Betting preview: Arouca vs Vitória SC should be interesting

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

Which side will go home victorious when Vitória SC go to play Arouca? In this preview you'll get all the relevant info and stats required to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Arouca have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga Portugal
  • Vitória SC have created more than twice as many corners as Arouca.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated match!

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Arouca form and stats

Three Liga Portugal home games done for Arouca, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Arouca are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, having lost their two previous games here.

Arouca's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Boavista (placed 5th). Basso was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Basso won 8 of 8 duels.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Casa Pia the opponent.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Arouca here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Arouca having conceded 8 goals here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca so far.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Things could have gone better for Vitória SC in their Liga Portugal away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Vitória SC has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Vitória SC had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal de Arouca) last time out, beating Santa Clara 1-0. Silva scored. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. Silva got a match rating of 7.92 in that game, top player of the team. Silva served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Sporting Braga before that.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Arouca victories, four draws and four Vitória SC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaR. Mújica
R. Mújica
3 goals
Vitória SCAndré
André
2 goals
AroucaJ. Basso
J. Basso
1 goals

Arouca missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Arouca Vitória SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
4 2 1 Scored S 1 2 4
13 8 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 17%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 17%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 17%
33% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
2.7 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 6
5.3 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.3 4.3
2 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 9 6.3 4.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
7 7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.7 12
2.2 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.2
31% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 14% 16%
 
12 11.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15 11.7
4.5 5.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.8
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Arouca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Arouca have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga Portugal
  • Arouca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vitória SC have created more than twice as many corners as Arouca.
  • Vitória SC 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 6 6 0 0 14 3 3 3 0 0 9 3 3 3 0 0 5 0 11 18
2 Sporting Braga 6 5 1 0 21 5 3 2 1 0 9 3 3 3 0 0 12 2 16 16
3 Porto 6 5 0 1 15 4 3 3 0 0 11 1 3 2 0 1 4 3 11 15
4 Portimonense 6 4 0 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 12
5 Boavista 6 4 0 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 3 -1 12
6 Casa Pia 6 3 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 11
7 Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 12 8 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 5 6 4 10
8 Vitória SC 6 3 0 3 4 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 9
9 Chaves 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 -1 8
10 Gil Vicente 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 8
11 Estoril 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 7
12 Arouca 6 2 1 3 4 13 3 1 0 2 2 8 3 1 1 1 2 5 -9 7
13 Vizela 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
14 Rio Ave 6 1 2 3 8 11 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 5
15 Santa Clara 6 1 1 4 4 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 4
16 Famalicão 6 1 1 4 1 7 3 1 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 2 0 3 -6 4
17 Paços de Ferreira 6 0 0 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 2 9 3 0 0 3 2 5 -10 0
18 Maritimo 6 0 0 6 4 17 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 12 -13 0

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.