The Primeira Liga clash at Estádio Municipal de Arouca on Sunday will see hosts Arouca prepare for the visit of Casa Pia.
Our tips, poll and stats for Arouca v Casa Pia can all be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Arouca
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Arouca will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-0 Primeira Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Santa Clara.
In that match, Arouca managed 61% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Santa Clara had 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Ricardinho (4', 37') was the scorer for Santa Clara.
It’s been all too rare in recent games that Arouca have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Arouca have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals in the process.
Heading into this contest, Arouca haven't beaten Casa Pia in their last 3 matches in the league.
Casa Pia
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Estoril in Primeira Liga action, Casa Pia will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Casa Pia managed 41% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Casa Pia was Cassiano (43'). Estoril had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Yanis Begraoui (21'), Alejandro Marqués (82') and João Carvalho (87') scored for Estoril.
The strike force from Casa Pia have made hard work of scoring goals over their previous 6 encounters, contributing the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Os Gansos (The Geese) have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 7. Such a trend might not be continued into this match, however.
Their prior results show that Casa Pia:
- are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
- have not won away from home in their last 6 league games.
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Head to head
Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 09/05/2021 shows us that Arouca have won 2 of these games and Casa Pia 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.
An aggregate of 11 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them from Arouca and 6 created by Os Gansos (The Geese). That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.
The previous league clash between the two was Primeira Liga match day 15 on 20/12/2024 when it ended Casa Pia 3-1 Arouca.
That time, Casa Pia managed 42% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Jérémy Livolant (19'), Leonardo Lelo (20') and Samuel Obeng (88').
At the other end, Arouca got 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Alfonso Trezza (63') scored.
The match was refereed by Anzhony Rodrigues.
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Team News: Arouca
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Arouca gaffer Vasco Seabra to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group. Nino Galović (unknown injury) misses out.
In our view, Arouca will possibly use a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Nico Mantl, Alex Pinto, Chico Lamba, Jose Fontán, Weverson, Miguel Puche García, Taichi Fukui, Alfonso Trezza, Morlaye Sylla, Brian Mansilla and Dylan Nandín.
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Team News: Casa Pia
Casa Pia boss João Pereira has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Clau Mendes (sprain), Kiki (unknown injury) and Tchamba (Shoulder injury) can’t be considered.
From our viewpoint, Os Gansos (The Geese) seem most likely to utilise a 3-4-3 lineup, starting Patrick Sequeira, João Goulart, Fahem Benaissa-Yahia, Ruben Kluivert, Gaizka Larrazabal, Iyad Mohamed, Pablo Roberto, Tiago Dias, Korede Osundina, Cassiano and Henrique Pereira.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Casa Pia will manage to score against this Arouca outfit, although it may not be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 win for Arouca when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking on the latest odds for this match on the win-draw-win market, victory for Arouca is available for 2.05, backing the draw is 3.3 & putting your money on the winning team to be Casa Pia comes in at 3.6. They are the most competitive prices that can be secured at the current time.
Andre Moura,
03:02 03/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Arouca
Formed: 1952
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Arouca (5,600)
Captain: David Simão
Chairman: Carlos Pinho
Manager: Vasco Seabra
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 12
🔑 Key Man: Jason
Usually used in the Right Wing position, Jason was born in A Coruña, Spain. After having made a senior debut playing for Levante in the 2013 - 2014 season, the dangerous Forward has struck 5 league goals in the Liga Portugal 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 29 appearances.