Let's get ready for Arouca - Estoril! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this fixture could be awesome!
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estoril have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!
Arouca form and stats
3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Arouca so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager Freitas led his Arouca to a defeat away at Porto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca. As you see from the result above, Arouca suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Arouca's goalkeeper de Arruabarrena was extremely busy against Porto, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Sylla got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, the max score being 10. Sylla served one assist, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
In the game before, a fine away win at Moreirense. A League Cup match. 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 7 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 3 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Arouca as they are travelling to their away game against Porto in the Taça De Portugal. That match is four days after this one.
Arouca has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arouca defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Estoril form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Portugal travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home defeat versus Famalicao with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, 2-2 at home against Torreense in the League Cup. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Estoril in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Estoril, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Estoril find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Estoril are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Arouca wins - draws - Estoril wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  Antony 3 goals | R. Mújica 3 goals |   J. Lea Siliki 3 goals |
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| Arouca | Estoril | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 77% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 46% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 31% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | 9.6 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 38% | 38% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.4 | 15.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arouca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Estoril have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Estoril haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Vizela | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 7 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 2 |
