Home advantage could prove decisive in Santa Clara - Arouca battle

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de São Miguel (13277 seats)

Santa Clara are ready to challenge Arouca in this Primeira Liga fixture. Everything you need to learn about the fixture is found here!

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Santa Clara form and stats

A Primeira Liga draw at home so far for Santa Clara. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 17 matches.

Santa Clara lost their last game at Boavista (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through four league matches. Rildo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Rildo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Casa Pia that ended 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Santa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Santa Clara has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Arouca form and stats

Arouca have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primeira Liga were 2 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 17 fixtures.

Impressive finishing from Mújica secured the home win 1-0 against Gil Vicente in their previous game. Midfield player Bukia was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Bukia dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Benfica's place.

We have checked recent matches where Arouca have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Arouca has scored 0 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Santa Clara-Arouca H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Santa Clara three wins, Arouca four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

AroucaR. Mújica García
R. Mújica García
1 goals

Santa Clara missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Santa Clara Arouca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
6.5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2.5
7 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5
4 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.5 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2 4
1.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
 
13 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 15
3 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 4.5
Santa Clara Last season Arouca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 8   Won W   2 7
13 6   Drew D   6 10
12 3   Lost L   9 17
38 24   Scored S   15 30
54 23   Conceded C   25 54
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
56% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 18%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
56% 53%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 15%
29% 24%   Failed to Score F T   41% 41%
 
4.7 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.9
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.5
3 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
9 4   Red cards R C   4 6
 
11 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 12.9
3.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 23%
 
11.6 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 11.1
4.1 4.3   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 Porto 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Boavista 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Sporting Braga 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Sporting CP 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4
7 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
8 Estoril 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
9 Chaves 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
10 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Vizela 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
12 Arouca 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Casa Pia 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Pacos de Ferreira 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
16 Rio Ave 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
17 Maritimo 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
18 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 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 Porto 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Benfica 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
3 Boavista 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Sporting Braga 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
6 Sporting CP 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 4
7 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
8 Estoril 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
9 Chaves 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
10 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Vizela 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
12 Arouca 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -3 3
13 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Casa Pia 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Pacos de Ferreira 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
16 Rio Ave 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
17 Maritimo 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 0
18 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 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.