Liga Portugal match guide: Arouca vs Casa Pia

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

Estádio Municipal de Arouca: Get ready for a football festivity when Arouca engage Casa Pia. Get the latest news on the game here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Casa Pia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Arouca form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Arouca have to build on here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca in the Liga Portugal.

In their previous game, the manager Freitas led his Arouca to a defeat away at Sporting Braga. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca. Sylla (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Sylla hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Santa Clara.

This is expected to be a close game, with Arouca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arouca as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Arouca has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 12 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.

Arouca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Casa Pia form and stats

Playing away, Casa Pia have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga Portugal this season.

Casa Pia are looking to quickly end their 270 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Portugal. The Casa goalkeeper Ricardo Jorge Cecilia Batista is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 199 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

There were no winners in Casa Pia's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 5th). Baró, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Baró hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Casa travelled to Boavista and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Casa Pia playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Casa Pia wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Casa Pia have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled earlier this season: Casa Pia - Arouca 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Arouca one win, two draws and Casa Pia zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
7 goals
Casa PiaClayton
Clayton
4 goals
AroucaJ. Othavio Basso
J. Othavio Basso
3 goals

Arouca missing players

Casa Pia missing players

Arouca Casa Pia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 2 10 21
8 6 1 Won W 1 5 9
6 1 1 Drew D 1 2 5
7 4 2 Lost L 0 3 7
24 16 3 Scored S 2 10 18
31 15 11 Conceded C 1 12 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 76%
71% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 48%
43% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
29% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
14% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
43% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 33%
33% 45% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 48%
29% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 43%
 
3.8 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.8 4.6
5.8 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.3 4.9
2.7 2.8 4.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.3 3.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.9 10.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.3 10.5
4 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 3
29% 32% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 42% 29%
 
12.5 10.5 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 15.3 13.3
4.6 4.2 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 4
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Casa Pia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Casa Pia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 20 17 2 1 51 12 10 9 1 0 32 8 10 8 1 1 19 4 39 53
2 Porto 21 16 3 2 48 12 10 9 0 1 31 5 11 7 3 1 17 7 36 51
3 Sporting Braga 21 16 1 4 47 20 10 7 1 2 21 6 11 9 0 2 26 14 27 49
4 Sporting CP 20 12 2 6 40 21 10 8 0 2 27 7 10 4 2 4 13 14 19 38
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 21 10 4 7 19 20 11 7 2 2 12 7 10 3 2 5 7 13 -1 34
6 Casa Pia 21 9 5 7 18 20 11 4 3 4 8 8 10 5 2 3 10 12 -2 32
7 Arouca 21 8 6 7 24 31 11 6 1 4 16 15 10 2 5 3 8 16 -7 30
8 Vizela 21 7 5 9 23 21 10 4 2 4 12 7 11 3 3 5 11 14 2 26
9 Chaves 20 6 8 6 19 24 9 2 5 2 9 9 11 4 3 4 10 15 -5 26
10 Boavista 20 7 5 8 23 31 11 5 4 2 15 15 9 2 1 6 8 16 -8 26
11 Portimonense 21 8 2 11 18 27 11 5 2 4 10 10 10 3 0 7 8 17 -9 26
12 Rio Ave 21 6 6 9 20 25 10 5 1 4 11 8 11 1 5 5 9 17 -5 24
13 Famalicão 21 7 3 11 21 29 10 5 1 4 11 9 11 2 2 7 10 20 -8 24
14 Gil Vicente 21 6 5 10 21 28 11 3 4 4 9 11 10 3 1 6 12 17 -7 23
15 Estoril 21 6 4 11 19 29 10 3 2 5 11 17 11 3 2 6 8 12 -10 22
16 Santa Clara 21 3 6 12 15 29 11 2 4 5 12 20 10 1 2 7 3 9 -14 15
17 Marítimo 21 3 4 14 14 39 10 2 2 6 7 12 11 1 2 8 7 27 -25 13
18 Pacos de Ferreira 21 3 3 15 15 37 11 1 2 8 7 20 10 2 1 7 8 17 -22 12

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.