Saturday , 14 November 2026

FC Porto vs FC Arouca, Primeira Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2021-22
FC Porto
3 – 0
Full Time
FC Arouca
Sat 28 Aug 2021 · 17:00 UTC Estadio Do Dragao HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Leandro Silva
Joao Mario Lopes 45' Y
Bruno Costa 51' Y
Luis Diaz 59' Y
Mateus Uribe 67' Y
Y 83' Quaresma
Y 84' Quaresma

Overview

Match Preview

FC Porto vs FC Arouca — Primeira Liga at Estadio Do Dragao.

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

9
1
1
FC Porto 11 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Arouca
Last 5 meetings
2021-08-28 FC Porto 3–0 FC Arouca

Recent Form

FC Porto
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Aug FC Arouca H 3–0 W
22 Aug CS Marítimo A 1–1 D
15 Aug FC Famalicão A 2–1 W
08 Aug Os Belenenses Futebol H 2–0 W
19 May Os Belenenses Futebol H 4–0 W
15 May Rio Ave FC A 3–0 W
FC Arouca
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Aug FC Porto A 0–3 L
20 Aug FC Famalicão H 2–1 W
14 Aug Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 0–2 L
07 Aug GD Estoril Praia H 0–2 L
15 Jun FC Vizela H 0–1 L

Season Stats

FC Porto FC Arouca
#1 Position #5
33 Points 20
11 Played 11
11 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 6 / 2 / 3
27 Scored 13
5 Conceded 8
+22 GD +5
3.00 PPG 1.82
100% Win % 55%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
55% Clean Sheets
FC Porto this season
55% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

FC Porto are 1st (33 pts). FC Arouca are 5th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Porto
0-15
4/–
16-30
1/2
31-45
7/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
6/–
76+
5/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Porto
Borja Sainz 6 G 1 A
Gabriel Veiga 5 G 4 A
Andre Silva 4 G 2 A
Victor Froholdt 3 G
William da Silva 2 G 2 A
FC Arouca
Barbero 5 G
Jose Fontan 2 G
Dylan Nandin 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Estadio Do Dragao. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Porto and FC Arouca are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Arouca needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 20' Portugal international Tiago Araujo has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 6 assists in the Array this season.
  • 24' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Mateus Uribe makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 25' Leandro Silva catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 25.
  • 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
  • 34' Goal! Mehdi Taremi scores his 114 goal in 10 matches.
  • 39' A quiet spell here at Estadio Do Dragao. FC Porto seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 44' 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.
  • 45' The referee has no hesitation. Joao Mario Lopes is booked for FC Porto — Yellow card on 45.
  • 50' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Porto and FC Arouca are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 51' Bruno Costa is having his name booked by the referee on 51.
  • 51' It is a substitution in FC Arouca team. Arsenio is replaced by Pite on 51 minute.
  • 52' The FC Arouca bench stirs into life. Leandro Silva is withdrawn and Tiago Araujo gets his opportunity.
  • 57' FC Porto are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 59' The referee shows FC Porto player a Yellow card on 59.
  • 60' It is a substitution in FC Porto team. Bruno Costa is replaced by Vitor Ferreira on 60 minute.
  • 63' What composure from Marcano! The Spain international strokes it home. 3-0.
  • 67' FC Porto player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 72' FC Porto looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Borja Sainz scoring 1 goals.
  • 77' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 79' FC Porto manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Francisco Conceicao is hanging Luis Diaz on the field on 79 minute.
  • 83' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Quaresma.
  • 84' FC Arouca receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 84.
  • 85' Another substitution for FC Arouca to replace Eugeni Valderrama by Tiago Esgaio on 85 minute.
  • 86' Time for substitution for FC Porto. Chancel Mbemba is replaced by Wendell.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FC Arouca.

Lineups

FC Porto Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sergio Conceicao

FC Arouca Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Armando Evangelista

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.27 FC Porto xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.3 FC Arouca xG
I would bet for: FC Porto to win 76% + Under — clean sheet likely 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto76% Draw17% FC Arouca7%
Actual: FC Porto win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes24% 0% No76%
Avg goals/match: 2.57
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 46%
54%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

FC Porto or Draw
93%
Draw or FC Arouca
24%
FC Porto or FC Arouca
83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto58% Draw39% FC Arouca3%
Actual: FC Porto win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
19.4%
1 – 0
17.5%
3 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
9.2%
4 – 0
8.1%
2 – 1
5.7%
1 – 1
5.4%
3 – 1
4.5%
5 – 0
3.7%
4 – 1
2.7%
0 – 1
1.8%
6 – 0
1.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Porto

Handicap FC Porto covers Push FC Arouca covers
-2.5 33% — 67%
-2 33% 24% 42%
-1.5 58% — 42%
-1 58% 24% 18%
-0.5 82% — 18%
+0.5 97% — 3%
+1 97% 3% 0%
+1.5 100% — 0%
+2 100% — 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

FC Porto keeps clean sheet
74% ✓
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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