We are looking at a pronounced gap in quality between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Arouca in front of Paços de Ferreira by 22 points.
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga Portugal
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Arouca form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Portugal, Arouca have managed 7 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca.
Arouca are confident in defense, having played 279 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Arouca in their previous game, a fixture away at Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. de Arruabarrena loved the game against Vitoria Guimaraes. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. The goalie de Arruabarrena was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.82 out of ten. Arruabarrena topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Arouca played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Boavista.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arouca handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Arouca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Arouca's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Paços de Ferreira so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
Paços de Ferreira go into this game after a win, the home game against Santa Clara that ended 1-0. Antunes, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Antunes scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Casa Pia's place.We have checked recent matches where Ferreira have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Paços de Ferreira when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Paços de Ferreira's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips. Ferreira has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Paços de Ferreira have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when playing Arouca.Paços de Ferreira - Arouca 1-1 was the score in these contenders' last head to head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Dabbagh 7 goals | R. Mújica García 6 goals |   A. Butzke Benavides 5 goals |
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| Arouca | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 28 | 18 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 31 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 42 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 71% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 21% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 8% |
| 38% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 46% |
| 42% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 46% |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10.6 | 10.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 9.2 | 12 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 21% |
| 12.9 | 10.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.7 | 15.5 | 14.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paços de Ferreira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paços de Ferreira have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga Portugal
- Paços de Ferreira have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 62 |
| 2 | Porto | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 57 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 55 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 40 |
| 6 | Arouca | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 8 | Boavista | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | Vizela | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Chaves | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -24 | 15 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -19 | 15 |
