Struggling Arouca will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paços de Ferreira in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Arouca form and stats
When playing at home, Arouca have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.The home team returns to Estádio Municipal de Arouca after sharing the points with Vitória Guimarães II on their last time out; the Segunda Liga game ended 2-2. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Sporting Covilha.
Arouca has scored 20 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Arouca have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (30) away in Segunda Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses. Visiting Paços de Ferreira has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.The supporters enjoyed Paços de Ferreira's previous game versus Academico Viseu, a Segunda Liga 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Porto II that ended 1-1.
Paços de Ferreira are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Paços de Ferreira - Arouca 1-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arouca won 1 game, 4 matches ended with a draw and Paços de Ferreira has 5 wins.Top Goalscorers
  Fábio Fortes 8 goals |   Douglas Tanque 7 goals |  C. Malele 6 goals |
Arouca missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Arouca | Paços de Ferreira | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 34 | 20 | Scored | 20 | 42 |
| 37 | 16 | Conceded | 12 | 19 |
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 73% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 57% |
| 37% | 40% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 33% |
| 23% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 13% | 10% |
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 3% |
| 47% | 47% | Both teams to score | 40% | 33% |
| 23% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 47% | 53% |
| 33% | 27% | Failed To Score | 13% | 13% |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | Corners For (avg) | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 2 |
- Paços de Ferreira hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Paços de Ferreira is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Arouca is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Paços de Ferreira | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 64 |
| 2 | Famalicão | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 60 |
| 3 | Estoril | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 51 |
| 4 | Benfica II | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | Académica | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Penafiel | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Porto II | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Sporting Covilhã | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 41 |
| 9 | Leixões | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 10 | Cova Piedade | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 38 |
| 11 | Mafra | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Farense | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 36 |
| 13 | Arouca | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 13 | Oliveirense | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -8 | 34 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | -9 | 34 |
| 16 | Varzim | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 34 |
| 17 | Sporting Braga II | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 18 | Vitória Guimarães II | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -13 | 28 |
