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 34 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
Sporting Clube de Braga 34 games · 59 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 Famalicão	34	56
6	Gil Vicente FC	34	50
7	Moreirense FC	34	43
8	FC Arouca	34	42
9	Vitória 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

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
#8	Position	#4
42	Points	59
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	16 / 11 / 7
47	Scored	64
64	Conceded	36
-17	GD	+28
1.24	PPG	1.74
35%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

35% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

FC Arouca are 8th (42 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 4th (59 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Arouca

0-15

2/3

16-30

1/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

2/4

76+

4/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between FC Arouca and Sporting Clube de Braga is underway.
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
6' Alfonso Trezza is having his name booked by the referee on 6.
9' FC Arouca player sees a card in front of him.
14' Tiago Esgaio, a Portugal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
16' A stunning finish from Bruma — that came from absolutely nowhere!
21' Matheus Magalhaes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
24' David Simao picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
28' Rodrigo Zalazar is having his name booked by the referee on 28.
33' Roberto Fernandez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 428 appearances.
38' Amine El Ouazzani has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
43' FC Arouca is showing some good football. However, FC Arouca are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
48' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
53' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
54' What a moment for Amine El Ouazzani! That strike on 54 puts his side firmly in control.
57' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Rodrigo Zalazar by Ricardo Horta on 57 minute.
60' The FC Arouca manager makes a substitution. Guven Yalcin departs to be replaced by Pedro Santos.
65' Paulo Oliveira is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Arouca so far.
69' That is a card for Sporting Clube de Braga. Vitor Carvalho will be fuming at that decision.
72' It is a substitution in FC Arouca team. Ivo Rodrigues is replaced by Quaresma on 72 minute.
73' Bruma makes way for Gabriel Martinez at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
78' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Arouca side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
83' The FC Arouca manager makes a substitution. Jose Fontan departs to be replaced by Pablo Gozalbez.
88' A quiet spell here at Municipal de Arouca. Sporting Clube de Braga seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
90' Morlaye Sylla has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 90 minutes.
90' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Amine El Ouazzani by Roberto Fernandez on 90 minute.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Clube de Braga take all three 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
Rafa Mujica	2
Iuri Medeiros	2
Roger Fernandes	2
Simon Banza	2
Abel Ruiz	2
Bruma	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

4 / 4

1.2 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

2.2 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca23% Draw24% Sporting Clube de Braga53%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.4

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

47%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

77%

FC Arouca or Sporting Clube de Braga

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca17% Draw40% Sporting Clube de Braga43%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.6%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

8.1%

0 – 1

6.8%

1 – 3

6.8%

0 – 3

5.8%

2 – 2

5.6%

2 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 4

3.8%

1 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	11%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	21%	37%
+1.5	63%	—	37%
+2	63%	18%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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