📊 Form Guide

Arouca

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Arouca won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 1-0 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Moreirense.

In that match, Arouca managed 61% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Moreirense had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Hernâni Infande (10') scored for Moreirense.

It has been seldom in recent games that Arouca have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Arouca have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals in the process.

Farense

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In their previous game, Farense drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga match with Rio Ave.

In that match, Farense managed 39% possession and 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Farense was Fabrício Isidoro (31'). Rio Ave had 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Emmanuel Boateng (50') was the scorer for Rio Ave.

Farense have seen success in front of goal of late, having scored 6 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Farense have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same matches. That aside, time will tell whether such a trend shall continue on in this next match or not.

👥 Head to head

The last league meeting between the two was Primeira Liga match day 10 on 06/11/2023 when the final score was Farense 2-0 Arouca.

That time, Farense managed 39% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by Mattheus Oliveira (31') and Bruno Duarte (38').

On the other side, Arouca got 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

The match was refereed by Iancu Vasilica.

📰 Team News: Arouca

The Arouca boss Daniel Sousa will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.

It looks as if Arouca could line up in a 4-3-3 system for this one featuring I. De Arruabarrena, Tiago Esgaio, Nino Galovic, Francisco Montero, Weverson, Eboue Kouassi, Morlaye Sylla, Pedro Santos, Jason, Cristo Gonzalez and Yusuf Lawal.

📰 Team News: Farense

Due to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Farense boss José Mota does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

From our viewpoint, Farense could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation using Ricardo Velho, Fran Delgado, Goncalo Silva, Igor Rossi, Talys Oliveira, Fabricio Isidoro, Facundo Caseres, Mohamed Belloumi, Mattheus, Marco Matias and Ze Luis.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Farense have the ability to break down this Arouca lineup, although it might not be enough to avoid defeat.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Arouca after the 90. Looking forward to this.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 15:04 30/03/2024