Vizela and Arouca have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. Both hold mid-table positions in the Liga Portugal.
- Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Vizela form and stats
1-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Vizela so far this season.
The Vizela manager Pacheco and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Boavista (placed 7th). Midfield player Zohi got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Zohi scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Santa Clara (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vizela handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Vizela are traveling soon after this match as the Taça De Portugal match at Vitoria Guimaraes awaits in four days.
Vizela have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot.
Arouca form and stats
1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arouca in their Liga Portugal matches away. One point away has become something of a habit for Arouca who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Arouca go into this game after a win, the home game against Sporting CP that ended 1-0. Arouca goalie de Arruabarrena was high and low in the Sporting CP game, contributing six saves towards the victory. de Arruabarrena was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.82. The agile goalkeeper Arruabarrena topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Arouca travelled to Maritimo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Arouca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Arouca manager Freitas as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Gil Vicente.
The attacking power of Arouca when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Arouca have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Vizela-Arouca H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Vizela two wins, Arouca one win, one draw. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Mújica 3 goals |   K. Zohi 2 goals |  A. de Jesus Santos 2 goals |
Vizela missing players
Arouca missing players
| Vizela | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 6.4 | 10.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.9 | 16.6 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 16% | 11% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 15.6 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.6 | 12.3 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
- Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vizela haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Porto | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sporting CP | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Boavista | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 8 | Estoril | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Arouca | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Chaves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Vizela | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 5 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 2 |
