Sporting Braga pay a visit to Arouca and Estádio Municipal de Arouca brimming with hope and confidence, but the home team is not a walk in the park. More news on the game here!
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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
Arouca have played 7 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Arouca drew their last game, 1-1 away at Portimonense (placed 6th). The attacking player Bukia was announced as "man of the match" for Arouca with a rating of 7.84/10. Bukia hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Vizela with the scoreline 1-4.Arouca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arouca defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Braga form and stats
Playing away, Sporting Braga have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season. Braga has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sporting Braga as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Taça De Portugal match against Vizela (0-1).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Belenenses in the Primeira Liga.Braga have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Sporting Braga have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Arouca wins - draws - Sporting Braga wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 9 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 4 goals |   A. Oliveira Silva 3 goals |
Arouca missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| Arouca | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 87% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 60% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 27% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 12.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.6 | 13.7 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.6 |
| 25% | 27% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 3.2 |
- All of Arouca's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 30 | 41 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 41 |
| 3 | Benfica | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Estoril | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Boavista | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Marítimo | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Arouca | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Vizela | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 13 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 13 |
| 15 | Tondela | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Famalicão | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 9 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -17 | 8 |
