Arouca vs Nacional: result 2-0 and analysis
Primeira LigaRegular Season - 2Kick-off on August 21, 2016 at 05:00 PM (UTC)Estádio Municipal de Arouca, Arouca
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What was the result of Arouca vs Nacional?
Arouca won 2-0 on August 21, 2016.
Goalscorers
- 24′Rafael CrivellaroArouca
- 30′ZequinhaArouca
Official lineup for Arouca vs Nacional
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Arouca
4-2-3-1- 9M. de Jesús
- 87Zequinha
- 12Mateus
- 50Rafael Crivellaro
- 26André Santos
- 66Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho
- 3Hugo Basto
- 33Jubal
- 4J. Velázquez
- 5Anderson Luis Ribeiro Pereira
- 1Rafael Bracali
Nacional
4-2-3-1- 9Okacha Hamzaoui
- 28Willyan
- 18J. Cádiz
- 7Salvador Agra
- 6Ali Ghazal
- 8Washington Santana
- 3César Martins
- 5Nuno Sequeira
- 4Tobias Figueiredo
- 2V. García
- 1Rui Silva
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Arouca have 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats; Nacional have 6, 3 and 6.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2016 | Olympiakos Piraeus(home) | 0-1 | UEFA Europa League |
| Aug 14, 2016 | Boavista(away) | 0-2 | Primeira Liga |
| Aug 4, 2016 | Heracles(home) | 0-0 | UEFA Europa League |
| Jul 28, 2016 | Heracles(away) | 1-1 | UEFA Europa League |
| May 14, 2016 | Guimaraes(home) | 2-2 | Primeira Liga |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2016 | Benfica(away) | 1-4 | Primeira Liga |
| May 8, 2016 | Belenenses(home) | 2-2 | Primeira Liga |
| May 1, 2016 | Arouca(away) | 0-3 | Primeira Liga |
| Apr 24, 2016 | Moreirense(home) | 0-1 | Primeira Liga |
| Apr 17, 2016 | FC Porto(away) | 0-4 | Primeira Liga |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Arouca wins, 3 draws, 1 Nacional win.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2016 | Arouca 3-0 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Jan 2, 2016 | Nacional 2-2 Arouca | Primeira Liga |
| Feb 8, 2015 | Arouca 3-3 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Aug 31, 2014 | Nacional 2-0 Arouca | Primeira Liga |
| Feb 16, 2014 | Arouca 1-1 Nacional | Primeira Liga |
| Sep 15, 2013 | Nacional 0-1 Arouca | Primeira Liga |
How many goals should we expect?
Arouca score 1.0 and concede 1.0 goals per match over their last 15; Nacional score 1.4 and concede 1.8.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arouca | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 6/15 | 5/15 |
| Nacional | 1.4 | 1.8 | 3 | 7/15 | 10/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Arouca sit 5th in Primeira Liga (14 points from 8 matches) and Nacional sit 16th (4 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Arouca | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | Nacional | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 |
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy