Struggling Amarante will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Arouca in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Amarante form and stats
With {1 2. Division: Group B wins}, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Amarante are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three draws in a row here for Amarante, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
Amarante manager P. Torres Varejão Reis and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Paredes (placed 6th) in the 2. Division: Group B. Heartbreak before that as Amarante lost 1-2 at Lusitania FC Lourosa's place.
Amarante have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Amarante have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arouca form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Arouca playing as the away team in the 2. Division: Group B this season.
Arouca are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the 2. Division: Group B against Trofense (placed 16th). Before that, Arouca secured a home win against Coimbroes with the score 2-1.
Arouca have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Arouca have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arouca - Amarante 2-0. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Amarante victories, 0 draws and 2 Arouca wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Fortes Moreira 6 goals |  T. Bento Oleques 4 goals |   S. Cissé 3 goals |
Amarante missing players
Arouca missing players
| Amarante | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 19 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 67% |
| 28% | 11% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 39% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 17% |
| 4.6 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 6.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | 20 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 45 | 128 |
| 32 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 57 |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 30% |
- Amarante have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Arouca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arouca | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
| 2 | Lusitania FC Lourosa | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Leca | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Espinho | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| 5 | Sanjoanense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Paredes | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Castro Daire | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Felgueiras 1932 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 28 |
| 9 | Lusitano FCV | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Canelas 2010 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Pedras Rubras | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Coimbroes | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 13 | Gondomar | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Valadares Gaia | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Amarante | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Trofense | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 17 | Vila Real | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | -23 | 11 |
| 18 | Ginasio Figueirense | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -36 | 7 |