FC Arouca vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2023-24

FC Arouca

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Sat 6 Jan 2024 · 18:00 UTC Municipal de Arouca HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 39' Rafa Silva

0–2 48' Orkun Kokcu

0–3 85' Petar Musa

Francisco Montero 14' Y

Y 72' Arthur Cabral

Eboue Kouassi 76' Y

Y 79' Florentino

Overview

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FC Arouca vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga at Municipal de Arouca.

FC Arouca 11 games · 20 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	11	33
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	11	28
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	11	24
4	CD Santa Clara	11	21
5	FC Arouca	11	20
6	Académico de Viseu FC	11	20
7	Gil Vicente FC	11	18
8	Sporting Clube de Braga	11	17
9	Moreirense FC	11	14
10	FC Famalicão	11	13
11	FC Alverca	11	12
12	CF Estrela da Amadora	11	10
13	CD Nacional	11	10
14	Vitória SC	11	9
15	CS Marítimo	10	8
16	Casa Pia AC	11	8
17	Rio Ave FC	11	7
18	GD Estoril Praia	10	2

Head-to-Head

FC Arouca 10 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2024-01-06 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023-01-31 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2022-08-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 FC Arouca 2022-01-21 FC Arouca 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-08-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 FC Arouca

Recent Form

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–3	L
28 Dec	CF Estrela da Amadora	A	4–1	W
16 Dec	Gil Vicente FC	H	3–0	W
10 Dec	Rio Ave FC	H	2–2	D
03 Dec	Boavista FC	A	4–0	W
12 Nov	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	0–1	L

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Jan	FC Arouca	A	3–0	W
29 Dec	FC Famalicão	H	3–0	W
17 Dec	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	1–0	W
12 Dec	FC Red Bull Salzburg	A	3–1	W
08 Dec	SC Farense	H	1–1	D
03 Dec	Moreirense FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

FC Arouca		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#5	Position	#2
20	Points	28
11	Played	11
6 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	9 / 1 / 1
13	Scored	30
8	Conceded	10
+5	GD	+20
1.82	PPG	2.55
55%	Win %	82%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

FC Arouca are 5th (20 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Arouca

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

1/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

4/1

16-30

3/–

31-45

2/2

46-60

9/4

61-75

6/1

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Arouca

Barbero	5 G
Jose Fontan	2 G
Dylan Nandin	2 G

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Vangelis Pavlidis	11 G	3 A
Gianluca Prestianni	7 G	4 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins	2 G	1 A
Rafa Silva	1 G	2 A
Jhon Duran	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! FC Arouca vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — let the football do the talking.
5' The travelling Sport Lisboa e Benfica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Arouca and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
14' The referee calls foul for Francisco Montero. He receives a Yellow card.
19' Over 19 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
24' Jason has been relatively quiet despite scoring 15 goals in his last 290 appearances.
29' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Fredrik Aursnes made 83 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Orkun Kokcu, as he is very good at scoring at Municipal de Arouca with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
39' What a moment for Rafa Silva! That strike on 39 puts his side firmly in control.
44' FC Arouca seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
48' A stunning finish from Orkun Kokcu — that came from absolutely nowhere!
53' It looks surprising FC Arouca does not make any changes. Joao Mario has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
58' It’s high time Daniel Sousa made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
63' Arthur Cabral is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Arouca tonight.
68' FC Arouca currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
72' A moment of madness from Arthur Cabral on 72 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sport Lisboa e Benfica will be frustrated.
72' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Arthur Cabral by Petar Musa on 72 minute.
73' The FC Arouca manager makes a substitution. Rafa Mujica departs to be replaced by Benji Michel.
76' A moment of madness from Eboue Kouassi on 76 minutes earns him a Yellow card. FC Arouca will be frustrated.
78' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Florentino is hanging Joao Mario on the field on 78 minute.
79' Florentino catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 79.
81' A change in the FC Arouca ranks — Eboue Kouassi exits the field as Pedro Santos enters on 81.
85' Fresh legs for FC Arouca! Alfonso Trezza comes on to replace Morlaye Sylla.
85' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Petar Musa makes it 0-3.
86' Sport Lisboa e Benfica make a change. Angel di Maria trudges off to be replaced by Goncalo Guedes on 86 minutes.
87' A tactical swap from Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Tomas Araujo on, Fredrik Aursnes off on 87 minutes.
89' Angel di Maria makes way for Goncalo Guedes at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-3.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

16
Thiago
17
Moses Yaw
30
Andre Bukia ↑ 73'
7
Yusuf Lawal
18
Benji Michel ↑ 73'
89
Pedro Santos ↑ 81'
9
Alfonso Trezza ↑ 85'
11
Puche
13
Mati-as Rocha

Coach Daniel Sousa

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

17
Goncalo Guedes ↑ 86'
22
Chiquinho
61
Florentino ↑ 78'
33
Petar Musa ↑ 72'
24
Samuel Soares
44
Tomas Araujo ↑ 87'
47
Tiago Gouveia ↑ 87'
13
David Jurasek

Coach Roger Schmidt

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafa Silva	5
Joao Mario	3
Orkun Kokcu	3
Roman Yaremchuk	2
Darwin Nunez	2
Petar Musa	2
Angel di Maria	2
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	2

Head to Head

FC Arouca Form

2024-01-06 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2023-12-28 CF Estrela da Amadora 1–4 FC Arouca W 2023-12-16 FC Arouca 3–0 Gil Vicente FC W 2023-12-10 FC Arouca 2–2 Rio Ave FC D 2023-12-03 Boavista FC 0–4 FC Arouca W 2023-11-12 FC Arouca 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2024-01-06 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2023-12-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 FC Famalicão W 2023-12-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2023-12-12 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2023-12-08 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 SC Farense D 2023-12-03 Moreirense FC 0–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.7 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

1.87 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 59% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca17% Draw24% Sport Lisboa e Benfica59%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.57

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

41%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

83%

FC Arouca or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca11% Draw45% Sport Lisboa e Benfica44%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 1

13.6%

0 – 2

13%

1 – 1

10.8%

0 – 0

9.5%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 3

Actual

1 – 3

5.7%

1 – 0

4.5%

0 – 4

3.7%

2 – 1

3.4%

2 – 2

3.2%

1 – 4

2.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	9%	88%
-0.5	12%	—	88%
+0.5	36%	—	64%
+1	36%	25%	39%
+1.5	61%	—	39%
+2	61%	20%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

50% ✗

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