Match Report
Before the match
three goals for and 14 against accompanied Marítimo's one draw and four defeats across five outings, a winless run. On 23 October, Marítimo recorded a 5-0 defeat visiting Vitória SC.
Vitória SC hosted Marítimo (Primeira Liga) on 23 October. For Marítimo, the score was 0-5: zero goals scored, five allowed. 1-2 was Marítimo's result against Porto on 10 October (Primeira Liga), playing at home; Marítimo lost, with one scored to two conceded. The 19 September fixture (Primeira Liga) paired Marítimo with Gil Vicente. Marítimo drew 1-1 away from home, netting one goal while conceding one. Playing away from home against Moreirense (Primeira Liga), Marítimo finished 1-3 on 14 September. Their score comprised one goal, against three from the opposition. 5 September: Marítimo lost 0-3 against SL Benfica at home in Primeira Liga, scoring zero goals and allowing three.
Marítimo stood 14th in the results-based Primeira Liga table before kickoff, with eight points from nine matches.
Santa Clara: three wins, one draw and one defeat over five games; eight goals scored, three conceded, keeping three clean sheets. SL Benfica were their latest opponents, at home on 26 October: a 2-1 defeat; their biggest win in that spell was 4-0 at home to Rio Ave on 6 September.
Playing at home against SL Benfica (Primeira Liga), Santa Clara finished 1-2 on 26 October. Their score comprised one goal, against two from the opposition. 10 October: Santa Clara won 1-0 against Casa Pia away from home in Primeira Liga, scoring one goal and allowing zero. Against Braga in Primeira Liga, Santa Clara scored zero and conceded zero on 20 September; the at home result was 0-0. Santa Clara's away from home game on 13 September (Primeira Liga) ended 2-1 against Arouca, with two goals for and one against. On 6 September, Rio Ave faced Santa Clara in Primeira Liga: Santa Clara won 4-0 at home, having scored four and conceded zero.
Before kickoff, Primeira Liga's results-based standings placed Santa Clara 5th after nine matches and 18 points.
The last two recorded meetings were a 3-1 home win for Marítimo on 25 February 2023 and a 2-1 home win for Santa Clara on 4 September 2022.
After the match
Santa Clara beat Marítimo 2-0 on 1 November 2026. Tiago Ribeiro opened the scoring in the 36th minute for Santa Clara, set up by Guilherme Romão, to make it 1-0. Vinícius added to the tally 60 minutes into the game for Santa Clara, set up by Emanuel Fernandes, to make it 2-0. José Tavares (44'), Fran Vieites (60') and Gabor Szalai (67') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Santa Clara 158 points stronger than Marítimo. two yellow cards went to Marítimo. Marítimo: three substitutions. Santa Clara picked up one yellow card. Santa Clara: two substitutions. Santa Clara kept their opponents scoreless.