Arouca vs Marítimo match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Municipal de Arouca

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 14.February
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5600 seats)

16th- against 9th spot might not seem all that hot. But: Tipsway has the data that makes Arouca - Marítimo (even) more engrossing!

Insights:
  • Arouca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Arouca form and stats

Arouca's struggle is real here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca with only 10 points collected from 10 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6. The home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Arouca) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Arouca it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Kouassi was the last player to score a league goal for Arouca and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Arouca haven't scored in 180 minutes.

The Arouca crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Porto here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca. Thales, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Thales hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Famalicao the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Arouca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arouca as a small favourite), we find four games. Arouca has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.

Arouca have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Marítimo form and stats

Marítimo have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

Marítimo played 0-0 against Estoril in their previous match. Winck was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.1. The defender Winck hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Porto's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Marítimo in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Marítimo, three draws and four defeats.

Marítimo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Marítimo have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived match featuring both these squads is the Marítimo - Arouca 2-2 played not long ago this season. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Arouca won four, Marítimo triumphed in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaA. Oliveira Silva
A. Oliveira Silva
4 goals
AroucaO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
4 goals
MarítimoA. Alipour
A. Alipour
4 goals

Arouca missing players

Marítimo missing players

Arouca Marítimo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 11 21
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 6
6 1 0 Drew D 2 2 7
11 6 2 Lost L 1 6 8
19 10 1 Scored S 5 12 25
38 22 6 Conceded C 6 21 30
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 86%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 76%
57% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 48%
19% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 19%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 14%
57% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 62%
14% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 29%
38% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 24%
 
4.7 4.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.5 4
4 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5 4.6
3 3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 4.2 3.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
11.9 11 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.7 11.2
3.7 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 3.6
25% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 32% 33%
 
11.4 11.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 15.2 14
4.3 5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.3 4.7
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Arouca's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Arouca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arouca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primeira Liga
  • Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Marítimo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 21 19 2 0 55 14 10 10 0 0 27 6 11 9 2 0 28 8 41 59
2 Sporting CP 21 17 2 2 41 13 11 9 1 1 19 5 10 8 1 1 22 8 28 53
3 Benfica 21 15 2 4 56 19 10 6 1 3 25 11 11 9 1 1 31 8 37 47
4 Sporting Braga 21 11 5 5 37 22 11 6 3 2 20 9 10 5 2 3 17 13 15 38
5 Gil Vicente 21 9 7 5 32 24 11 4 3 4 17 15 10 5 4 1 15 9 8 34
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 21 8 6 7 32 26 10 6 2 2 20 11 11 2 4 5 12 15 6 30
7 Estoril 21 6 9 6 25 24 10 1 6 3 12 14 11 5 3 3 13 10 1 27
8 Portimonense 21 7 5 9 21 23 11 2 3 6 8 14 10 5 2 3 13 9 -2 26
9 Marítimo 21 6 7 8 25 30 10 3 5 2 13 9 11 3 2 6 12 21 -5 25
10 Santa Clara 21 6 6 9 25 39 11 5 3 3 14 19 10 1 3 6 11 20 -14 24
11 Vizela 21 5 8 8 24 36 11 3 4 4 11 15 10 2 4 4 13 21 -12 23
12 Pacos de Ferreira 21 4 9 8 15 24 11 2 5 4 10 13 10 2 4 4 5 11 -9 21
13 Boavista 21 3 11 7 24 33 11 3 7 1 15 12 10 0 4 6 9 21 -9 20
14 Tondela 21 6 2 13 29 43 11 4 0 7 17 23 10 2 2 6 12 20 -14 20
15 Moreirense 21 4 7 10 22 32 10 3 3 4 15 15 11 1 4 6 7 17 -10 19
16 Arouca 21 4 6 11 19 38 10 3 1 6 10 22 11 1 5 5 9 16 -19 18
17 Famalicao 21 3 8 10 23 37 10 1 5 4 6 13 11 2 3 6 17 24 -14 17
18 Belenenses 21 2 6 13 13 41 10 2 2 6 9 24 11 0 4 7 4 17 -28 12

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.