Sporting Covilhã fights Arouca in Segunda Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Mon 19.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto (2055 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sporting Covilhã have their presumed home advantage while Arouca are ahead 16 points in the Segunda Liga table.

Insights:
  • Sporting Covilhã have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arouca have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Segunda Liga

Sporting Covilhã 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.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Sporting Covilhã have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Covilhã.

Covilhã lost their last game at Chaves (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Académica that ended 1-1.

Sporting Covilhã has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Covilhã's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Arouca form and stats

6-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arouca in their Segunda Liga matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Arouca goalkeeper Victor Hugo Silva Braga is eager to challenge this, with his 341 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Adílio, André Bukia and André Silva secured the home win 3-0 against UD Oliveirense in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Porto II with the score of 3-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Arouca have scored 19 goals in 14 league games away. It's not easy to score on Arouca as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Arouca - Sporting Covilhã 1-0 entered in the official records. Covilhã-Arouca H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Covilhã three wins, Arouca two wins, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CovilhãG. Pereira da Silva
G. Pereira da Silva
8 goals
AroucaJ. Othavio Basso
J. Othavio Basso
7 goals
AroucaA. Oliveira Silva
A. Oliveira Silva
6 goals

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Arouca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Covilhã Arouca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
7 4 0 Won W 1 6 13
10 6 2 Drew D 2 4 8
11 4 2 Lost L 1 4 7
27 17 2 Scored S 5 19 33
32 17 5 Conceded C 6 13 22
82% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
64% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 57%
46% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 36%
18% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
50% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 36%
29% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 43% 50%
39% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.4 10.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.9 10.2
2.9 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 3.9
33% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 30% 30%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Arouca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arouca have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Segunda Liga
  • Sporting Covilhã 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 28 19 6 3 48 19 14 9 4 1 30 13 14 10 2 2 18 6 29 63
2 Vizela 28 14 10 4 46 30 14 9 4 1 22 12 14 5 6 3 24 18 16 52
3 Académica 28 13 10 5 34 23 14 7 4 3 18 13 14 6 6 2 16 10 11 49
4 Chaves 28 14 7 7 37 27 14 5 5 4 13 13 14 9 2 3 24 14 10 49
5 Feirense 28 14 6 8 36 25 14 7 3 4 18 14 14 7 3 4 18 11 11 48
6 Arouca 28 13 8 7 33 22 14 7 4 3 14 9 14 6 4 4 19 13 11 47
7 Casa Pia 28 9 11 8 36 36 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 4 7 3 18 16 0 38
8 Penafiel 28 10 7 11 34 35 14 6 4 4 18 14 14 4 3 7 16 21 -1 37
9 Benfica II 28 10 6 12 45 37 14 8 2 4 25 14 14 2 4 8 20 23 8 36
10 Leixoes 28 8 9 11 28 34 14 6 4 4 17 16 14 2 5 7 11 18 -6 33
11 Mafra 28 9 6 13 30 41 14 6 4 4 17 19 14 3 2 9 13 22 -11 33
12 Sporting Covilhã 28 7 10 11 27 32 14 4 6 4 17 17 14 3 4 7 10 15 -5 31
13 Cova Piedade 28 7 9 12 31 40 14 3 5 6 14 21 14 4 4 6 17 19 -9 30
14 Academico Viseu 28 7 8 13 25 37 14 3 4 7 10 19 14 4 4 6 15 18 -12 29
15 Vilafranquense 28 4 15 9 27 38 14 2 9 3 13 16 14 2 6 6 14 22 -11 27
16 Varzim 28 7 6 15 21 34 14 3 3 8 10 18 14 4 3 7 11 16 -13 27
17 UD Oliveirense 28 6 8 14 22 41 14 3 5 6 12 17 14 3 3 8 10 24 -19 26
18 Porto II 28 5 10 13 33 42 14 3 2 9 18 24 14 2 8 4 15 18 -9 25

Table
  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 28 19 6 3 48 19 14 9 4 1 30 13 14 10 2 2 18 6 29 63
2 Vizela 28 14 10 4 46 30 14 9 4 1 22 12 14 5 6 3 24 18 16 52
3 Académica 28 13 10 5 34 23 14 7 4 3 18 13 14 6 6 2 16 10 11 49
4 Chaves 28 14 7 7 37 27 14 5 5 4 13 13 14 9 2 3 24 14 10 49
5 Feirense 28 14 6 8 36 25 14 7 3 4 18 14 14 7 3 4 18 11 11 48
6 Arouca 28 13 8 7 33 22 14 7 4 3 14 9 14 6 4 4 19 13 11 47
7 Casa Pia 28 9 11 8 36 36 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 4 7 3 18 16 0 38
8 Penafiel 28 10 7 11 34 35 14 6 4 4 18 14 14 4 3 7 16 21 -1 37
9 Benfica II 28 10 6 12 45 37 14 8 2 4 25 14 14 2 4 8 20 23 8 36
10 Leixoes 28 8 9 11 28 34 14 6 4 4 17 16 14 2 5 7 11 18 -6 33
11 Mafra 28 9 6 13 30 41 14 6 4 4 17 19 14 3 2 9 13 22 -11 33
12 Sporting Covilhã 28 7 10 11 27 32 14 4 6 4 17 17 14 3 4 7 10 15 -5 31
13 Cova Piedade 28 7 9 12 31 40 14 3 5 6 14 21 14 4 4 6 17 19 -9 30
14 Academico Viseu 28 7 8 13 25 37 14 3 4 7 10 19 14 4 4 6 15 18 -12 29
15 Vilafranquense 28 4 15 9 27 38 14 2 9 3 13 16 14 2 6 6 14 22 -11 27
16 Varzim 28 7 6 15 21 34 14 3 3 8 10 18 14 4 3 7 11 16 -13 27
17 UD Oliveirense 28 6 8 14 22 41 14 3 5 6 12 17 14 3 3 8 10 24 -19 26
18 Porto II 28 5 10 13 33 42 14 3 2 9 18 24 14 2 8 4 15 18 -9 25

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The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.