Chaves perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Arouca can look both up and down from their 7th position.
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.
Chaves form and stats
2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Liga numbers at home for Chaves so far this season.
Chaves haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 219 minutes ago. Joao Teixeira scored that one.
Chaves faced defeat in their previous match, away at Leixoes (0-1). Ahead of that match, Chaves lost 0-2 at home to Estoril.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chaves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost two.
Chaves aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. Chaves have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Arouca form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Segunda Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Arouca's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mafra that finished 0-0. A 1-1 draw at Casa Pia's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Arouca in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Arouca, five draws and four defeats.
Arouca have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Chaves victories, two draws and one Arouca win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Othavio Basso 4 goals |   J. Brito Teixeira 3 goals | J. Fortes Bachiessa 3 goals |
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| Chaves | Arouca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 88% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 69% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 50% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 38% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 13.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 32% | 16% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 28% |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Academica | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Feirense | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Vizela | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 5 | Chaves | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Penafiel | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Arouca | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Mafra | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Benfica II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Sporting Covilha | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Leixoes | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Vilafranquense | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Academico Viseu | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Cova Piedade | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Porto II | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Varzim | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 10 |