Arouca are eager to increase their points at their own ground in this game hosting Moreirense.
- Arouca have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Primeira Liga
- Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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.
Arouca form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Arouca have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca. When Arouca hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Boavista, Vizela, Belenenses, Tondela and Arouca), they have won 2 of 3 matches! 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 five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Arouca are returning here after visiting Vitoria Guimaraes and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Basso, Bukia and Alves scored the goal(s). Attacking player Bukia bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.34 out of 10. Bukia scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Marítimo (0-3).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 five games. Arouca has won one of these, drawn one and lost three.
Arouca aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Arouca with 25 goals conceded in these matches.
Moreirense form and stats
There's been little loot from Moreirense's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the Primeira Liga. Moreirense only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Moreirense has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The attacking players of Moreirense have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 182 minutes.
The manager Pinto was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas. Moreirense suffered a 0-1 loss to Porto (placed 1st). Attacker Luis got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Luis hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Famalicão wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Moreirense playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Moreirense wins, three draws and two defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Moreirense as they have only managed to score 7 times from 12 away games in the league. Moreirense's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have played previously this season: Moreirense - Arouca 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Arouca four wins, one draw and Moreirense five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Silva de Aguiar 6 goals |  C. Martins de Souza Ladislau 5 goals |   A. Oliveira Silva 4 goals |
Arouca missing players
Moreirense missing players
| Arouca | Moreirense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 42 | 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 38 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 48% |
| 22% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 9% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 57% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 52% |
| 13% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 13% |
| 39% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 39% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.3 | 11.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 11.8 | 11.2 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 25% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 19% | 35% |
| 11.2 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
- 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 most conceded goals (25) at home in Primeira Liga
- Arouca have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Primeira Liga
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 31 | 57 |
| 3 | Benfica | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 38 | 51 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 44 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 40 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Marítimo | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 25 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | Vizela | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | Boavista | 23 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Arouca | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Tondela | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 20 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -29 | 15 |
