National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gil Vicente or Arouca that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gil Vicente form and stats
Gil Vicente participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Gil Vicente have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos.
Vicente's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Portimonense. Midfielder Carvalho was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Carvalho hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 62 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Sporting Braga with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Gil Vicente perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gil Vicente as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Gil Vicente has won 2 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Vicente aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos in the league, with only {4 goals} from 7 games. Gil Vicente's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arouca form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Arouca playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Arouca goalkeeper Joao Nuno Figueiredo Valido is eager to challenge this, with his 257 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Arouca, whose manager Freitas could celebrate last time after the win against Vizela. Arouca goalie de Arruabarrena was high and low in the Vizela game, contributing six saves towards the victory. de Arruabarrena (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.51. Arruabarrena topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Sporting CP.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 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Arouca wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rio Ave in just four days.
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
Arouca have pulled off a streak of 11 consecutive games without defeat (7-4-0) when playing Gil Vicente.The games between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 10 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Navarro 7 goals |   Antony 3 goals | R. Mújica 3 goals |
Gil Vicente missing players
Arouca missing players
| Gil Vicente | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 41 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 12.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 34 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 26 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Arouca | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Boavista | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Estoril | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Chaves | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Vizela | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 6 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -17 | 2 |
