Arouca believe to have lots of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been rough so far with 26 points and a 15th position in the Primeira Liga table. Opponents Santa Clara have 9th place with 34 pts.
- Arouca have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Primeira Liga
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face match!
Arouca form and stats
Arouca's results here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 4 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
Arouca faced defeat in their previous match, away at Boavista (0-1). Basso was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.75 out of 10. The defender Basso won 13 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that match, Arouca won a home game hosting Gil Vicente (2-1).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 two and lost two.
Arouca have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot.
Santa Clara form and stats
There's been little loot from Santa Clara's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 14 away games in the Primeira Liga. Santa Clara only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Santa Clara go into this game after a win, the home game against Estoril that ended 2-0. Ricardinho, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.43. Ricardinho scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Porto's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Santa Clara in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Santa Clara, seven draws and six defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santa as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Santa Clara have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the result Santa Clara - Arouca 2-1 written in the official records. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Arouca won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Santa Clara got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  A. Oliveira Silva 8 goals |   R. Silva Costa 5 goals | A. Watshini Bukia 4 goals |
Arouca missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Arouca | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| 50 | 28 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 46 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 90% |
| 86% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 86% | 83% |
| 55% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 64% | 59% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 55% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | 55% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 21% | 24% |
| 41% | 43% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 31% |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 12.2 | 12.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 24% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | 31% |
| 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
- 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 the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Primeira Liga
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santa Clara 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 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 53 | 79 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 29 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 41 | 73 |
| 3 | Benfica | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 44 | 64 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 55 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Paços de Ferreira | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Estoril | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 34 |
| 10 | Boavista | 29 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 13 | Vizela | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | -16 | 29 |
| 14 | Famalicão | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 15 | Arouca | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -23 | 26 |
| 16 | Tondela | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -21 | 25 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 23 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -31 | 21 |
