📊 Form Guide

Boavista

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Boavista will be hoping to bounce back here following the 4-0 Primeira Liga losing effort in their last game against Porto.

In that match, Boavista had 24% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Porto got 13 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Samu Aghehowa (31', 88'), Nico González (55') and Rodrigo Mora (59') scored for Porto.

Boavista have really been misfiring in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 versus opposition teams during their last six fixtures. In those meetings, Boavista have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 10.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Boavista:

• haven't beaten Arouca in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
• haven’t won at home in the past 11 league matches. It's been disappointing.

Arouca

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In their last game, Arouca drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga tie with Gil Vicente.

In that game, Arouca managed 48% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Arouca was Güven Yalçın (81'). On the other side, Gil Vicente had 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Mory Gbane (64') was the scorer for Gil Vicente.

It has become apparent that Arouca have had real problems scoring goals in their past 6 games, recording the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those fixtures, Arouca have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 8. Even so, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend shall be replicated in this game.

Their previous form shows that Arouca:

• have not lost to Boavista when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 27/11/2021 tells us that Boavista have won 2 of them & Arouca 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.

In all, 14 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 of them from As Panteras and 9 being from Arouca. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The last league contest between the two was Primeira Liga match day 29 on 14/04/2024 which ended up with the score at Arouca 2-1 Boavista.

That day, Arouca had 69% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Rafa Mújica (30'), Weverson (39') and Robson Bambu (47' Own goal).

For their opponents, Boavista had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Carlos Macedo.

📰 Team News: Boavista

Luís Pires (Torn ligaments) and João Gonçalves (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Boavista manager Cristiano Bacci.

We are thinking that As Panteras will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system and select Cesar, Pedro Gomes, Ibrahima, Filipe Ferreira, Julio Dabo, Sebastian Perez, Ilija Vukotic, Salvador Agra, Miguel Reisinho, S. Onyemaechi and Tiago Machado.

📰 Team News: Arouca

Arouca manager Vasco Seabra has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Pedro Moreira (unknown injury), Nino Galović (unknown injury), Eboue Kouassi (Knock) and Henrique Araújo (unknown injury) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Arouca appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Nico Mantl, Tiago Esgaio, Chico Lamba, Jose Fontan, Weverson, Mamadou Loum Ndiaye, Pedro Santos, Alfonso Trezza, Morlaye Sylla, Jason and Guven Yalcin.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Arouca and Boavista could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a 0-0 score at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 20:00 04/01/2025