FC Arouca
Primeira Liga · 202630-second read
What the record shows
The season records do not separate these clubs, so the strongest stored context is their shared history: 5 meetings, 2 to FC Arouca, 2 drawn, 1 to Santa Clara. Past meetings are history, not a forecast.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.
Last 5 meetings
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- FC Arouca1 matches
- Santa Clara2 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
FC Arouca
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 36 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 28 May 2026
- Goals scored1.42 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.81 goals/match
- Expected goals1.01 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.52 xG/match
- Shots10.8 shots/match
- Shots allowed13.2 shots/match
- Shots on target3.56 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed4.44 shots/match
- Possession50.7%
- Corners3.69 corners/match
- Corners allowed5.17 corners/match
- Cards3.07 cards/match
- Fouls13.8 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency22%
- Scoring frequency75%
Santa Clara
- Competition
- Primeira Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 36 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 28 May 2026
- Goals scored0.97 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.14 goals/match
- Expected goals1.07 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.01 xG/match
- Shots11.9 shots/match
- Shots allowed9.64 shots/match
- Shots on target3.22 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.47 shots/match
- Possession48.9%
- Corners4.75 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.36 corners/match
- Cards3.22 cards/match
- Fouls14.6 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency33%
- Scoring frequency64%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
- The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
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