Nothing but a win will suffice for the Vitória SC regulars in this Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques duel with Arouca, seeing as they have a solid lead on the away team in the Primeira Liga table.
- Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arouca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primeira Liga
Vitória SC and Arouca should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Vitória SC form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques as Vitória SC have scored 20 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Primeira Liga are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques.
Vitória SC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Belenenses. Defender Fernandes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.95/10. Fernandes won 5 of 9 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sporting Braga in a game that was won 2-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Vitória matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and two defeats (from four games).
Vitória SC have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Arouca form and stats
Arouca have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-5-5 (11 played).
The attacking players of Arouca have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
Arouca failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Maritimo (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Midfielder Silva was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Silva hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Porto.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arouca as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Arouca in these games.
Head 2 Head
Arouca - Vitória 2-2 was the product when these two squads previously played each other, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vitória SC five wins, four draws and Arouca one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Estupiñán Vallesilla 9 goals |  B. Duarte da Silva 4 goals |   A. Oliveira Silva 4 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Arouca missing players
| Vitória SC | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 32 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 41 |
| 86% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 68% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 91% |
| 59% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 59% |
| 32% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 14% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 32% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13.7 | 16.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 12.7 | 12.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 23% |
| 12.1 | 10.8 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
- Arouca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arouca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primeira Liga
- Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vitória SC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arouca have scored away.
- Vitória SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 60 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 28 | 54 |
| 3 | Benfica | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 38 | 50 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Maritimo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 11 | Vizela | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 23 |
| 12 | Boavista | 22 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Paços de Ferreira | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Tondela | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Arouca | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -22 | 18 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -27 | 15 |
