In a very successful season, the squad led by coach Armando Evangelista earned a fifth-place finish that grants access to the Conference League Qualification Round. With an interesting squad, several Arouca players stood out. To understand their impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defence used for almost the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).
Arouca’s eleven with the most minutes played this season.
Star Player:
- Arruabarrena (GK) – 7.45
With the clear highest average rating in this squad, Arouca’s GK – Arruabarrena – was one of the main reasons for the positive season achieved. The enormous consistency in goal prevented this team from bad results.
Other Key Players:
- D. Simão (M) – 6.93
- J. Basso (CB) – 6.92
- Quaresma (FB) – 6.89
- A. Ruiz (M&W) – 6.87
With several players having above average seasons, it is expected that several teams will look at them as potential new signings. Nevertheless, keeping this group of players, Arouca will continue to be a very solid team.
Additional information regarding the team.
With more positive results at home than away (10 Home Wins & 5 Away Wins), it is possible to consider Arouca a much stronger team at home. Besides that, the negative goal difference highlights the difficulty in scoring goals (1,06 goals per game) and the good defense showned by this team (1,09 goals per game).
Position most in need of strengthening:
- CB
With a rating below the average (6) and with the lack of an above-average replacement, Opoku’s position (CB) will, according to the average ratings obtained, be the position where Arouca will most need to strengthen their squad (if they are able to keep this season’s squad).
Meaning of the used abbreviations:
- G – Games
- W – Wins
- D – Draws
- L – Loses
- P – Points
- GS – Goals Scored
- GA – Goals Against
- GD – Goal Diference
- HW – Home Wins
- AW – Away Wins
Data from FBref.
