Sunday , 18 October 2026

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

Primeira Liga · 2025-26
FC Arouca
3 – 3
Full Time
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 .

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 8 24
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 19
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 18
4 CD Santa Clara 8 18
5 FC Arouca 8 14
6 Academico de Viseu FC 8 14
7 Sporting Clube de Braga 7 11
8 Gil Vicente FC 7 11
9 FC Alverca 8 11
10 CF Estrela da Amadora 8 10
11 Moreirense FC 8 8
12 CS Maritimo 8 8
13 FC Famalicao 8 7
14 Rio Ave FC 8 7
15 Vitoria SC 8 5
16 CD Nacional 8 4
17 Casa Pia AC 8 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 8 2

Head-to-Head

1
4
3
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#5 Position #14
14 Points 7
8 Played 8
4 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 5
11 Scored 8
7 Conceded 17
+4 GD -9
1.75 PPG 0.88
50% Win % 25%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)
38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season
13% Clean Sheets
Rio Ave FC this season

FC Arouca are 5th (14 pts). Rio Ave FC are 14th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Arouca
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Rio Ave FC
0-15
1/4
16-30
–/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/1
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Arouca
Barbero 5 G
Jose Fontan 2 G
Dylan Nandin 2 G
Rio Ave FC
Jalen Blesa 3 G 1 A
Tamble Monteiro 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Rio Ave FC gets underway.
  • will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

Rio Ave FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cristo Gonzalez 1
Joca 1
Rafa Mujica 1
Clayton 1
Tiago Fonseca Morais 1
Jose Fontan 1
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 1
Paulo Vitor 1

Head to Head

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

FC Arouca Form

2025-08-23 FC Arouca 3–3 Rio Ave FC D 2025-08-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6–0 FC Arouca L 2025-08-09 FC Arouca 3–1 AVS W 2025-05-17 FC Arouca 4–1 Boavista FC W 2025-05-10 Gil Vicente FC 1–1 FC Arouca D 2025-05-04 FC Arouca 0–0 Casa Pia AC D

Rio Ave FC Form

2025-08-23 FC Arouca 3–3 Rio Ave FC D 2025-08-17 Rio Ave FC 1–1 CD Nacional D 2025-05-16 Rio Ave FC 1–1 Gil Vicente FC D 2025-05-10 CD Nacional 3–3 Rio Ave FC D 2025-05-05 Rio Ave FC 2–0 CF Estrela da Amadora W 2025-04-27 Vitoria SC 3–0 Rio Ave FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.42 FC Arouca xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.24 Rio Ave FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Arouca57% Draw22% Rio Ave FC21%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw
79%
Draw or Rio Ave FC
43%
FC Arouca or Rio Ave FC
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Arouca46% Draw38% Rio Ave FC16%
Actual: FC Arouca win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted
3 – 3
Actual
2 – 1
9.1%
1 – 1
8.5%
2 – 0
7.6%
3 – 1
7.2%
3 – 0
5.9%
1 – 0
5.8%
2 – 2
5.6%
1 – 2
4.7%
3 – 2
4.5%
4 – 1
4.4%
0 – 0
3.8%
4 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap FC Arouca covers Push Rio Ave FC covers
-2.5 23% — 77%
-2 23% 18% 59%
-1.5 41% — 59%
-1 41% 21% 38%
-0.5 62% — 38%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 10% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
30% ✓
Rio Ave FC keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.