, not the wider league picture.

Could be tight and light on goals

Guimaraes' home league games this season have been notably low-scoring: two goals for and two against across their four matches at home, with a couple of goalless or 1-1 draws mixed in.

Maritimo's away trips haven't been much more open either, though they have shown they can nick a win on the road. Put together, this doesn't look like a fixture built for goals.

Goals could be hard to come by for either side.

Key player statistics: Guimaraes vs Maritimo

Guimaraes:

Best assist providers:

Miguel Nogueira - 3

Penalty cards:

A. Ndoye x 1

Gustavo x 3

Maritimo:

Penalty cards:

Raphael Guzzo x 3

Igor Julião x 3