Santa Clara vs Arouca Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

📏 Form Guide

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara prepare for this fixture after a 1-1 Primeira Liga drawn match vs Rio Ave.

In that game, Santa Clara managed 51% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Santa Clara was Sidney Lima (85'). On the other side, Rio Ave got 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. André Luiz (25') scored for Rio Ave.

Santa Clara have really been misfiring in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 4 versus opposing sides during their previous 6 matches. In those games, Santa Clara have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 5.

Going into this one, Santa Clara have left without a victory over Arouca in their previous 4 league matches.

Arouca

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Arouca come into this encounter following a 1-0 Primeira Liga win in the defeat of Estrela Amadora in their previous match.

In that match, Arouca managed 57% possession and 19 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Arouca was Dylan Nandín (67'). On the other side, Estrela Amadora got 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

In their previous half-dozen outings, Arouca have amassed a tally of 7 goals. Arouca have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have seen 7 goals go against them. Previous results aside, time will tell whether that trend shall persist here in this game.

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

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 11/04/2018 tells us that Santa Clara have won 1 of them & Arouca 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A combined sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for Os Açoreanos and 6 belonging to Arouca. The average goals per game has been 1.67.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 14 on 15/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Arouca 1-0 Santa Clara.

That day, Arouca managed 51% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Jason (67').

At the other end, Santa Clara got 5 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was André Narciso.

📋 Team News: Santa Clara

Wendel (Injury to the ankle) and Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) are not available for Santa Clara boss Vasco Matos.

📰 Team News: Arouca

In an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Arouca boss Vasco Seabra to be concerned with. Nino Galović (unknown injury) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that Arouca may not find it easy to score goals against this Santa Clara team who should get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore fancy a very even match with a 1-0 win for Santa Clara after 90 minutes.

We’ll see what happens.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the win-draw-win market, a win for Santa Clara is available for 2, a bet on a drawn result is 3.1 and staking on the win for Arouca gets you 4.2. These are the top prices offered as of now.

Lucas Pereira, 10:20 22/04/2025