Football betting preview: Arouca vs Académica

Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Arouca

This could be an interesting match as Arouca have their presumed home advantage while Académica are ahead in the Segunda Liga table with their 15 point advantage.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Arouca form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Arouca are 5-4-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Arouca lost their last game at Leixões (placed 10th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Cova Piedade with the scoreline 0-1.

The Arouca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Académica form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Académica playing as the away team this season.

Académica are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Segunda Liga against Sporting Braga II (placed 15th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Academico Viseu at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Académica are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Académica in these games.

Head 2 Head

Arouca and Académica have met before this season: Académica - Arouca 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Arouca 2 wins, 4 draws and Académica 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Hugo Almeida
8 goals
Fábio Fortes
6 goals
C. Malele
6 goals

Arouca missing players

Académica missing players

Arouca Académica
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 13 Played 14 26
96% 92% Over 0.5 100% 96%
69% 69% Over 1.5 57% 58%
35% 38% Over 2.5 29% 31%
23% 23% Over 3.5 7% 8%
8% 8% Over 4.5 7% 8%
42% 38% Both teams to score 36% 35%
27% 38% Clean Sheet 43% 42%
35% 31% Failed To Score 21% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Paços de Ferreira 26 19 2 5 38 15 13 10 1 2 20 5 13 9 1 3 18 10 23 59
2 Famalicão 26 14 6 6 34 24 13 8 3 2 19 9 13 6 3 4 15 15 10 48
3 Académica 26 14 4 8 30 26 14 8 2 4 18 14 12 6 2 4 12 12 4 46
4 Estoril 26 13 6 7 36 24 13 8 2 3 18 11 13 5 4 4 18 13 12 45
5 Benfica II 26 12 5 9 33 25 13 9 0 4 23 12 13 3 5 5 10 13 8 41
6 Porto II 26 10 8 8 32 30 13 8 3 2 21 10 13 2 5 6 11 20 2 38
7 Sporting Covilhã 26 10 7 9 32 29 13 7 4 2 17 6 13 3 3 7 15 23 3 37
8 Mafra 26 9 8 9 37 35 14 5 7 2 19 14 12 4 1 7 18 21 2 35
9 Penafiel 26 10 4 12 33 33 12 7 2 3 20 12 14 3 2 9 13 21 0 34
10 Leixões 26 10 4 12 26 28 13 8 2 3 16 11 13 2 2 9 10 17 -2 34
11 Arouca 26 8 7 11 29 32 13 5 4 4 17 14 13 3 3 7 12 18 -3 31
12 Cova Piedade 26 8 7 11 18 34 13 4 4 5 9 18 13 4 3 6 9 16 -16 31
13 UD Oliveirense 26 7 9 10 31 37 13 6 3 4 24 18 13 1 6 6 7 19 -6 30
13 Oliveirense 22 6 8 8 26 31 11 5 3 3 20 14 11 1 5 5 6 17 -5 26
14 Farense 26 7 8 11 28 26 12 5 4 3 15 8 14 2 4 8 13 18 2 29
15 Sporting Braga II 26 9 1 16 27 36 13 6 0 7 17 14 13 3 1 9 10 22 -9 28
16 Varzim 26 7 7 12 20 30 13 4 4 5 15 15 13 3 3 7 5 15 -10 28
17 Academico Viseu 26 7 7 12 33 44 13 5 4 4 22 20 13 2 3 8 11 24 -11 28
18 Vitória Guimarães II 26 6 8 12 26 35 13 3 5 5 10 12 13 3 3 7 16 23 -9 26

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