Possible nail-biting contest in Arouca - Chaves game

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

It's advantage Arouca so far this season, with their 6th position in the Liga Portugal table and eagerly waiting for Chaves (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • Arouca have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Liga Portugal
  • Chaves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Chaves are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Arouca and Chaves should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Arouca form and stats

The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Arouca at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Arouca) is 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Arouca to get some points in this home game.

Sylla was the last player to score a league goal for Arouca and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Arouca haven't scored in 348 minutes.

Arouca are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Estoril. Midfield player Simão got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, the max score being 10. Simão hit one key pass and had 66 successful passes (of 75 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Porto that was lost 0-1.

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 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 4.

It should be added that a peek at the 13 most recent league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The Arouca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Arouca have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Chaves form and stats

6-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chaves in their Liga Portugal matches away.

The followers enjoyed Chaves's previous fixture versus Pacos de Ferreira (placed 17th), a 2-0 win played at home. Defender Langa was the best team player with a rating of 8.05. Langa hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

Prior to that result Chaves won their away game at Famalicão. The scoreline was 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chaves playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Chaves wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The attacking power of Chaves when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Chaves in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Chaves - Arouca 1-1 was the scoreline in these participants' latest H2H game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Arouca two wins, four draws and Chaves three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
8 goals
AroucaO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
7 goals
ChavesS. de Sousa Vitoria
S. de Sousa Vitoria
7 goals

Arouca missing players

Chaves missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arouca Chaves
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
13 9 3 Won W 2 6 12
9 2 0 Drew D 0 5 10
10 5 2 Lost L 3 5 10
33 21 8 Scored S 4 15 34
37 17 4 Conceded C 10 18 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
62% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 72%
28% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 34%
19% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 12%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
34% 25% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 50%
41% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 31%
31% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 28%
 
3.2 3.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.9 4.8
6.7 6.8 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 11 8.1 7.5
2.4 2.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 3.1
4 2 2 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
10.5 10.8 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 12.3 13.6
3.5 4 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 4.1 4.7
29% 33% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 23% 23%
 
13.5 11.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 21.8 16.6 16.3
4.6 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.6 5.2 5
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arouca have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Liga Portugal
  • Arouca have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Liga Portugal
  • Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Chaves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 32 27 2 3 77 18 16 14 1 1 45 12 16 13 1 2 32 6 59 83
2 Porto 32 25 4 3 66 20 16 14 0 2 41 11 16 11 4 1 25 9 46 79
3 Sporting Braga 32 24 2 6 71 29 16 12 2 2 37 11 16 12 0 4 34 18 42 74
4 Sporting CP 32 22 4 6 67 29 16 13 1 2 40 10 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 70
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 32 15 5 12 33 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -3 50
6 Arouca 32 13 9 10 33 37 16 9 2 5 21 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -4 48
7 Chaves 32 12 10 10 34 35 16 6 5 5 19 17 16 6 5 5 15 18 -1 46
8 Famalicão 32 13 4 15 35 41 16 9 1 6 19 15 16 4 3 9 16 26 -6 43
9 Vizela 32 11 7 14 33 35 16 5 4 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 40
10 Casa Pia 32 11 7 14 29 37 16 6 4 6 16 15 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 40
11 Boavista 32 11 7 14 38 52 16 8 5 3 22 20 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 40
12 Rio Ave 32 10 9 13 33 38 16 8 2 6 16 12 16 2 7 7 17 26 -5 39
13 Portimonense 32 10 4 18 25 45 16 6 3 7 14 19 16 4 1 11 11 26 -20 34
14 Gil Vicente 32 9 7 16 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 14 16 4 1 11 17 26 -9 34
15 Estoril 32 9 4 19 28 46 16 6 2 8 17 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -18 31
16 Maritimo 32 6 5 21 30 60 16 5 3 8 20 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -30 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 32 5 5 22 23 58 16 2 2 12 10 32 16 3 3 10 13 26 -35 20
18 Santa Clara 32 4 7 21 25 55 16 3 5 8 17 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -30 19

Table
  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 32 27 2 3 77 18 16 14 1 1 45 12 16 13 1 2 32 6 59 83
2 Porto 32 25 4 3 66 20 16 14 0 2 41 11 16 11 4 1 25 9 46 79
3 Sporting Braga 32 24 2 6 71 29 16 12 2 2 37 11 16 12 0 4 34 18 42 74
4 Sporting CP 32 22 4 6 67 29 16 13 1 2 40 10 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 70
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 32 15 5 12 33 36 16 9 3 4 17 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -3 50
6 Arouca 32 13 9 10 33 37 16 9 2 5 21 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -4 48
7 Chaves 32 12 10 10 34 35 16 6 5 5 19 17 16 6 5 5 15 18 -1 46
8 Famalicão 32 13 4 15 35 41 16 9 1 6 19 15 16 4 3 9 16 26 -6 43
9 Vizela 32 11 7 14 33 35 16 5 4 7 17 17 16 6 3 7 16 18 -2 40
10 Casa Pia 32 11 7 14 29 37 16 6 4 6 16 15 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 40
11 Boavista 32 11 7 14 38 52 16 8 5 3 22 20 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 40
12 Rio Ave 32 10 9 13 33 38 16 8 2 6 16 12 16 2 7 7 17 26 -5 39
13 Portimonense 32 10 4 18 25 45 16 6 3 7 14 19 16 4 1 11 11 26 -20 34
14 Gil Vicente 32 9 7 16 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 14 16 4 1 11 17 26 -9 34
15 Estoril 32 9 4 19 28 46 16 6 2 8 17 23 16 3 2 11 11 23 -18 31
16 Maritimo 32 6 5 21 30 60 16 5 3 8 20 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -30 23
17 Pacos de Ferreira 32 5 5 22 23 58 16 2 2 12 10 32 16 3 3 10 13 26 -35 20
18 Santa Clara 32 4 7 21 25 55 16 3 5 8 17 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -30 19

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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.