Thursday , 2 July 2026

FC Porto vs FC Arouca, Primeira Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2022-23
FC Porto
5 – 1
Full Time
FC Arouca
Wed 28 Dec 2022 · 21:15 UTC Estadio Do Dragao HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 36' Alan Ruiz
Y 37' Alan Ruiz
Y 49' Morlaye Sylla
Y 50' Morlaye Sylla
Marcano 60' Y
Y 85' Joao Basso

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

8
1
1
FC Porto 10 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Arouca
Last 5 meetings
2022-12-28 FC Porto 5–1 FC Arouca 2022-02-06 FC Arouca 0–2 FC Porto 2021-08-28 FC Porto 3–0 FC Arouca

Recent Form

FC Porto
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Dec FC Arouca H 5–1 W
12 Nov Boavista FC A 4–1 W
05 Nov FC Pacos de Ferreira H 4–0 W
01 Nov Club Atletico de Madrid H 2–1 W
29 Oct CD Santa Clara A 1–1 D
26 Oct Club Brugge KV A 4–0 W
FC Arouca
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Dec FC Porto A 1–5 L
12 Nov Rio Ave FC H 0–1 L
05 Nov FC Vizela A 1–0 W
29 Oct Sporting Clube de Portugal H 1–0 W
23 Oct CS Maritimo A 1–1 D
10 Oct FC Famalicão H 4–1 W

Season Stats

FC Porto FC Arouca
#1 Position #8
88 Points 42
34 Played 34
28 / 4 / 2 W / D / L 12 / 6 / 16
66 Scored 47
18 Conceded 64
+48 GD -17
2.59 PPG 1.24
82% Win % 35%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
62% Clean Sheets
FC Porto this season
21% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

FC Porto are 1st (88 pts). FC Arouca are 8th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Porto
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/–
46-60
2/2
61-75
2/–
76+
1/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. FC Porto host FC Arouca — let the battle begin!
  • 1' A goal from the Portugal international Otavio! He fires home on 1 to make it 1-0!
  • 6' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Porto and FC Arouca are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 11' FC Arouca come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 16' FC Arouca fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 18' The Iran Mehdi Taremi breaks the deadlock on 18 minutes. 2-0!
  • 23' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Porto and FC Arouca are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 28' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 33' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Sergio Conceicao will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 34' Mehdi Taremi with the second goal in the match!
  • 36' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Alan Ruiz.
  • 37' Alan Ruiz picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Porto needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 47' The travelling FC Arouca supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 49' FC Arouca receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 49.
  • 50' FC Arouca receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 50.
  • 50' Mehdi Taremi is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 55' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 60' The referee shows FC Porto player a Yellow card on 60.
  • 62' FC Arouca manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bruninho is hanging Oday Dabbagh on the field on 62 minute.
  • 67' 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.
  • 68' Pepe is replacing Gabriel Veron for the FC Porto side.
  • 69' It is a substitution in FC Porto team. Wenderson Galeno is replaced by Toni Martinez on 69 minute.
  • 70' The deadlock is broken! Mehdi Taremi gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
  • 75' Another substitution for FC Arouca to replace David Simao by Moses Yaw on 75 minute.
  • 75' GOAL! Bruninho scores on 75.
  • 76' Moses Yaw gets the nod from FC Arouca. He replaces David Simao and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 77' Time for substitution for FC Arouca. Alan Ruiz is replaced by Nino Galovic.
  • 82' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 83' The FC Porto manager makes a substitution. Mehdi Taremi departs to be replaced by Rodrigo Conceicao.
  • 84' Another change for FC Porto made on 84 minute. Joao Mario Lopes leaves to be changed by Danny Loader.
  • 85' Controversy at the stadium! Joao Basso argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 90' FC Porto has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 5-1.

Lineups

FC Porto Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sergio Conceicao

FC Arouca Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Armando Evangelista

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Mehdi Taremi 5
Marcano 3
Vitor Ferreira 2
Samu Omorodion 2
Evanilson 2
Cristo Gonzalez 2
Mateus Uribe 1
Galeno 1

Head to Head

2022-12-28 FC Porto 5–1 FC Arouca 2022-02-06 FC Arouca 0–2 FC Porto 2021-08-28 FC Porto 3–0 FC Arouca

FC Porto Form

2022-12-28 FC Porto 5–1 FC Arouca W 2022-11-12 Boavista FC 1–4 FC Porto W 2022-11-05 FC Porto 4–0 FC Pacos de Ferreira W 2022-11-01 FC Porto 2–1 Club Atletico de Madrid W 2022-10-29 CD Santa Clara 1–1 FC Porto D 2022-10-26 Club Brugge KV 0–4 FC Porto W

FC Arouca Form

2022-12-28 FC Porto 5–1 FC Arouca L 2022-11-12 FC Arouca 0–1 Rio Ave FC L 2022-11-05 FC Vizela 0–1 FC Arouca W 2022-10-29 FC Arouca 1–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2022-10-23 CS Maritimo 1–1 FC Arouca D 2022-10-10 FC Arouca 4–1 FC Famalicão W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
3.24 FC Porto xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.6 FC Arouca xG
I would bet for: FC Porto to win 79% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto79% Draw13% FC Arouca8%
Actual: FC Porto win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 3.84
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 52%
48%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

FC Porto or Draw
92%
Draw or FC Arouca
21%
FC Porto or FC Arouca
87%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto66% Draw29% FC Arouca5%
Actual: FC Porto win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
3 – 0
12.1%
2 – 0
11.7%
4 – 0
9.6%
1 – 0
7.3%
3 – 1
7.1%
2 – 1
6.7%
5 – 0
6.3%
4 – 1
5.8%
1 – 1
4.7%
5 – 1
Actual
6 – 0
3.5%
0 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Porto

Handicap FC Porto covers Push FC Arouca covers
-2.5 49% — 51%
-2 49% 21% 31%
-1.5 69% — 31%
-1 69% 17% 14%
-0.5 86% — 14%
+0.5 96% — 4%
+1 96% 3% 1%
+1.5 99% — 1%
+2 99% 1% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

FC Porto keeps clean sheet
55% ✗
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
5% ✓

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