Primeira Liga match prediction: Little separates Arouca and Gil Vicente in quality

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 15.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

With the tense opening game finished it’s time for the second Primeira Liga battle of the season. Arouca eagerly anticipate Gil Vicente in front of their home support.

The visiting Gil Vicente played their last game only four days ago, a Europa Conference League match.

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Arouca form and stats

The season before, Arouca's league results were 7 wins, 10 draws and 17 losses, results that produced 15th position in the Primeira Liga. From these 34 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 54. Performing as the home side in the former season Arouca generated 5-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 29 conceded.

Stress levels are on the rise for Arouca's attacking players as they have now played 310 minutes without scoring in a league game. Simao was their last goal scorer.

The club members are hoping that Arouca will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against Benfica (placed 2nd). Arouca were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Fernandes was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.95 out of 10. The defender Fernandes won 1 of 2 duels.

Before that, Arouca drew at home versus Belenenses.

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Gil Vicente form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gil Vicente performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 22/23 goals scored/conceded.

The followers enjoyed Gil Vicente's previous fixture versus Riga, a Europa Conference League win (4-0) played at home.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Pacos de Ferreira in the Primeira Liga.

Vicente have another fixture away in just two nights, a Europa Conference League fixture vs AZ. A difficult schedule for the guests!

Head 2 Head

Arouca have not lost in the last 10 fixtures (6-4-0) facing Gil Vicente.

The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 10 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Gil VicenteA. Alipour
A. Alipour
1 goals

Arouca missing players

Gil Vicente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arouca Gil Vicente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 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% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 17
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
 
20 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 13
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Arouca Last season Gil Vicente
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
7 5   Won W   7 13
10 4   Drew D   6 12
17 8   Lost L   4 9
30 15   Scored S   22 47
54 29   Conceded C   23 42
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 76%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
18% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
6% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 32%
41% 41%   Failed to Score F T   12% 18%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.2
4.5 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5
2.9 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.6
6 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
12.9 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 12.7
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.6
23% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 30%
 
11.1 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 14
4.1 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Benfica 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Boavista 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Vizela 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Sporting Braga 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sporting CP 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
10 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Rio Ave 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -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 Porto 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26

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 Porto 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Benfica 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Boavista 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Vizela 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Sporting Braga 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sporting CP 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
10 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Rio Ave 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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.