FC Porto 2–0 FC Arouca — Match Stats & Analysis

Primeira Liga · 2026Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 19:30 UTC

FC Porto

2–0Full-time analysis

FC Arouca

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

FC Porto won 2–0.

Shots: 234
Shots on target: 101
Expected goals: 30.54
Possession: 53%47%

Full time

What the match recorded

FC Porto beat FC Arouca 2–0. Recorded in this match (FC Porto – FC Arouca): shots 23–4, shots on target 10–1, expected goals 3–0.54, possession 53%–47%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots23 shots4 shotsFC Porto 23 shots, FC Arouca 4 shots
Shots on target10 shots1 shotFC Porto 10 shots, FC Arouca 1 shot
Expected goals3 xG0.54 xGFC Porto 3 xG, FC Arouca 0.54 xG
Possession53%47%FC Porto 53%, FC Arouca 47%
Corners12 corners2 cornersFC Porto 12 corners, FC Arouca 2 corners
Fouls16 fouls8 foulsFC Porto 16 fouls, FC Arouca 8 fouls
Yellow cards1 card0 cardsFC Porto 1 card, FC Arouca 0 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

FC Porto: 23 shots, 10 on target, 3.04 xG. FC Arouca: 5 shots, 1 on target, 0.56 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: FC Porto 3.04 xG · FC Arouca 0.56 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4FC Porto

0Draws

1FC Arouca

27 Feb 2026FC Porto — FC Arouca · Primeira Liga3–1

29 Sept 2025FC Arouca — FC Porto · Primeira Liga0–4

1 Mar 2025FC Arouca — FC Porto · Primeira Liga0–2

29 Sept 2024FC Porto — FC Arouca · Primeira Liga4–0

12 Feb 2024FC Arouca — FC Porto · Primeira Liga3–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

8 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.1 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
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.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4