Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Moreirense & Arouca face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Moreirense form and stats
Moreirense participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.6-0-0 is the performance here at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas so far in the Segunda Liga, giving Moreirense a total of 18 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results!
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw versus Benfica in the League Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Preceding that match, a home victory against Estrela Amadora in the League Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Moreirense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Moreirense as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Moreirense has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Goals are plentiful at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas in the league this season as Moreirense has scored 17 goals here in 6 home games.
Arouca form and stats
Arouca's mission in League Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Portugal.
Two travels in a row for Arouca, whose manager Freitas could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Santa Clara.
Before that, the League Cup victory away at UD Oliveirense. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arouca playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Arouca wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arouca as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Arouca have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Moreirense won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Arouca got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Kodisang 6 goals |  W. Silva 4 goals |  A. Silva de Aguiar 4 goals |
Moreirense missing players
Arouca missing players
| Moreirense | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12.7 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 44% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreirense | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Farense | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Feirense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Leixoes | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Porto II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Tondela | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Mafra | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Nacional | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Torreense | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Trofense | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Arouca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
