Catching up with the top sides is the task when these mid-table sides battle it out. Both will be aiming to strenghten their league table position, Arouca in 7th and Portimonense in 11th position.
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Arouca form and stats
Overall Liga Portugal stats playing at home this season for Arouca are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Estádio Municipal de Arouca after drawing with Chaves (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Basso got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.74/10. Basso scored one goal and won 8 of 13 duels.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Porto in the Taça De Portugal. 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 1, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Arouca as they have a new game in only four days, a League Cup match thankfully also at home. Sporting CP are visiting.
The Arouca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Arouca have conceded 12 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Portimonense form and stats
3-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Portimonense in their Liga Portugal matches away.
Portimonense are looking to quickly end their 235 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Portugal.
Portimonense delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Santa Clara (placed 15th) in their previous fixture. Defender Relvas was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Relvas won 11 of 15 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Benfica's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portimonense playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Portimonense wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Portimonense have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Arouca three wins, two draws and Portimonense two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Dabbagh 4 goals |  J. Othavio Basso 3 goals | A. Alves Santos 3 goals |
Arouca missing players
Portimonense missing players
| Arouca | Portimonense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 44% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.2 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11 | 12.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 22% |
| 13.9 | 12.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 18.1 | 16.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Portimonense haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Benfica | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 3 | Porto | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 36 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 29 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Arouca | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Vizela | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Chaves | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Boavista | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Estoril | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | -21 | 10 |
| 18 | Paços de Ferreira | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 6 |
