Arouca vs Mafra Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Arouca

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Arouca prepare for this fixture following on from a 1-1 LigaPro draw vs Casa Pia.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Arouca have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Arouca have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals on the way. Such a trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.

Mafra

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After a loss in their previous game against Académica in LigaPro action, Mafra and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The stats don’t lie, and Mafra have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. At the back, Mafra seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Going into this encounter, Mafra have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

📋 Team News: Arouca

Arouca boss Joaquim Machado will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash with a fully injury-free group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Mafra

Owing to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, Mafra manager doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this match.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Mafra will really need to work well to see themselves scoring against this Arouca side who we think should manage to score & go ahead.

We’re therefore anticipating a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for Arouca at the end of the 90.

A close call.

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

Renata Leite, 00:11 13/01/2021