📏 Form Guide

Arouca

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Arouca go into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Primeira Liga stalemate versus Gil Vicente.

In that game, Arouca managed 66% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Arouca was Cristo González (47', 82'). Gil Vicente had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Tidjany Touré (94') and Jonathan Buatu (95') scored for Gil Vicente.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Arouca have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Arouca have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 6 goals along the way. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Going into this contest, Arouca are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Estrela Amadora

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Farense in Primeira Liga action, Estrela Amadora and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Estrela Amadora had 61% possession and 24 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. On the other side, Farense had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Bruno Duarte (44'), Mohamed Belloumi (47') and Marco Matias (79') scored for Farense.

The stats don’t lie, and Estrela Amadora have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals in total. At the back, Estrela Amadora can certainly do much better.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 15 on 28/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Estrela Amadora 1-4 Arouca.

That time, Estrela Amadora managed 38% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Their only player to score was Kialonda Gaspar (11').

Arouca had 19 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Rafa Mújica (47'), Jason (77'), Javi Montero (81') and André Bukia (90') scored.

The match was refereed by João Pinheiro.

📰 Team News: Arouca

The Arouca manager Daniel Sousa has no fitness worries at all coming into this match with a completely healthy group available to select from.

We are thinking that Arouca look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, utilising Joao Valido, Bogdan Milovanov, Matias Rocha, Francisco Montero, Quaresma, Oriol Busquets, David Simao, Jason, Cristo Gonzalez, Morlaye Sylla and Vladislav Morozov.

ℹ️ Team News: Estrela Amadora

Estrela Amadora boss Sérgio Vieira has to choose a team with limited availability. Gustavo Henrique (Meniscus tear) and Diogo Fonseca (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We believe Estrela Amadora seem likely to play in a 3-4-3 system, starting the game with Bruno Brigido, Hevertton Santos, Pedro Mendes, Mansur, Jean Felipe, Leo Cordeiro, Leonel Bucca, Nilton Varela, Andre Silva, Rodrigo Pinho and Leo Jaba.

⚡ Prediction

Estrela Amadora are capable enough to find the back of the net against this Arouca team, however it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Arouca at full-time. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 16:04 05/05/2024