Vilafranquense fights Arouca in Segunda Liga battle

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Mon 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior (2500 seats)

Struggling Vilafranquense will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Arouca in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Vilafranquense has the fewest points (3) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Arouca have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vilafranquense have scored home.

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.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Arouca's home stadium. The visitors last three games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.

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Vilafranquense form and stats

When playing at home in the Segunda Liga, Vilafranquense, who have the fewest points (3) at home in Segunda Liga, have managed 0 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

No payout for Vilafranquense in their previous match, an away game at Benfica that ended in defeat 0-5. Before that, Vilafranquense had a home game versus Sanjoanense which ended with a victory 2-1.

Vilafranquense were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Vilafranquense has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 5 games. Vilafranquense have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Arouca form and stats

As the visiting team in Segunda Liga matches, Arouca have produced an overall stat of 3-2-1 so far. Arouca love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The supporters enjoyed Arouca's previous game versus Sporting Covilhã (placed 10th), a Segunda Liga 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against UD Oliveirense with the score of 2-1.

Arouca have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

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Vilafranquense missing players

Arouca missing players

Vilafranquense Arouca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 2 6 12
2 0 0 Won W 1 3 6
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
4 2 2 Lost L 0 1 2
10 2 0 Scored S 2 7 14
15 7 5 Conceded C 1 4 9
73% 60% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 83%
55% 40% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 50%
55% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 33%
36% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
45% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 42%
36% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
45% 80% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.5 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.3 10.7
2.8 2.4 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.5
32% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 33%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Arouca have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vilafranquense have scored home.
  • Vilafranquense has the fewest points (3) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Vilafranquense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Vilafranquense have yet to win a game at home.

  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 Academica 12 7 4 1 15 6 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 3 3 0 6 2 9 25
3 Feirense 12 7 3 2 18 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 4 2 0 11 3 8 24
4 Mafra 12 7 1 4 20 14 6 4 1 1 10 5 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 22
5 Arouca 12 6 4 2 14 9 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 3 2 1 7 4 5 22
6 Penafiel 12 6 3 3 19 15 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 4 21
7 Chaves 12 5 3 4 16 13 5 1 2 2 2 4 7 4 1 2 14 9 3 18
8 Casa Pia 12 4 5 3 17 20 6 2 2 2 8 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 -3 17
9 Vizela 12 4 4 4 15 19 6 4 1 1 9 7 6 0 3 3 6 12 -4 16
10 Sporting Covilhã 12 4 2 6 15 15 5 2 1 2 10 8 7 2 1 4 5 7 0 14
11 Cova Piedade 12 4 2 6 15 20 7 1 2 4 6 12 5 3 0 2 9 8 -5 14
12 Benfica II 12 4 1 7 20 19 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 2 0 4 12 10 1 13
13 Porto II 12 3 2 7 17 22 6 2 0 4 10 10 6 1 2 3 7 12 -5 11
14 Vilafranquense 11 2 5 4 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 7 6 2 2 2 8 8 -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 Leixões 10 2 3 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 8 7 6 0 2 4 2 7 -4 9
17 UD Oliveirense 11 2 3 6 11 16 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 1 2 2 5 7 -5 9
18 Varzim 12 1 3 8 6 18 7 1 2 4 3 9 5 0 1 4 3 9 -12 6

Read more about Segunda Liga

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.