Struggling Arouca cross their fingers to pull off a surprise when they greet top side Sporting CP in the next league match. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home fans will have moderate expectations.
- Arouca have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Primeira Liga
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game, against Borussia Dortmund, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sporting CP.
Arouca form and stats
Arouca have played 3 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Arouca are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Moreirense. Defender Thales got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Thales hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Vitoria Guimaraes that ended 2-2.The Arouca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arouca defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP are happy with their away performances in the Primeira Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The Sporting CP goalkeeper Antonio Adan Garrido is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 199 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sporting CP, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Borussia Dortmund. Sebastián Coates, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Coates won 5 of 6 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Maritimo.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sporting CP have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. It's not easy to score on Sporting CP as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Arouca victories, zero draws and ten Sporting CP wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 3 goals |   A. Oliveira Silva 2 goals |  P. Porro Sauceda 2 goals |
Arouca missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Arouca | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 6.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 14.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 14.3 |
| 3.6 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 40% | 32% |
- All of Arouca's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arouca have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Arouca have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primeira Liga
- Arouca have the most points from losing position (5) in Primeira Liga
- Arouca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting CP have not yet lost a game.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Porto | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Estoril | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Boavista | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Paços de Ferreira | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Vizela | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Maritimo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Tondela | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 15 | Arouca | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 3 |