Football betting preview: Portimonense vs Arouca

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

A quick glance at the Liga Portugal standings indicate an advantage to Arouca when they arrive at Portimonense. Yet; let's wait before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Portimonense have the fewest scored goals (25) in Liga Portugal
  • Arouca have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Liga Portugal

Portimonense are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Arouca are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Portimonense and Arouca should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Portimonense form and stats

6-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Portimonense so far this season.

Portimonense lost their last game at Santa Clara (placed 18th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Preceding that match was the home game against Benfica that was lost 1-5.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have produced zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Portimonense here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 16 games). 19 goals have been conceded.

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Arouca form and stats

Playing away, Arouca have won 4 games, drawn 7 and suffered 5 defeats in the Liga Portugal this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Arouca have lost on their last two travels.

Sylla scored in Arouca's previous match, the home game against Chaves that ended 1-0. That victory felt nice as this side had gone three league matches without winning. de Arruabarrena (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.82. Arruabarrena topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Arouca manager Freitas faced defeat when travelling to Estoril and losing 0-2.

Highlight this: 12 of the last 14 league games featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The attacking power of Arouca when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Arouca in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged meeting featuring both these contenders is the Arouca - Portimonense 4-0 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Portimonense wins - draws - Arouca wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
8 goals
AroucaO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
7 goals
PortimonenseW. Ferreira dos Santos
W. Ferreira dos Santos
6 goals

Portimonense missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portimonense Arouca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
10 6 1 Won W 1 4 14
4 3 0 Drew D 3 7 9
19 7 4 Lost L 1 5 10
25 14 4 Scored S 5 12 34
46 19 11 Conceded C 6 20 37
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
48% 50% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 61%
36% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 19% 27%
18% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
33% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 44% 33%
24% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 42%
45% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 30%
 
5.1 5.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 2.8 3.2
6 5.8 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.6 6.6
3 3.3 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.7 12.9 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 10.3 10.6
3.3 3.7 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3 3.6
23% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 25% 29%
 
16.3 15.1 19.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 15.5 13.5
5.9 5.2 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 4.6
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Arouca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Arouca have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Liga Portugal
  • Arouca have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Liga Portugal
  • Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portimonense have the fewest scored goals (25) in Liga Portugal
  • Portimonense have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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 33 27 3 3 79 20 16 14 1 1 45 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 59 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 70 22 16 14 0 2 41 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 48 82
3 Sporting Braga 33 24 3 6 72 30 16 12 2 2 37 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 42 75
4 Sporting CP 33 22 5 6 69 31 17 13 2 2 42 12 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 71
5 Vitória SC 33 16 5 12 34 36 17 10 3 4 18 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -2 53
6 Arouca 33 14 9 10 34 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -3 51
7 Chaves 33 12 10 11 34 36 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 6 5 6 15 19 -2 46
8 Famalicão 33 13 4 16 37 45 17 9 1 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 16 26 -8 43
9 Casa Pia 33 11 8 14 31 39 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 41
10 Boavista 33 11 8 14 39 53 17 8 6 3 23 21 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 41
11 Vizela 33 11 7 15 33 36 16 5 4 7 17 17 17 6 3 8 16 19 -3 40
12 Rio Ave 33 10 9 14 34 41 16 8 2 6 16 12 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 39
13 Portimonense 33 10 4 19 25 46 16 6 3 7 14 19 17 4 1 12 11 27 -21 34
14 Gil Vicente 33 9 7 17 31 41 16 5 6 5 14 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -10 34
15 Estoril 33 9 5 19 30 48 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 3 3 11 13 25 -18 32
16 Marítimo 33 7 5 21 31 60 17 6 3 8 21 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -29 26
17 Paços de Ferreira 33 6 5 22 26 59 17 3 2 12 13 33 16 3 3 10 13 26 -33 23
18 Santa Clara 33 5 7 21 26 55 17 4 5 8 18 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -29 22

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 33 27 3 3 79 20 16 14 1 1 45 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 59 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 70 22 16 14 0 2 41 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 48 82
3 Sporting Braga 33 24 3 6 72 30 16 12 2 2 37 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 42 75
4 Sporting CP 33 22 5 6 69 31 17 13 2 2 42 12 16 9 3 4 27 19 38 71
5 Vitória SC 33 16 5 12 34 36 17 10 3 4 18 12 16 6 2 8 16 24 -2 53
6 Arouca 33 14 9 10 34 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 16 4 7 5 12 20 -3 51
7 Chaves 33 12 10 11 34 36 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 6 5 6 15 19 -2 46
8 Famalicão 33 13 4 16 37 45 17 9 1 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 16 26 -8 43
9 Casa Pia 33 11 8 14 31 39 17 6 5 6 18 17 16 5 3 8 13 22 -8 41
10 Boavista 33 11 8 14 39 53 17 8 6 3 23 21 16 3 2 11 16 32 -14 41
11 Vizela 33 11 7 15 33 36 16 5 4 7 17 17 17 6 3 8 16 19 -3 40
12 Rio Ave 33 10 9 14 34 41 16 8 2 6 16 12 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 39
13 Portimonense 33 10 4 19 25 46 16 6 3 7 14 19 17 4 1 12 11 27 -21 34
14 Gil Vicente 33 9 7 17 31 41 16 5 6 5 14 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -10 34
15 Estoril 33 9 5 19 30 48 16 6 2 8 17 23 17 3 3 11 13 25 -18 32
16 Marítimo 33 7 5 21 31 60 17 6 3 8 21 23 16 1 2 13 10 37 -29 26
17 Paços de Ferreira 33 6 5 22 26 59 17 3 2 12 13 33 16 3 3 10 13 26 -33 23
18 Santa Clara 33 5 7 21 26 55 17 4 5 8 18 29 16 1 2 13 8 26 -29 22

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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.