FC Arouca vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2024-25

FC Arouca

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Sun 3 Nov 2024 · 18:00 UTC Municipal de Arouca 1,631 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 16' Bruma pen

0–2 54' Amine El Ouazzani

Morlaye Sylla 90' 1–2

Alfonso Trezza 6' Y

Jose Fontan 9' Y

David Simao 24' Y

Y 28' Rodrigo Zalazar

Y 69' Vitor Carvalho

Overview

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FC Arouca vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Municipal de Arouca.

FC Arouca 11 games · 20 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 11 games · 17 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 3.0 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2024-11-03 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2024-04-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–3 FC Arouca 2023-11-12 FC Arouca 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2023-02-19 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FC Arouca 2022-08-28 FC Arouca 0–6 Sporting Clube de Braga

Recent Form

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Nov	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	1–2	L
26 Oct	GD Estoril Praia	A	1–4	L
05 Oct	AVS	H	1–1	D
29 Sep	FC Porto	A	0–4	L
22 Sep	SC Farense	A	1–0	W
13 Sep	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	0–3	L

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Nov	FC Arouca	A	2–1	W
27 Oct	SC Farense	H	2–0	W
23 Oct	FK Bodø/Glimt	H	1–2	L
06 Oct	FC Porto	A	1–2	L
03 Oct	PAE Olympiakos SFP	A	0–3	L
29 Sep	Rio Ave FC	H	4–0	W

Season Stats

FC Arouca		Sporting Clube de Braga
#5	Position	#8
20	Points	17
11	Played	11
6 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	5 / 2 / 4
13	Scored	13
8	Conceded	11
+5	GD	+2
1.82	PPG	1.55
55%	Win %	45%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

45% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

FC Arouca are 5th (20 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 8th (17 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

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Arouca

Barbero	5 G
Jose Fontan	2 G
Dylan Nandin	2 G

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	5 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Municipal de Arouca will turn into a battlefield for FC Arouca and Sporting Clube de Braga.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Arouca and Sporting Clube de Braga are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
6' Alfonso Trezza was booked on 6.
9' The referee shows FC Arouca player a card on 9.
14' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Arouca in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Sporting Clube de Braga's compact 4-2-3-1.
16' What a strike from Bruma! The score is 0-1.
21' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Braga does not make any changes. Amine El Ouazzani has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
24' David Simao has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 24.
28' Sporting Clube de Braga receives a card for a hard tackle on 28.
33' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Arouca must find a spark to ignite this game.
38' FC Arouca currently sit 15 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
43' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
48' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Clube de Braga that had 439 games and scored 588 goals.
53' Sporting Clube de Braga fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
54' Amine El Ouazzani doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
57' Ricardo Horta is ready to make an impact after coming on for Rodrigo Zalazar at the 57 minute mark.
60' The crowd applauds Guven Yalcin as he leaves the pitch. Pedro Santos steps in for FC Arouca.
65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Braga needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
69' A moment of madness from Vitor Carvalho on 69 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Clube de Braga will be frustrated.
72' Another change for FC Arouca made on 72 minute. Ivo Rodrigues leaves to be changed by Quaresma.
73' The crowd applauds Bruma as he leaves the pitch. Gabriel Martinez steps in for Sporting Clube de Braga.
78' Paulo Oliveira has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
83' FC Arouca make a change. Jose Fontan trudges off to be replaced by Pablo Gozalbez on 83 minutes.
88' Gabriel Martinez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 11 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
90' What a moment for Morlaye Sylla! That strike on 90 puts his side firmly in control.
90' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Amine El Ouazzani departs to be replaced by Roberto Fernandez.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Clube de Braga to claim maximum points.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

31
Loum Ndiaye
1
Joao Valido
78
Alex Pinto
22
Pablo Gozalbez ↑ 83'
6
Quaresma ↑ 72'
39
Henrique Araujo ↑ 72'
2
Morlaye Sylla ↑ 60'
73
Chico Lamba
89
Pedro Santos ↑ 60'

Coach Gonzalo Garcia-Garcia

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

4
Sikou Niakate
7
Bruma ↓ Gabriel Martinez 73'
15
Paulo Oliveira
10
Andre Horta ↓ Jean-Baptiste Gorby 57'
25
Yuri Ribeiro
16
Rodrigo Zalazar ↓ Ricardo Horta 57'
13
Joao Ferreira
6
Vitor Carvalho
11
Roger Fernandes ↓ Ismael Gharbi 73'
1
Matheus Magalhaes
9
Amine El Ouazzani ↓ Roberto Fernandez 90'

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Vitor Oliveira	5
Ricardo Horta	4
Roger Fernandes	2
Simon Banza	2
Abel Ruiz	2
Rafa Mujica	2
Iuri Medeiros	2
Amine El Ouazzani	1

Head to Head

FC Arouca Form

2024-11-03 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2024-10-26 GD Estoril Praia 4–1 FC Arouca L 2024-10-05 FC Arouca 1–1 AVS D 2024-09-29 FC Porto 4–0 FC Arouca L 2024-09-22 SC Farense 0–1 FC Arouca W 2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal L

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2024-11-03 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2024-10-27 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 SC Farense W 2024-10-23 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 FK Bodø/Glimt L 2024-10-06 FC Porto 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2024-10-03 PAE Olympiakos SFP 3–0 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2024-09-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–0 Rio Ave FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.09 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: FC Arouca or Sporting Clube de Braga 70% + Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca31% Draw30% Sporting Clube de Braga39%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

61%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

69%

FC Arouca or Sporting Clube de Braga

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca22% Draw51% Sporting Clube de Braga27%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.1%

0 – 0

11.9%

0 – 1

10.9%

1 – 0

9.3%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

5.5%

2 – 2

4.4%

1 – 3

3.3%

0 – 3

3 – 1

2.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	18%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	21%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

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