About Match
4 points and 3 places separate them: Sporting CP 2nd with 13, Arouca 5th with 9. Per game in the league, Sporting CP score 2.8 and conceding 1, Arouca 1.75 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Sporting CP on 16 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
Sporting CP enter with four wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
Across 19 recorded meetings, Sporting CP have 16 wins to Arouca's 1, with 2 draws, at 3.16 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 42% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture leans high-scoring: 74% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 58%.
Estádio José Alvalade in Lisboa, capacity 52,095, hosts the game.