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 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Académico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicão	7	7
14	Vitória SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	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	#6
11	Points	11
7	Played	6
3 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 1
10	Scored	7
7	Conceded	5
+3	GD	+2
1.57	PPG	1.83
43%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

FC Arouca are 5th (11 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Arouca

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

–/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Arouca

Barbero	4 G
Jose Fontan	2 G
Dylan Nandin	2 G

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! FC Arouca vs Sporting Clube de Braga — let the football do the talking.
5' It looks surprising Sporting Clube de Braga does not make any changes. Jean-Baptiste Gorby has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
6' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alfonso Trezza on 6.
9' Jose Fontan picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
14' Boris Popovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 434 appearances.
16' GOAL! Bruma scores on 16.
21' Amine El Ouazzani has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
24' That looks like a foul for a card for David Simao.
28' Rodrigo Zalazar has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 28.
33' Sporting Clube de Braga have won 580 goals from 431 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
38' The 31-year-old Ivo Rodrigues has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
43' Ricardo Horta, a Portugal forward, has 30 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
48' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
53' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
54' What composure from Amine El Ouazzani! The France international strokes it home. 0-2.
57' Ricardo Horta is replacing Rodrigo Zalazar for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
60' The FC Arouca manager makes a substitution. Guven Yalcin departs to be replaced by Pedro Santos.
65' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
69' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Vitor Carvalho gets a card.
72' Another change for FC Arouca made on 72 minute. Ivo Rodrigues leaves to be changed by Quaresma.
73' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Bruma is replaced by Gabriel Martinez on 73 minute.
78' The energy levels are beginning to show. Carlos Carvalhal might look to freshen things up shortly.
83' The FC Arouca bench stirs into life. Jose Fontan is withdrawn and Pablo Gozalbez gets his opportunity.
88' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Arouca must find a spark to ignite this game.
90' The Guinea Morlaye Sylla breaks the deadlock on 90 minutes. 1-2!
90' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Roberto Fernandez on, Amine El Ouazzani off on 90 minutes.
Another three points for Sporting Clube de Braga.

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
Rafa Mujica	2
Iuri Medeiros	2
Roger Fernandes	2
Simon Banza	2
Abel Ruiz	2
Andre Castro	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

1.07 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca29% Draw30% Sporting Clube de Braga41%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

59%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

71%

FC Arouca or Sporting Clube de Braga

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca21% Draw50% Sporting Clube de Braga29%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.8%

0 – 0

11.1%

0 – 1

10.9%

1 – 0

8.4%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 3

3.8%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

2.4%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	17%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	22%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

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