Struggling Gondomar 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.
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.
Gondomar form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Division: Group B, Gondomar have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games. Gondomar has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Santos Ferreira Silva and the players.
The fans are hoping that Gondomar will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the 2. Division: Group B game against Lusitania FC Lourosa (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was a defeat to Felgueiras 1932 (1-2).
A decent goal production from Gondomar in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Gondomar have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Arouca form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Division: Group B travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Arouca as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
The supporters enjoyed Arouca's previous game versus Pedras Rubras (placed 14th), a 2. Division: Group B 4-2 win played at home. Prior to that result Arouca won their away game at Paredes. The scoreline was 2-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Pedras Rubras was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Arouca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by Arouca in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Arouca - Gondomar 1-0.Top Goalscorers
 Â. Moreira Oliveira 8 goals |  F. Fortes Moreira 8 goals | F. Dias Lourenço 7 goals |
Gondomar missing players
Arouca missing players
| Gondomar | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 30 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| 87% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 65% |
| 39% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 13% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 39% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 55% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 13% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 165 | 94 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 59 | 160 |
| 60 | 36 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 70 |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 39% |
- Arouca has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- Arouca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Gondomar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 55 |
| 2 | Lusitania FC Lourosa | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 47 |
| 3 | Espinho | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 44 |
| 4 | Leca | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Castro Daire | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Sanjoanense | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Felgueiras 1932 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Canelas 2010 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | Paredes | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Amarante | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Coimbroes | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 12 | Trofense | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Lusitano FCV | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 14 | Pedras Rubras | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 15 | Gondomar | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Valadares Gaia | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 21 |
| 17 | Vila Real | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 30 | -28 | 12 |
| 18 | Ginasio Figueirense | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 24 | -50 | 8 |