Football preview: Arouca vs Casa Pia - predictions and stats

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

Another interesting game in the Liga Portugal. Arouca is in the 8th spot from featuring in four matches. They receive Casa Pia who are placed 9th from four games.

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.

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Arouca form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Arouca's two home games in the Liga Portugal so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca.

Arouca shared the glory with Porto in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Fernandes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Fernandes hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Portimonense.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arouca have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Arouca has scored {5 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Casa Pia form and stats

Four points from two away games for Casa Pia, meaning one draw and one victory in the Liga Portugal so far.

Casa Pia's last game was the home draw against Rio Ave (1-1). Pablo got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Pablo scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Boavista that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Casa Pia in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Casa, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

{4 goals} so far away for Casa Pia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Arouca have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Casa Pia.

The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaC. González Pérez
C. González Pérez
3 goals
Casa PiaClayton
Clayton
3 goals
AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
2 goals

Arouca missing players

Casa Pia missing players

Arouca Casa Pia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
8 5 0 Scored S 0 4 6
7 4 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.5
4.8 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.2
3.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 15.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 12.5
3.2 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 5.5
62% 56% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
 
11.2 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 13.8
4.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.8
Arouca Last season Casa Pia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
15 10   Won W   5 11
9 2   Drew D   3 8
10 5   Lost L   9 15
36 22   Scored S   13 31
37 17   Conceded C   23 40
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 85%
62% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 56%
26% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 38%
18% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
32% 24%   BTTS BTTS   41% 41%
44% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 32%
29% 24%   Failed to Score F T   47% 41%
 
3.3 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
6.5 6.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.6
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.9
4 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
10.7 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.3
3.7 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.4
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 26%
 
13.4 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.8
4.5 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 5 10
2 Sporting CP 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 10
3 Porto 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
4 Benfica 4 3 0 1 11 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 6 9
5 Vitória SC 4 3 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 9
6 Sporting Braga 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 7
7 Famalicao 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
8 Arouca 4 1 3 0 8 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 6
9 Casa Pia 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 5
10 Moreirense 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 4
11 Rio Ave 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
12 Vizela 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 4
13 Estrela Amadora 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Gil Vicente 4 1 0 3 8 6 2 1 0 1 7 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3
15 Farense 4 1 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
16 Estoril 4 1 0 3 7 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 4 6 -1 3
17 Portimonense 4 0 2 2 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 2
18 Chaves 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 7 -10 0
Last season 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 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitória SC 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.