Boavista will aim to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 4 points behind Arouca.
- Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Liga Portugal
Both teams have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Boavista form and stats
The complete Liga Portugal stats at home this season for Boavista are 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Boavista enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Pacos de Ferreira's place. The match ended 3-1 with Gorré, Njie and Mangas scoring. Sweet to taste a league win after four fixtures without. Onyemaechi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Onyemaechi served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Benfica.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 Boavista have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 2.
The Boavista fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Arouca form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Portugal.
Arouca go into this game after a win, the home game against Casa Pia that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper de Arruabarrena got the top player rating of the team with 8.15/10. Arruabarrena topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-2 defeat away at Sporting Braga before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arouca playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Arouca wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
Low on goals? 10 of this side's last 13 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Arouca rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have played before this season: Arouca - Boavista 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Boavista five wins, two draws and Arouca two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Njie 10 goals |   O. Dabbagh 7 goals | R. Mújica García 5 goals |
Boavista missing players
Arouca missing players
| Boavista | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 35 | 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 31 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 95% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 80% | 73% |
| 59% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 41% |
| 36% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 59% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 41% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 27% |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.5 | 12.2 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 34% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 24% | 30% |
| 11.9 | 10.5 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.7 | 12.5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
- Boavista have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Liga Portugal
- Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 43 | 59 |
| 2 | Porto | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 49 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | Arouca | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 8 | Boavista | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Vizela | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Chaves | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -23 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 15 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
