This match features two teams living in the basement of the Segunda Liga, Farense holding 15th place and Arouca lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Farense 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.
Farense form and stats
Farense have collected 26 points from their home games so far after 7-5-3.In their previous game, the manager Álvaro Magalhães led his Farense to a defeat in the Segunda Liga match away at UD Oliveirense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio de São Lúis. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Penafiel that ended 1-1.
Farense has scored 20 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Farense are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio de São Lúis, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches.
Arouca form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arouca so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose).Arouca failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Paços de Ferreira that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Vitoria Guimaraes II.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arouca as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games. 21 goals have been conceded by Arouca in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arouca - Farense 3-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Farense won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Arouca has 1 win.Top Goalscorers
  Fábio Fortes 8 goals |  C. Malele 7 goals |   C. Irobiso 6 goals |
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| Farense | Arouca | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 35 | 20 | 10 | Scored | 4 | 14 | 35 |
| 33 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | 3 | 21 | 40 |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 55% | 53% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 39% | 33% | 75% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 23% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 10% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 45% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | 33% | 47% | 48% |
| 29% | 53% | 75% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 13% | 23% |
| 35% | 27% | 25% | Failed To Score | 33% | 40% | 32% |
| 5.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- Arouca hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
| 10-03-19 | | Farense | 3 - 0 | Varzim |
| 17-03-19 | | Vitoria Guimaraes II | 1 - 0 | Farense |
| 31-03-19 | | Farense | 1 - 0 | Sporting Covilhã |
| 05-04-19 | | Benfica II | 3 - 1 | Farense |
| 14-04-19 | | Farense | 3 - 1 | Estoril |
| 19-04-19 | | Farense | 1 - 1 | Penafiel |
| 26-04-19 | | UD Oliveirense | 2 - 1 | Farense |
| 05-05-19 | | Farense | 15:00 | Arouca |
| 12-05-19 | | Mafra | 15:00 | Farense |
| 19-05-19 | | Farense | 15:00 | Academico Viseu |
| 10-03-19 | | Arouca | 0 - 1 | Cova Piedade |
| 16-03-19 | | Leixões | 1 - 0 | Arouca |
| 31-03-19 | | Arouca | 2 - 1 | Academica |
| 06-04-19 | | Varzim | 1 - 0 | Arouca |
| 14-04-19 | | Arouca | 1 - 1 | Sporting Covilhã |
| 20-04-19 | | Vitoria Guimaraes II | 2 - 2 | Arouca |
| 28-04-19 | | Arouca | 1 - 3 | Paços de Ferreira |
| 05-05-19 | | Farense | 15:00 | Arouca |
| 11-05-19 | | Arouca | 10:00 | Estoril |
| 19-05-19 | | UD Oliveirense | 15:00 | Arouca |
| 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 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 67 |
| 2 | Famalicão | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 63 |
| 3 | Estoril | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 51 |
| 4 | Académica | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 51 |
| 5 | Benfica II | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 50 |
| 6 | Penafiel | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 45 |
| 7 | Sporting Covilhã | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Porto II | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Mafra | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 25 | -1 | 40 |
| 10 | Leixões | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 40 |
| 11 | Cova Piedade | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -17 | 38 |
| 12 | Academico Viseu | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | -7 | 37 |
| 13 | UD Oliveirense | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -7 | 37 |
| 13 | Oliveirense | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Varzim | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -10 | 37 |
| 15 | Farense | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 36 |
| 16 | Arouca | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 17 | Sporting Braga II | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 30 |
| 18 | Vitória Guimarães II | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -16 | 28 |
