Liga Portugal prediction: Porto should edge out Arouca on their own turf

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50033 seats)

Porto are ready to do battle with Arouca in this Liga Portugal fixture. Everything you need to know about the fixture is right here!

Insights:
  • Porto have the most points from losing position (6) in Liga Portugal

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an energetic game!

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Porto form and stats

Porto have only played one Liga Portugal game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 17 matches.

Happy days for Porto in their previous game, a fixture away at Rio Ave (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. A late climax in the match against Rio Ave as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Marcano. Marcano, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Marcano scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Farense.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Porto at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Arouca form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga Portugal away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Arouca played 1-1 against Portimonense in their previous match. Midfield player Simão was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Simão served one assist, hit three key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 61 total).

A 2-2 draw at Vizela's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Arouca's match history for similar games we find 4 matches. The home team won 3 of these as expected, 3 of them by at least two goals. Arouca managed 1 draw and 0 surprise wins.

Arouca have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The 7 latest games featuring these teams have all ended as Porto victories. Are we destined for another one?

Top Goalscorers

PortoA. Martínez López
A. Martínez López
2 goals
PortoI. Marcano Sierra
I. Marcano Sierra
2 goals
AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
2 goals

Porto missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Porto Arouca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 2 0 Scored S 0 2 7
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
11.3 17 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 7
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.7
4 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 6 3.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
19 31 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 13.7
6.3 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
32% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 64%
 
7.7 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 10.7
1.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 5.3
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Porto have the most points from losing position (6) in Liga Portugal
Porto Last season Arouca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
27 15   Won W   5 15
4 0   Drew D   7 9
3 2   Lost L   5 10
73 44   Scored S   14 36
22 11   Conceded C   20 37
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 62%
53% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 26%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 18%
21% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   41% 32%
50% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 44%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   35% 29%
 
5.8 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.3
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6.5
2.2 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
5 4   Red cards R C   2 4
 
15.5 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 10.7
5.7 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.7
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 29%
 
8.7 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 13.4
2.3 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Porto 3 3 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 9
3 Sporting CP 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
4 Boavista 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 7
5 Benfica 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 6
6 Arouca 3 1 2 0 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
7 Casa Pia 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
8 Famalicao 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
9 Gil Vicente 3 1 0 2 8 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
10 Farense 3 1 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
12 Estoril 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 6 0 3
13 Rio Ave 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Estrela Amadora 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
15 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
16 Vizela 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 1
17 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 1
18 Chaves 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -9 0
Last season 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 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 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 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Porto 3 3 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 9
3 Sporting CP 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
4 Boavista 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 7
5 Benfica 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 6
6 Arouca 3 1 2 0 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
7 Casa Pia 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 4
8 Famalicao 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
9 Gil Vicente 3 1 0 2 8 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
10 Farense 3 1 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
11 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
12 Estoril 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 6 0 3
13 Rio Ave 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Estrela Amadora 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
15 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
16 Vizela 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 1
17 Portimonense 3 0 1 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 1
18 Chaves 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -9 0

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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.