ILHA DA MADEIRA. Marítimo was able to reverse the score against Santa Clara. It was Santa Clara to score first with a goal from Gabriel Silva. Nonetheless, later Marítimo found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Kennedy Boateng (61′), Cláudio Winck (72′) and Percy Liza (78′). Marítimo was definitely better in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Estádio dos Barreiros stadium in Ilha da Madeira on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias with the help of Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares and Pedro Ribeiro. The 4th official was André Silva Neto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 36.8 degrees Celsius or 98.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Marítimo had a strong ball possession 72% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Marítimo was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Marítimo won the match​.

Marítimo shot 28 times, 8 on target, 20 off target. On the other side, Santa Clara shot 11 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Marítimo received 3 yellow cards (Zainadine, Vítor Costa and Moisés Mosquera ). On the other side, Santa Clara received 6 yellow cards (Kennedy Boateng, Jorge Simao, Bruno Almeida, Gabriel Batista, Kento Misao and Xavi Quintillà).

Standings

After this match, Marítimo will have 16 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Santa Clara will stay with 15 points to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Marítimo will play away against Gil Vicente on the 5th of March with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Gil Vicente (5 draws).

Santa Clara will host Vitória SC on the 5th of March with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Vitória SC (2 draws).

Marítimo – Formation

Marítimo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes decided to play with the following team: Marcelo Carné (7.2), Cláudio Winck (7.6), Zainadine Júnior (7.4), Renê Santos (7.5), Vitor Costa (7.1), Stefano Beltrame (6.7), Val (7.4), Geny Catamo (7.1), Bruno Xadas (8.1), André Vidigal (6.4) and Pablo Moreno (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Pedro Teixeira, Moises Mosquera (6.9), Rafael Brito, João Afonso (7.2), Paulinho Mota, Léo Pereira, Jesús Ramírez, Brayan Riascos (7.1) and Percy Liza (7.2).

Substitutions

Marítimo made 4 changes: Stefano Beltrame for Brayan Riascos (40′), Renê Santos for Moises Castillo Mosquera (46′), Geny Catamo  for Carlos Liza (62′) and Pablo Moreno for João Afonso (81′).

Best player: Bruno Xadas​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Marítimo was Bruno Xadas even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 63 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

António Jorge Rocha Simão played with: Gabriel Batista (6.6), Nanú (6.1), Kennedy Boateng (6.2), Ítalo (6.2), Xavier Quintilla (6.4), Gabriel Silva (6.8), Adriano Firmino (5.8), Kento Misao (6.6), Ricardinho (6.1), Kyosuke Tagawa (6.9) and Bruno Almeida (7.2).

They had on the bench: Marcos Díaz, Diogo Calila, Paulo Henrique, Bruno Jordão, Costinha (6.9), Andrézinho, Rildo, Victor Bobsin and Walter González (6.8).

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 2 changes: Bruno Almeida for Walter González (81′) and Adriano Firmino for Costinha (81′).

Best player: Bruno Almeida​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Santa Clara was Bruno Almeida.

His rating is (7.2) with 16 passes (56% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​

• Vizela – Benfica – 0-2
• Marítimo – Santa Clara – 3-1
• Arouca – Casa Pia – 2-0