Lusitania FC
- Lusitania FC have failed to win any of their last 3 home games, D1, L2.
- Pedro Miguel took over the Lusitania job in September 2024 and has fashioned a pragmatic squad that have adapted well to the second tier since promotion.
- Lusitania play a 4-3-3 but use their wide overloading and transition speed to cause problems from a base of defensive solidity.
CS Maritimo Funchal
- CS Maritimo Funchal are on a 5 game unbeaten streak (W3, D2) with 2 wins in a row.
- CS Maritimo Funchal will head to face Lusitania FC this Sunday as the clear favourites to take the win with the odds for the visitors set at 2.12 and the hosts priced at 3.4.
- Maritimo have won their last two in a row after impressing in a 4-1 away win at Leixoes and a 3-2 away win at Chaves.
- The visitors are a class above Lusitania FC, sitting atop the Liga Segunda 2025/2026 table with 36 points from 17 games, compared to the hosts’ 7th place of 24 points after the same amount of games.
- Maritimo’s new manager Vasco Matos came in to replace his predecessor in July 2025 and has overseen a change in style from a high-intensity pressing game to a flexible, organisation-first approach that has produced solid results, particularly of late, and has the side pushing for promotion.
Head-to-Head
Lusitania claimed a famous away win over Maritimo 5 months ago, but things have changed since then and the form and the league table suggest Maritimo will come through this weekend.
Key Players
- Carlos Daniel is the top goalscorer in the division this term with 7 in 17 games and will be the main threat for Maritimo this weekend, but he has company up front in the shape of Martin Tejon, who has scored 3 of Maritimo’s last 9 goals in the league.
- They don’t overcomplicate things, keeping possession where possible, but not too concerned about the ball, and they have a reliable goalscorer in Joao Vasco, who has 5 goals in 15 Liga Segunda games and has scored 3 of the team's last 8 goals.
Betting Insights
Lusitania have averaged 1.22 goals per home game and Maritimo have scored 15 in 8 away trips so far, so there is scope for both teams to get on the scoresheet here and Both Teams To Score is priced generously at 1.83 .
Prediction
However, we are going with the value play on the away side to nick this one.
