Bookmakers foresee straightforward victory for Benfica when Arouca stop by

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 05.August
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

It's finally time for the Primeira Liga season debut for these squads, whom look forward to playing for points again. Will Benfica or Arouca get that key first three points?

The hosts Benfica saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Arouca have had more rest.

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Benfica form and stats

The season before, Benfica's league statistics were 23 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, resulting in 3rd place in the Primeira Liga. From these 34 matches they scored 78 goals and gave away 30. Playing at home in the previous season Benfica produced 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 16 conceded.

The manager Schmidt will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Midtjylland in only four days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Benfica, who have participated in five training matches. Benfica have won 5 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Arouca form and stats

Let's have a look at how Arouca performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 15/25 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Arouca have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Benfica victories, zero draws and one Arouca win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

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Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benfica Arouca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Benfica Last season Arouca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 10   Won W   2 7
5 3   Drew D   6 10
6 4   Lost L   9 17
78 36   Scored S   15 30
30 16   Conceded C   25 54
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
59% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
38% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
59% 65%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
35% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 15%
9% 18%   Failed to Score F T   41% 41%
 
6.6 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.9
4.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.5
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
3 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
15.8 18.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 12.9
5.9 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
39% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 23%
 
10.3 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 11.1
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Casa Pia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Maritimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Rio Ave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 29 4 1 86 22 17 15 2 0 50 11 17 14 2 1 36 11 64 91
2 Sporting CP 34 27 4 3 73 23 17 14 1 2 34 8 17 13 3 1 39 15 50 85
3 Benfica 34 23 5 6 78 30 17 10 3 4 36 16 17 13 2 2 42 14 48 74
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 8 7 52 31 17 10 4 3 27 13 17 9 4 4 25 18 21 65
5 Gil Vicente 34 13 12 9 47 42 17 6 6 5 25 19 17 7 6 4 22 23 5 51
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 13 9 12 50 41 17 9 3 5 34 20 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 48
7 Santa Clara 34 9 13 12 38 54 17 8 6 3 24 23 17 1 7 9 14 31 -16 40
8 Famalicao 34 9 12 13 45 51 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 4 5 8 23 30 -6 39
9 Estoril 34 9 12 13 36 43 17 4 8 5 21 21 17 5 4 8 15 22 -7 39
10 Maritimo 34 9 11 14 39 44 17 4 6 7 19 17 17 5 5 7 20 27 -5 38
11 Pacos de Ferreira 34 9 11 14 29 44 17 5 6 6 19 22 17 4 5 8 10 22 -15 38
12 Boavista 34 7 17 10 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 3 7 7 19 32 -13 38
13 Portimonense 34 10 8 16 31 45 17 4 4 9 15 22 17 6 4 7 16 23 -14 38
14 Vizela 34 7 12 15 37 58 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 3 5 9 21 37 -21 33
15 Arouca 34 7 10 17 30 54 17 5 4 8 15 29 17 2 6 9 15 25 -24 31
16 Moreirense 34 7 8 19 33 51 17 5 3 9 22 23 17 2 5 10 11 28 -18 29
17 Tondela 34 7 7 20 41 67 17 4 4 9 24 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 -26 28
18 Belenenses 34 5 11 18 23 55 17 5 3 9 15 30 17 0 8 9 8 25 -32 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Casa Pia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Maritimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Rio Ave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.