Vitória SC have performed good football so far this season, sitting at 5th spot in the table. Arouca can look both up and down the table from the 7th position.
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.
Vitória SC form and stats
Vitória SC are steadily winning Liga Portugal games and points here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Vitória SC, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Vitória SC enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Santa Clara's place. The match ended 3-1 with Safira (2) and Silva scoring. The attacking player Safira won the honour of being "man of the match" for Vitória with a rating of 8.25/10. Safira scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sporting Braga.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vitória SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 14 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
The Vitória SC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Vitória have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arouca form and stats
The visitors are W2-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Portugal.
The Arouca goalkeeper Ignacio De Arruabarrena Fernandez is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 189 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Arouca are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Boavista (placed 8th). Goalkeeper de Arruabarrena got the top player rating of the team with 7.65/10. Arruabarrena topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Arouca secured a home win against Casa Pia with the score 2-0.Arouca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Low on goals? 11 of this team's most recent 14 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Arouca have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Arouca have not lost in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) against Vitória.The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: Arouca - Vitória SC 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Dabbagh 7 goals |  A. Pelegrini Safira 5 goals | R. Mújica García 5 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Arouca missing players
| Vitória SC | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 22 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | 31 |
| 87% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 91% |
| 43% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 70% |
| 43% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 39% |
| 17% | 17% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 26% |
| 9% | 17% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 13% |
| 35% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 39% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 39% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 36% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.7 | 11.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 30% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 24% | 30% |
| 12.1 | 9.7 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.3 | 12.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 54 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 52 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 47 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 7 | Arouca | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Boavista | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | Vizela | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 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 | Rio Ave | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Famalicao | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Chaves | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -18 | 15 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -25 | 12 |
