Evenly matched teams: Arouca vs Vizela match preview

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

Arouca have played well so far this season, sitting at 5th position in the table. Vizela can look both direction in the table from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Arouca form and stats

Arouca have collected 26 points from their Liga Portugal home games so far after 8-2-4.

An away draw last time out for Arouca, facing Sporting CP in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Quaresma got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Quaresma hit one key pass and won 14 of 18 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Maritimo.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Arouca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. Arouca's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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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Vizela form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Vizela playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Vizela on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Vizela's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Boavista that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Vizela drew the match against Boavista. Manager da Silva brought on Rashid to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Prior to that result Vizela won their away game at Santa Clara. The scoreline was 1-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vizela have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other before this campaign: Vizela - Arouca 0-1. Last five meetings between these sides: Arouca won two, Vizela triumphed in two and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
8 goals
AroucaO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
7 goals
VizelaM. Osmajić
M. Osmajić
7 goals

Arouca missing players

Vizela missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arouca Vizela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
12 8 2 Won W 0 6 11
9 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
7 4 2 Lost L 4 5 11
32 20 7 Scored S 2 16 32
33 16 4 Conceded C 8 14 29
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 64%
32% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 39%
21% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 18%
11% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 36%
43% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 36%
25% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 32%
 
3.4 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.9
6.5 6.1 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7.3 6.2
2.5 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 3.2
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
10.5 11.2 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.7 12.9
3.6 4.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.8
31% 33% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 27% 24%
 
13.7 11.2 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 22.5 15.6 14.1
4.5 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vizela 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 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 28 21 2 5 61 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 37 65
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 28 12 9 7 32 33 14 8 2 4 20 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 -1 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Casa Pia 28 11 6 11 27 32 14 6 3 5 15 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -5 39
8 Vizela 28 11 6 11 32 29 14 5 3 6 16 15 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 39
9 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 28 9 8 11 28 32 14 7 2 5 15 11 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 35
12 Boavista 28 9 7 12 33 46 14 6 5 3 18 18 14 3 2 9 15 28 -13 34
13 Gil Vicente 28 8 7 13 26 33 14 4 6 4 11 11 14 4 1 9 15 22 -7 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15

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 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 28 21 2 5 61 24 14 10 2 2 28 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 37 65
4 Sporting CP 28 18 4 6 57 27 14 11 1 2 36 8 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 58
5 Arouca 28 12 9 7 32 33 14 8 2 4 20 16 14 4 7 3 12 17 -1 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Casa Pia 28 11 6 11 27 32 14 6 3 5 15 13 14 5 3 6 12 19 -5 39
8 Vizela 28 11 6 11 32 29 14 5 3 6 16 15 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 39
9 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 28 9 8 11 28 32 14 7 2 5 15 11 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 35
12 Boavista 28 9 7 12 33 46 14 6 5 3 18 18 14 3 2 9 15 28 -13 34
13 Gil Vicente 28 8 7 13 26 33 14 4 6 4 11 11 14 4 1 9 15 22 -7 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15

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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.