Football guide: Tondela vs Arouca - predictions and stats

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio João Cardoso (5000 seats)

Tondela - Arouca: Primeira Liga basement teams hungry for points and triumph. Read all the interesting stats and information before the match!

Insights:
  • Tondela have the most conceded goals (52) in Primeira Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Tondela form and stats

Tondela's results here at Estádio João Cardoso in the Primeira Liga have been very modest with 4 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

No payout for Tondela in their previous match, an away game at Porto that ended in defeat 0-4. The striker dos Anjos outperformed all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 6.84 out of 10. Anjos hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Belenenses.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tondela handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.

The Tondela fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tondela have conceded 25 from these games.

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Arouca form and stats

Arouca have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 2-5-6 (13 played).

Arouca have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 191 minutes ago. Marques was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Arouca in their previous game as they lost hosting Pacos de Ferreira, 0-1. Silva got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Silva hit four key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 73 total).

Prior to that match, the Arouca manager Freitas faced defeat when travelling to Sporting CP and losing 0-2.

We have checked recent matches where Arouca have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, five draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Arouca when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Arouca in these games. When Arouca is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Boavista, Vizela, Belenenses, Arouca and Moreirense.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled previously this season: Arouca - Tondela 2-0. Last ten meetings between these teams: Tondela won two, Arouca were winners in five and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

TondelaJ. Almeida Machado
J. Almeida Machado
7 goals
TondelaJ. Boselli Graf
J. Boselli Graf
5 goals
TondelaD. da Silva dos Anjos
D. da Silva dos Anjos
4 goals

Tondela missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tondela Arouca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 2 13 26
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 5 7
17 8 1 Lost L 2 6 14
31 18 5 Scored S 2 12 23
52 25 5 Conceded C 4 19 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
88% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 88%
69% 77% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 54% 54%
35% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
15% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
62% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 54%
8% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 12%
31% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 42%
 
4 4.3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 5
5.3 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.3 4.1
3.1 3.1 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 3.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
9.4 10.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.2 12.3
3.8 4.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.8
32% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 23%
 
15.3 14.4 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.5 11.2
6.2 6 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 4.3
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Tondela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tondela have the most conceded goals (52) in Primeira Liga
  • Tondela have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Primeira Liga
  • Tondela haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tondela is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 26 22 4 0 67 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 48 70
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 26 18 4 4 66 24 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 58
4 Sporting Braga 26 13 7 6 41 25 14 7 4 3 22 11 12 6 3 3 19 14 16 46
5 Gil Vicente 26 12 9 5 37 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 26 10 6 10 36 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 14 3 4 7 13 19 2 36
7 Estoril 26 8 10 8 30 30 13 3 6 4 17 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 0 34
8 Maritimo 26 8 8 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 12 13 5 2 6 16 21 -3 32
9 Pacos de Ferreira 26 7 9 10 23 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 4 4 5 9 13 -8 30
10 Santa Clara 26 7 9 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 30
11 Portimonense 26 7 8 11 25 30 13 2 4 7 10 17 13 5 4 4 15 13 -5 29
12 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 32 40 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 27
13 Boavista 26 4 15 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 13 1 6 6 13 24 -8 27
14 Vizela 26 5 10 11 28 44 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 25
15 Arouca 26 5 7 14 23 46 13 3 2 8 11 27 13 2 5 6 12 19 -23 22
16 Tondela 26 6 3 17 31 52 13 4 1 8 18 25 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 26 3 8 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 17

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 26 22 4 0 67 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 13 11 2 0 33 10 48 70
2 Sporting CP 25 19 4 2 49 16 13 11 1 1 24 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 33 61
3 Benfica 26 18 4 4 66 24 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 10 2 1 35 11 42 58
4 Sporting Braga 26 13 7 6 41 25 14 7 4 3 22 11 12 6 3 3 19 14 16 46
5 Gil Vicente 26 12 9 5 37 25 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 7 5 1 18 10 12 45
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 26 10 6 10 36 34 12 7 2 3 23 15 14 3 4 7 13 19 2 36
7 Estoril 26 8 10 8 30 30 13 3 6 4 17 17 13 5 4 4 13 13 0 34
8 Maritimo 26 8 8 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 12 13 5 2 6 16 21 -3 32
9 Pacos de Ferreira 26 7 9 10 23 31 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 4 4 5 9 13 -8 30
10 Santa Clara 26 7 9 10 30 43 13 6 4 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 30
11 Portimonense 26 7 8 11 25 30 13 2 4 7 10 17 13 5 4 4 15 13 -5 29
12 Famalicao 26 6 9 11 32 40 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 26 -8 27
13 Boavista 26 4 15 7 31 39 13 3 9 1 18 15 13 1 6 6 13 24 -8 27
14 Vizela 26 5 10 11 28 44 13 3 5 5 12 17 13 2 5 6 16 27 -16 25
15 Arouca 26 5 7 14 23 46 13 3 2 8 11 27 13 2 5 6 12 19 -23 22
16 Tondela 26 6 3 17 31 52 13 4 1 8 18 25 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 21
17 Moreirense 25 4 8 13 23 40 12 3 3 6 15 17 13 1 5 7 8 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 26 3 8 15 15 46 13 3 3 7 10 26 13 0 5 8 5 20 -31 17

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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.