Evenly matched teams: Arouca vs Famalicão match preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

Arouca are ready to contest Famalicão in this Primeira Liga game. All you must know about the fixture is found here!

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.

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Arouca form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Primeira Liga game of the season here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from Arouca's 17 home games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Arouca's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. Riccieli was their last goal scorer.

The fans are hoping that Arouca will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Primeira Liga game against Benfica (placed 3rd). Eugeni Valderrama (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.3/10. Valderrama dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Estoril with the scoreline 0-2.

Arouca has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Famalicão form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primeira Liga ended in defeat. Last season Famalicão had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 3 and lost 8.

Famalicão failed to get anything from their last game, a Primeira Liga home match vs Porto (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Riccieli, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.2. Riccieli scored one goal and won 14 of 15 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pacos de Ferreira wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Famalicão has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Arouca-Famalicão H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Arouca three wins, Famalicão two wins, one draw. one of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FamalicãoR. da Silva Junior
R. da Silva Junior
1 goals

Arouca missing players

Famalicão missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arouca Famalicão
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
2.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10.5
3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
Arouca Last season Famalicão
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
19 10   Won W   6 10
8 4   Drew D   3 10
7 3   Lost L   8 14
45 22   Scored S   21 40
25 11   Conceded C   24 48
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
59% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 71%
41% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 53%
15% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 26%
3% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
38% 35%   BTTS BTTS   41% 44%
50% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 26%
24% 29%   Failed to Score F T   41% 38%
 
5 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.5
4.1 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.5
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.9
4 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.3 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11.4
4 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.1
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Pacos de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
12 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
14 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Famalicão 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 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 Estoril 34 20 10 4 55 26 17 10 6 1 33 15 17 10 4 3 22 11 29 70
2 Vizela 34 18 12 4 59 35 17 11 5 1 29 15 17 7 7 3 30 20 24 66
3 Arouca 34 19 8 7 45 25 17 10 4 3 22 11 17 9 4 4 23 14 20 65
4 Academica 34 17 11 6 46 30 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 8 7 2 23 13 16 62
5 Feirense 34 17 7 10 48 33 17 9 3 5 23 16 17 8 4 5 25 17 15 58
6 Chaves 34 16 9 9 46 36 17 7 6 4 19 16 17 9 3 5 27 20 10 57
7 Penafiel 34 12 10 12 42 42 17 6 6 5 21 18 17 6 4 7 21 24 0 46
8 Benfica II 34 12 8 14 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 18 17 3 4 10 22 25 9 44
9 Casa Pia 34 10 13 11 41 46 17 6 5 6 21 23 17 4 8 5 20 23 -5 43
10 Leixoes 34 10 10 14 35 43 17 7 4 6 21 22 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 40
11 Sporting Covilha 34 8 13 13 36 42 17 5 7 5 21 21 17 3 6 8 15 21 -6 37
12 Cova Piedade 34 8 13 13 39 48 17 4 7 6 19 22 17 4 6 7 20 26 -9 37
13 Mafra 34 9 10 15 35 48 17 6 6 5 21 24 17 3 4 10 14 24 -13 37
14 Academico Viseu 34 9 9 16 32 45 17 5 4 8 15 23 17 4 5 8 17 22 -13 36
15 Varzim 34 9 6 19 26 44 17 4 3 10 12 23 17 5 3 9 14 21 -18 33
16 Porto II 34 7 11 16 45 52 17 5 3 9 29 29 17 2 8 7 16 23 -7 32
17 Vilafranquense 34 5 16 13 34 54 17 2 10 5 14 21 17 3 6 8 20 33 -20 31
18 UD Oliveirense 34 7 10 17 25 49 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 3 4 10 11 29 -24 31
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 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicão 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Pacos de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
8 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
11 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
12 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
14 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Famalicão 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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