A home team triumph, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Chaves and Arouca battle at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira.
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Arouca could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Taça De Portugal game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Porto, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Arouca.
Chaves form and stats
With 1 Liga Portugal win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Chaves are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Chaves shared the glory with Pacos de Ferreira in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The forward Vieira was announced as "man of the match" for Chaves with the rating of 7.44/10. Vieira scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Famalicão with the scoreline 0-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chaves have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Chaves have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot.
Arouca form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Portugal.
Two away matches in a row for Arouca, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 vs Porto in the Taça De Portugal.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Estoril in the Liga Portugal.We have checked recent matches where Arouca have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking power of Arouca when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. In the opposite end, Arouca have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former eight meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Chaves, three draws and two wins for Arouca. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Hernández Marrero 5 goals |  O. Dabbagh 4 goals | A. Alves Santos 3 goals |
Chaves missing players
Arouca missing players
| Chaves | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 67% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 33% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 7.3 | 5.4 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.9 | 16.6 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9 | 9.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 22% | 18% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| 16.5 | 14.6 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 29 | 15.1 | 13.9 |
| 5.1 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5 | 5.2 |
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Arouca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| 3 | Porto | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 28 |
| 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 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Chaves | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Boavista | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Vizela | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Famalicão | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 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 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 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 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -18 | 10 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 3 |
