Porto have delivered excellent football this season, sitting at 2nd position in the table. Arouca have a view both up and down from their 9th spot.
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Liga Portugal
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Arouca.
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.
Porto form and stats
Porto have been very solid at home in the Liga Portugal so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Porto's previous fixture was a League Cup game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 versus Gil Vicente. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. Attacking player Taremi outshone all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 8.35 out of 10. Taremi scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A home victory before that one, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Vizela and won 4-0. Everyone expects Porto to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 7 games: 7 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Porto have won with at least two goals margin 7 times in similar situations.
It's goals goals goals for Porto who have scored 19 goals from 6 league home games. From these home matches, Porto have conceded only 3 goals.
Arouca form and stats
2-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arouca in their Liga Portugal matches away.
Two travels in a row for Arouca, whose coach Freitas could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Moreirense. Midfield player Ruiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Ruiz served one assist, hit four key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 67 total).
Ahead of that, the League Cup victory away at Santa Clara.
The attacking power of Arouca when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Arouca have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Porto have won all of the 4 latest matches against this team. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  M. Taremi 6 goals |  Evanilson 6 goals |  W. Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno 5 goals |
Porto missing players
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| Porto | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 54% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 5.9 | 5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17.4 | 16.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 48% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 37% |
| 8.1 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.5 | 13.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Arouca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Porto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Porto have scored more than double the goals of Arouca.
- Porto have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Liga Portugal
- Porto 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 | 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 |
