Primeira Liga prediction: Home win expected when Benfica takes on Arouca

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Benfica - Arouca 3-0 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Primeira Liga fixture of the season?

Benfica have less rest than Arouca in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Spartak Moskva, was also a home game here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The away team is better rested.

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Benfica form and stats

Last season, Benfica's league statistics were 23 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 69 goals and conceded 27. Playing at home last season Benfica managed 12-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 15 conceded.

Benfica's previous game was a Champions League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Spartak Moskva. The home side are looking to build on that result. João Mário (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Mário scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 70 successful passes (of 79 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Moreirense and winning 2-1.

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Arouca form and stats

Let's have a look at how Arouca performed last season in the Segunda Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 23/14 goals scored/conceded. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Arouca's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Vizela game.

Arouca failed to get anything from their last game, a Primeira Liga home match vs Estoril (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Baptiste Aloé was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Aloé won 3 of 3 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Rio Ave before that.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Benfica victories, one draw and one Arouca win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaL. Verissimo da Silva
L. Verissimo da Silva
1 goals
BenficaG. Waldschmidt
G. Waldschmidt
1 goals

Benfica missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benfica Arouca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 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%
100% 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% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Benfica Last season Arouca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 12   Won W   9 19
7 3   Drew D   4 8
4 2   Lost L   4 7
69 31   Scored S   23 45
27 15   Conceded C   14 25
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 59%
47% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 41%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 15%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   41% 38%
44% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 50%
12% 6%   Failed to Score F T   18% 24%
 
6.1 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.7 15.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.3
5.1 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4
40% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Tondela 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Pacos de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Porto 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Portimonense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Santa Clara 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Vizela 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25
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 Estoril 34 20 10 4 55 26 17 10 6 1 33 15 17 10 4 3 22 11 29 70
2 Vizela 34 18 12 4 59 35 17 11 5 1 29 15 17 7 7 3 30 20 24 66
3 Arouca 34 19 8 7 45 25 17 10 4 3 22 11 17 9 4 4 23 14 20 65
4 Academica 34 17 11 6 46 30 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 8 7 2 23 13 16 62
5 Feirense 34 17 7 10 48 33 17 9 3 5 23 16 17 8 4 5 25 17 15 58
6 Chaves 34 16 9 9 46 36 17 7 6 4 19 16 17 9 3 5 27 20 10 57
7 Penafiel 34 12 10 12 42 42 17 6 6 5 21 18 17 6 4 7 21 24 0 46
8 Benfica II 34 12 8 14 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 18 17 3 4 10 22 25 9 44
9 Casa Pia 34 10 13 11 41 46 17 6 5 6 21 23 17 4 8 5 20 23 -5 43
10 Leixões 34 10 10 14 35 43 17 7 4 6 21 22 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 40
11 Sporting Covilha 34 8 13 13 36 42 17 5 7 5 21 21 17 3 6 8 15 21 -6 37
12 Cova Piedade 34 8 13 13 39 48 17 4 7 6 19 22 17 4 6 7 20 26 -9 37
13 Mafra 34 9 10 15 35 48 17 6 6 5 21 24 17 3 4 10 14 24 -13 37
14 Academico Viseu 34 9 9 16 32 45 17 5 4 8 15 23 17 4 5 8 17 22 -13 36
15 Varzim 34 9 6 19 26 44 17 4 3 10 12 23 17 5 3 9 14 21 -18 33
16 Porto II 34 7 11 16 45 52 17 5 3 9 29 29 17 2 8 7 16 23 -7 32
17 Vilafranquense 34 5 16 13 34 54 17 2 10 5 14 21 17 3 6 8 20 33 -20 31
18 UD Oliveirense 34 7 10 17 25 49 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 3 4 10 11 29 -24 31

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 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Sporting CP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Tondela 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Pacos de Ferreira 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Porto 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Benfica 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Portimonense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Moreirense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Boavista 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Santa Clara 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Vizela 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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.