Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

Primeira Liga · 2024-25
FC Arouca
0 – 3
Full Time
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Fri 13 Sep 2024 · 19:15 UTC Municipal de Arouca 4,644 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 24' Pedro Goncalves
0–2 73' Viktor Gyokeres pen
0–3 80' Trincao
Morlaye Sylla 54' Y
Jose Fontan 60' Y
Loum Ndiaye 90' Y

Overview

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

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

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FC Arouca 10 games · Avg 3.0 goals Sporting Clube de Portugal
Last 5 meetings
2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2024-03-10 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2023-10-08 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 FC Arouca 2023-04-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–1 FC Arouca 2022-10-29 FC Arouca 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal

Recent Form

FC Arouca
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Sep Sporting Clube de Portugal H 0–3 L
01 Sep Rio Ave FC A 0–1 L
25 Aug CD Nacional H 1–0 W
18 Aug Moreirense FC A 1–3 L
12 Aug Vitória SC H 0–1 L
18 May Vitória SC H 1–3 L
Sporting Clube de Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Sep FC Arouca A 3–0 W
31 Aug FC Porto H 2–0 W
23 Aug SC Farense A 5–0 W
17 Aug CD Nacional A 6–1 W
09 Aug Rio Ave FC H 3–1 W
18 May GD Chaves H 3–0 W

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 game is set. FC Arouca kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' Nuno Santos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 29 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' Ousmane Diomande has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 20' The travelling Sporting Clube de Portugal supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 24' Sporting Clube de Portugal is taking the lead after the goal scored by Pedro Goncalves on 24.
  • 29' FC Arouca is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 34' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 39' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Arouca and Sporting Clube de Portugal are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 46' Fresh legs for FC Arouca! Alfonso Trezza comes on to replace Vladislav Morozov.
  • 51' named a 3-4-3 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 54' Morlaye Sylla catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 54.
  • 59' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 60' Jose Fontan was booked on 60.
  • 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
  • 70' Chico Lamba has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 73' A stunning finish from Viktor Gyokeres — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 74' The FC Arouca manager makes a substitution. Amadou Dante departs to be replaced by Guven Yalcin.
  • 78' The crowd applauds Geovany Quenda as he leaves the pitch. Maximiliano Araujo steps in for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
  • 80' Trincao doubles the advantage! 0-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 83' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Portugal team. Trincao is replaced by Marcus Edwards on 83 minute.
  • 86' Pedro Santos has so much to prove this time. He replaces David Simao on 86 minute.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Loum Ndiaye.
  • With this win, Sporting Clube de Portugal is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Viktor Gyokeres 3
Pedro Goncalves 2
Trincao 2
Islam Slimani 2
Joao Basso 1
Antony 1
Hidemasa Morita 1
Rafa Mujica 1

Head to Head

2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2024-03-10 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2023-10-08 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 FC Arouca 2023-04-16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–1 FC Arouca 2022-10-29 FC Arouca 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal

FC Arouca Form

2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2024-09-01 Rio Ave FC 1–0 FC Arouca L 2024-08-25 FC Arouca 1–0 CD Nacional W 2024-08-18 Moreirense FC 3–1 FC Arouca L 2024-08-12 FC Arouca 0–1 Vitória SC L 2024-05-18 FC Arouca 1–3 Vitória SC L

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2024-09-13 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2024-08-31 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–0 FC Porto W 2024-08-23 SC Farense 0–5 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2024-08-17 CD Nacional 1–6 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2024-08-09 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–1 Rio Ave FC W 2024-05-18 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–0 GD Chaves W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.65 FC Arouca xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
3.12 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG
I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal to win 74% + Over 2.5 goals 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Arouca11% Draw15% Sporting Clube de Portugal74%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 3.77
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 71%
29%
± 3.5 50%
50%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw
26%
Draw or Sporting Clube de Portugal
89%
FC Arouca or Sporting Clube de Portugal
85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Arouca6% Draw30% Sporting Clube de Portugal64%
Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
11.5%
0 – 3
Actual
0 – 4
8.8%
0 – 1
7.4%
1 – 3
7.4%
1 – 2
7.2%
1 – 4
5.8%
0 – 5
5.5%
1 – 1
5.3%
1 – 5
3.7%
0 – 0
3.3%
0 – 6
2.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap FC Arouca covers Push Sporting Clube de Portugal covers
-2.5 0% — 100%
-2 0% 1% 99%
-1.5 1% — 99%
-1 1% 3% 95%
-0.5 5% — 95%
+0.5 16% — 84%
+1 16% 18% 66%
+1.5 34% — 66%
+2 34% 21% 45%
+2.5 55% — 45%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
5% ✓
Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet
52% ✓

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