A total of 17 rounds of games are finished and both Arouca and Benfica are doing great. Let's start!
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (45) in Liga Portugal
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.
Arouca form and stats
Arouca have collected 16 points from their Liga Portugal home games so far after 5-1-3. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca.
The Arouca fans got no joy from their last fixture, a League Cup duel also played here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca: A 1-2 defeat against Sporting CP.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Portimonense.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Arouca had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 4. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Arouca lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Arouca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca with 15 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Arouca have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Benfica form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Liga Portugal. Benfica love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 217 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Benfica, whose manager Schmidt could celebrate last time after the win against Paços de Ferreira. Midfield player Mário was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.14/10. Mário scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).
Prior to that result Benfica won their away game at Santa Clara. The scoreline was 3-0.A new game in only four days for Benfica, the Liga Portugal home match versus Casa Pia. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Benfica's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Benfica are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {4 goals} away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Benfica have won all of the 7 latest matches versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?These teams met each other earlier on this campaign: Benfica - Arouca 4-0. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ramos 12 goals |  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 8 goals |   O. Dabbagh 6 goals |
Arouca missing players
Benfica missing players
| Arouca | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 45 |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 72% |
| 47% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 67% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 44% |
| 18% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 33% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 78% | 61% |
| 24% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14 | 18.7 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 7.2 |
| 32% | 33% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 35% | 35% |
| 13.3 | 11.7 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 8.6 | 6.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Benfica have created more than twice as many corners as Arouca.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Arouca.
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (11) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (7) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (45) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+33) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners 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 | Benfica | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| 3 | Porto | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 39 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Arouca | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Chaves | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Vizela | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Boavista | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Estoril | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 14 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 6 |
