FC Arouca vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2025-26

FC Arouca

3 – 3

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Rio Ave FC

Sat 23 Aug 2025 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Arouca vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga .

FC Arouca 34 games · 42 pts (2026/27)
Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	34	88
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	34	82
3	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	34	80
4	Sporting Clube de Braga	34	59
5	FC Famalicão	34	56
6	Gil Vicente FC	34	50
7	Moreirense FC	34	43
8	Vitória SC	34	42
9	FC Arouca	34	42
10	GD Estoril Praia	34	39
11	FC Alverca	34	39
12	CD Santa Clara	34	36
13	Rio Ave FC	34	36
14	CD Nacional	34	34
15	CF Estrela da Amadora	34	30
16	Casa Pia AC	34	30
17	CD Tondela	34	28
18	AVS	34	21

Head-to-Head

FC Arouca 8 games · Avg 2.5 goals Rio Ave FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-23 FC Arouca 3–3 Rio Ave FC 2025-02-10 FC Arouca 1–1 Rio Ave FC 2024-09-01 Rio Ave FC 1–0 FC Arouca 2024-04-19 Rio Ave FC 1–1 FC Arouca 2023-12-10 FC Arouca 2–2 Rio Ave FC

Recent Form

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	Rio Ave FC	H	3–3	D
17 Aug	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–6	L
09 Aug	AVS	H	3–1	W
17 May	Boavista FC	H	4–1	W
10 May	Gil Vicente FC	A	1–1	D
04 May	Casa Pia AC	H	0–0	D

Rio Ave FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	FC Arouca	A	3–3	D
17 Aug	CD Nacional	H	1–1	D
16 May	Gil Vicente FC	H	1–1	D
10 May	CD Nacional	A	3–3	D
05 May	CF Estrela da Amadora	H	2–0	W
27 Apr	Vitória SC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

FC Arouca		Rio Ave FC
#9	Position	#13
42	Points	36
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	8 / 12 / 14
47	Scored	35
64	Conceded	57
-17	GD	-22
1.24	PPG	1.06
35%	Win %	24%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

FC Arouca are 9th (42 pts). Rio Ave FC are 13th (36 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between FC Arouca and Rio Ave FC.
The final score is 3-3.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Tiago Fonseca Morais	1
Jose Fontan	1
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu	1
Paulo Vitor	1
Emmanuel Boateng	1
Aderlan	1
Jason	1
Cristo Gonzalez	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.19 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.63 Rio Ave FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca48% Draw23% Rio Ave FC29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.82

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

71%

Draw or Rio Ave FC

52%

FC Arouca or Rio Ave FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca38% Draw38% Rio Ave FC24%

Actual: FC Arouca win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted

3 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

8.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

2 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 0

4.3%

3 – 0

3.8%

2 – 3

3.6%

0 – 0

3.4%

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