Match Report
Before the match
Marítimo: two draws and three defeats over five games; five goals scored, 11 conceded, without a win. Gil Vicente were their latest opponents, away on 19 September: a 1-1 draw.
Marítimo visited Gil Vicente on 19 September (Primeira Liga) and drew 1-1; their goals totalled one, compared with one conceded. Moreirense hosted Marítimo (Primeira Liga) on 14 September. For Marítimo, the score was 1-3: one goal scored, three allowed. 0-3 was Marítimo's result against SL Benfica on 5 September (Primeira Liga), playing at home; Marítimo lost, with zero scored to three conceded. The 29 August fixture (Primeira Liga) paired Marítimo with Arouca. Marítimo lost 1-2 away from home, netting one goal while conceding two. Playing at home against Acad. Viseu (Primeira Liga), Marítimo finished 2-2 on 22 August. Their score comprised two goals, against two from the opposition.
eight points in seven matches put Marítimo 11th in the pre-match results-based Primeira Liga standings.
Porto's previous five results comprised four wins and one defeat. Their goal totals were 12 scored and 5 conceded. SL Benfica were their latest opponents, at home on 20 September: a 3-1 win; their biggest win in that spell was 4-1 away to Casa Pia on 12 September.
3-1 was Porto's result against SL Benfica on 20 September (Primeira Liga), playing at home; Porto won, with three scored to one conceded. The 12 September fixture (Primeira Liga) paired Porto with Casa Pia. Porto won 4-1 away from home, netting four goals while conceding one. Playing at home against Man City (Champions League), Porto finished 0-2 on 8 September. Their score comprised zero goals, against two from the opposition. 4 September: Porto won 2-1 against Moreirense at home in Primeira Liga, scoring two goals and allowing one. Against Acad. Viseu in Primeira Liga, Porto scored three and conceded zero on 29 August; the away from home result was 3-0.
Before kickoff, Primeira Liga's results-based standings placed Porto 1st after seven matches and 21 points.
Previous meetings in our records: a 2-0 away win for Porto on 1 February 2023 and a 5-1 home win for Porto on 6 August 2022.
After the match
Porto edged past Marítimo 2-1 on 10 October 2026. Gabor Szalai opened the scoring in the 16th minute for Marítimo, set up by Maxime Dominguez, to make it 1-0. Victor Froholdt levelled it in the 42nd minute for Porto to make it 1-1. Oskar Pietuszewski put Porto in front late on, in the 84th minute, set up by Jakub Kiwior, to make it 2-1. Alan Varela (36'), Pepê (57') and Igor Julião (87') were booked. The rating gap is a wide one: our current Elo ratings have Porto 257 points stronger than Marítimo. Porto's victory matches the model's current-rating preference: 64.5% for a win in this pairing. The card tally for Marítimo was one yellow card. Marítimo made five changes. Porto: two yellow cards. Porto made five changes. Oskar Pietuszewski entered for Porto at 79 minutes and later scored in minute 84. Across the goals, the lead switched one time. The winners, Porto, had been behind.