Arouca vs Porto Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Arouca

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Arouca will play in this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Primeira Liga tied result vs Farense.

In that game, Arouca had 61% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Arouca, the goalscorers were Alfonso Trezza (56') and Dylan Nandín (68'). For their opponents, Farense had 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Derick Poloni (44') and Tomané (89') scored for Farense.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Arouca haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Arouca have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals in the process. Let’s see if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that Arouca:

• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league games.

Porto

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In their previous fixture, Porto drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga tie with Vitória Guimarães.

In that match, Porto had 57% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Porto was Fábio Vieira (66'). At the other end, Vitoria SC had 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Úmaro Embaló (86') was the scorer for Vitória Guimarães.

In their last half-dozen clashes, Porto have helped themselves to a total of 8 goals. Porto have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 8 goals go against them.

Coming into this contest, Porto haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 06/02/2022 shows us that Arouca have won 1 of these games and Porto 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Arouca and 15 created by Dragões. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 7 on 29/09/2024 when it finished Porto 4-0 Arouca.

That day, Porto managed 57% possession and 26 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Samu Aghehowa (47'), Nico González (51'), Galeno (57') and Deniz Gül (85').

At the other end, Arouca got 4 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by André Narciso.

ℹ️ Team News: Arouca

Pedro Moreira (unknown injury) and Nino Galović (unknown injury) won’t be playing for Arouca gaffer Vasco Seabra.

🗞️ Team News: Porto

Porto manager Martín Anselmi has some current player fitness concerns. Marko Grujić (Heel injury), Vasco Sousa (Broken fibula) and Martim Fernandes (muscular problems) can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Arouca should get enough chances to find the back of the net against this Porto lineup, however a single goal isn’t likely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re therefore tipping a 1-2 winning margin for Porto after the 90. It really should be an interesting one.

Peter Guest, 07:03 28/02/2025