The team of coach Ruben Amorim had a very easy task in front of their fans in the first round of the League Cup and convincingly defeated Farense 6-0, and a week later they managed to win 2-0 away from Rio Ave. Sporting is in first place in their group with two wins and an 8-0 goal difference, ahead of Rio Ave and Farense with 3 points each, while Maritimo is stuck at the bottom with no points. Maritimo is in a very difficult situation as the team from Madeira is in, to say the least, disastrous form. The team of coach Joao Enrique managed to achieve only one victory in the last 16 games, counting all competitions, and that triumph happened a month and a half ago in the Portuguese championship against Pacos Ferreira, in a duel between the two worst teams in the table. Maritimo is equally weak in the League Cup. In the first round, he experienced a minimal defeat against Rio Ave in front of his fans, and six days later second division Farense won 2-0 against Maritimo, who is in the last position of the table without points and only a miracle can save him from failure in tonight's duel against Sporting. Ruben Amorim has a very clear staffing situation for this match as only long-term injured Chico Lamba, Neto, and Jeremiah St. Juste will be missing, while everyone else is available for tonight's game. Guest coach Joao Enriquez cannot count on the recovery of injured forwards Stefano Beltrame and Djeni Katama, but the rest of the players are healthy. Sporting should win tonight easily 2-0 or 3-0 as Maritimo is completely out of form

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在联赛杯第一轮比赛中，鲁本·阿莫里姆的球队在球迷面前完成了一项非常简单的任务，他们以6-0击败了法伦斯，一周后他们在客场以2-0击败了里约热内卢Ave。体育以两场胜利和8-0的净胜球优势排名小组第一，领先里约热内卢Ave和法伦斯，各积3分，而马里蒂莫则被困在最后一名，没有积分。马里蒂莫的处境非常艰难，因为来自马德拉的球队处于，至少可以说，灾难性的状态。在过去的16场比赛中，主教练若昂·恩里克(Joao Enrique)只取得了一场胜利，而这场胜利发生在一个半月前的葡萄牙冠军杯上，对手是帕科斯·费雷拉(Pacos Ferreira)，这是积分榜上最差的两支球队之间的对决。马里蒂莫在联赛杯中同样很弱。在第一轮，他在球迷面前经历了对里约热内卢Ave的最小失败，6天后，乙级法伦塞2-0战胜了没有积分的马里蒂莫，只有奇迹才能让他在今晚与竞技的对决中免于失败。本场比赛鲁本·阿莫里姆的人员配置非常明确，只有长期受伤的奇科·兰巴、内托和杰里迈亚·圣贾斯特将缺席，而其他人都可以参加今晚的比赛。客座教练若昂·恩里克斯不能指望受伤的前锋斯特凡诺·贝尔特拉姆和杰尼·卡塔马的康复，但其他球员都很健康。由于马里蒂莫的状态完全不佳，竞技队今晚应该会以2-0或3-0轻松取胜