15th- against 11th place might not feel all that hot. But look: Here's the details that makes Arouca - Paços de Ferreira (even) more exciting!
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Arouca form and stats
Arouca's struggle is real here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca with only 11 points collected from 12 Primeira Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-7.
Arouca are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Sporting CP. The attacking player Silva won the honour of being "man of the match" for Arouca with a rating of 7.03/10. Silva hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Moreirense.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 six games. Arouca has won one of these, drawn two and lost three.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Arouca here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Arouca with 26 goals conceded in these matches.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Paços de Ferreira in their Primeira Liga matches away.
Ferreira failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Porto (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 2-4. Antunes, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Antunes signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 7 of 14 duels.
Prior to that result Paços de Ferreira won their away game at Belenenses. The scoreline was 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paços de Ferreira playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were three Paços de Ferreira wins, six draws and five defeats.
The attacking power of Ferreira when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Paços de Ferreira have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Paços de Ferreira - Arouca 0-0 was the scoreline in these squads' last h2h game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Arouca wins - draws - Paços de Ferreira wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira Júnior 6 goals |   A. Oliveira Silva 4 goals |  A. Watshini Bukia 4 goals |
Arouca missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Arouca | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 45 | 26 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 72% |
| 56% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 25% | 36% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | 48% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 42% | 32% |
| 40% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 42% | 36% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.3 | 12.3 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 10.3 | 11 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 24% | 23% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 21% | 28% |
| 11.2 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 14.2 | 14 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 44 | 67 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 33 | 61 |
| 3 | Benfica | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 42 | 57 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Estoril | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 29 |
| 11 | Paços de Ferreira | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Boavista | 25 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Vizela | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | -16 | 24 |
| 15 | Arouca | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -22 | 22 |
| 16 | Tondela | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -31 | 16 |
