FC Arouca vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Primeira Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2021-22

FC Arouca

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Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sat 2 Oct 2021 · 19:30 UTC Municipal de Arouca HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Pablo Sarabia

Arsenio 45' Y

Y 63' Paulinho

Leandro Silva 63' Y

Y 63' Pedro Porro

Y 77' Daniel Braganca

Tiago Araujo 85' Y

Y 90' Tiago Tomas

Overview

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

FC Arouca 34 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 games · 82 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 Portugal

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-02 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	1–2	L
25 Sep	Moreirense FC	A	1–2	L
18 Sep	Vitória SC	H	2–2	D
13 Sep	CS Maritimo	A	2–2	D
28 Aug	FC Porto	A	0–3	L
20 Aug	FC Famalicão	H	2–1	W

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	FC Arouca	A	2–1	W
28 Sep	Borussia Dortmund	A	0–1	L
24 Sep	CS Maritimo	H	1–0	W
19 Sep	GD Estoril Praia	A	1–0	W
15 Sep	AFC Ajax	H	1–5	L
11 Sep	FC Porto	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

FC Arouca		Sporting Clube de Portugal
#8	Position	#2
42	Points	82
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	25 / 7 / 2
47	Scored	89
64	Conceded	24
-17	GD	+65
1.24	PPG	2.41
35%	Win %	74%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

FC Arouca are 8th (42 pts). Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 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 Portugal

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

5/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FC Arouca is hosting Sporting Clube de Portugal for another epic battle.
5' It’s high time Armando Evangelista made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Arouca and Sporting Clube de Portugal are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Armando Evangelista will be considering his options from the bench.
16' GOAL! Matheus Nunes scores on 16.
21' FC Arouca are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Clube de Portugal's shape.
26' Abdoulaye Ba has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 10 cards already picked up this season.
31' It looks surprising FC Arouca does not make any changes. Arsenio has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sporting Clube de Portugal winning 100% of all matches.
41' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 41 minutes.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Pablo Sarabia argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' Gaston Campi gets the nod from FC Arouca. He replaces Abdoulaye Ba and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Oday Dabbagh adds to his 0 season tally! FC Arouca lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
54' Nuno Santos makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Sporting Clube de Portugal are in front.
59' The travelling Sporting Clube de Portugal supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
61' It is a substitution in FC Arouca team. Eboue Kouassi is replaced by Pite on 61 minute.
63' Paulinho catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 63.
64' The Sporting Clube de Portugal bench stirs into life. Pedro Porro is withdrawn and Luis Neto gets his opportunity.
69' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Portugal is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
71' Tiago Tomas is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pablo Sarabia at the 71 minute mark.
73' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal to replace Pablo Sarabia by Tiago Tomas on 73 minute.
77' Tiago Araujo gets the nod from FC Arouca. He replaces Arsenio and will look to change the dynamic.
77' Daniel Braganca picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
81' Sporting Clube de Portugal ring the changes. Daniel Braganca has done his job and it is now time for Manuel Ugarte to step up.
83' Manuel Ugarte gets the nod from Sporting Clube de Portugal. He replaces Daniel Braganca and will look to change the dynamic.
85' FC Arouca player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
85' FC Arouca ring the changes. Andre Bukia has done his job and it is now time for Adilio Santos to step up.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tiago Tomas.
With this win, Sporting Clube de Portugal is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Pite ↑ 61'
11
Adilio Santos ↑ 85'
60
Marco Soares
22
Gaston Campi ↑ 46'
3
Brunao
78
Tiago Araujo ↑ 77'
1
Victor Braga
29
Joel Ferreira
19
Or Dasa

Coach Armando Evangelista

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

31
Joao Virginia
16
Ruben Vinagre
3
Zouhair Feddal
10
Jovane Cabral ↑ 81'
13
Luis Neto ↑ 64'
7
Tabata ↑ 71'
19
Tiago Tomas ↑ 71'
15
Manuel Ugarte ↑ 81'
41
Diego Callai

Coach Ruben Amorim

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Viktor Gyokeres	3
Trincao	2
Islam Slimani	2
Pedro Goncalves	2
Hidemasa Morita	1
Rafa Mujica	1
Nuno Santos	1
Morten Hjulmand	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.99 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

2.62 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca18% Draw21% Sporting Clube de Portugal61%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

39%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal

82%

FC Arouca or Sporting Clube de Portugal

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca12% Draw36% Sporting Clube de Portugal52%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

9.4%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 3

1 – 1

7.8%

1 – 3

7.7%

0 – 1

6.9%

0 – 4

5.2%

1 – 4

5.1%

2 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

2 – 3

3.8%

2 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	7%	88%
-0.5	12%	—	88%
+0.5	29%	—	71%
+1	29%	21%	50%
+1.5	50%	—	50%
+2	50%	20%	30%
+2.5	70%	—	30%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

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

FC Arouca vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, Primeira Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

FC Arouca Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Clean Sheet