Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho: Sound the horn for a football party when Famalicão welcome Arouca. Read up on the fixture here!
- Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
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!
Famalicão form and stats
The Liga Portugal stats at home this season for Famalicão are 7-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho.
Happy days for Famalicão in their previous game, a fixture away at Boavista (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Ahead of that match, Famalicão won a home game hosting Casa Pia (1-0).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 Famalicão have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Famalicão has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Famalicão have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Arouca form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga Portugal matches, Arouca have produced an overall stat of 3-6-3 so far.
Arouca's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pacos de Ferreira that finished 1-1. Ruiz got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, top player of the team. Ruiz hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
Prior to that result Arouca won their away game at Vitoria Guimaraes. The scoreline was 2-0.Arouca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Lacking goals? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league matches have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Arouca have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Arouca have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Famalicão.The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the final score Arouca - Famalicão 4-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Dabbagh 7 goals | R. Mújica García 7 goals |   I. Jaime Pajuelo 6 goals |
Famalicão missing players
Arouca missing players
| Famalicão | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 32 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 32 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 56% | 42% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 75% | 72% |
| 44% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 24% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 36% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 40% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 13.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 28% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 30% |
| 14.9 | 14.5 | 19.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.2 | 13 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 8.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal
| 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 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 68 |
| 2 | Porto | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 58 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 25 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 32 | 56 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 50 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 40 |
| 6 | Arouca | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 38 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 38 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 33 |
| 9 | Famalicão | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Vizela | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Chaves | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Boavista | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 30 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -18 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | -30 | 16 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -24 | 16 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -21 | 15 |
