A key match in Segunda Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Arouca in 6th position and Académica placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Arouca and Académica 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.
Arouca form and stats
3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Arouca so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager A. Macedo Freitas led his Arouca to a defeat in the Segunda Liga match away at Vilafranquense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sporting Covilha.
The Arouca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Arouca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal de Arouca in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Académica form and stats
3-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Académica in their Segunda Liga matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Académica as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Segunda Liga match against Chaves (1-2). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Casa Pia.
The visiting Académica have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Académica as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Arouca won three, Académica won four and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bouldini 7 goals |   J. Othavio Basso 4 goals | A. Blondell Blondell 2 goals |
Arouca missing players
Académica missing players
| Arouca | Académica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 85% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 57% | 77% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 8.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 32% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 44% |
- Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Estoril | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Académica | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Feirense | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Mafra | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Arouca | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Chaves | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Vizela | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Cova Piedade | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Sporting Covilha | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Vilafranquense | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Benfica II | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Porto II | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | UD Oliveirense | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Leixoes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Varzim | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 6 |