FC Arouca vs Rio Ave FC, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Arouca vs Rio Ave FC — Primeira Liga .
- FC Arouca 34 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
- Rio Ave FC 34 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
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 Famalicao 34 56 6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50 7 Moreirense FC 34 43 8 FC Arouca 34 42 9 Vitoria SC 34 42 10 GD Estoril Praia 34 39 11 FC Alverca 34 39 12 Rio Ave FC 34 36 13 CD Santa Clara 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
Recent Form
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 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 Vitoria SC A 0–3 L Season Stats
FC Arouca Rio Ave FC #8 Position #12 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 history21% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season18% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this seasonFC Arouca are 8th (42 pts). Rio Ave FC are 12th (36 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Arouca0-152/316-301/–31-451/146-603/–61-752/476+4/1■ Scored ■ ConcededRio Ave FC0-151/116-301/131-45–/346-603/–61-75–/376+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between FC Arouca and Rio Ave FC is underway.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
FC Arouca Lineups
Rio Ave FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jason 1 Cristo Gonzalez 1 Joca 1 Rafa Mujica 1 Clayton 1 Tiago Fonseca Morais 1 Jose Fontan 1 Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 1 Head to Head
FC Arouca Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.19 FC Arouca xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.63 Rio Ave FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.82Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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
✗ WrongActual: FC Arouca win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 3–3 not predicted3 – 3Actual1 – 1 8.6%2 – 1 8.3%2 – 2 6.7%1 – 2 6.2%3 – 1 6%2 – 0 5.3%3 – 2 4.9%1 – 0 4.3%3 – 0 3.8%2 – 3 3.6%0 – 0 3.4%1 – 3 3.4%Asian Handicap — FC Arouca
Handicap FC Arouca covers Push Rio Ave FC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 15% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 19% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 14% 14% +1.5 86% — 14% +2 86% 8% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

