Wednesday , 30 September 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 7 21
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 16
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 15
4 CD Santa Clara 7 15
5 FC Arouca 7 11
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 6 11
7 Académico de Viseu FC 7 11
8 CF Estrela da Amadora 7 10
9 Moreirense FC 7 8
10 Gil Vicente FC 6 8
11 CS Marítimo 7 8
12 FC Alverca 7 8
13 FC Famalicão 7 7
14 Vitória SC 7 5
15 CD Nacional 7 4
16 Rio Ave FC 7 4
17 Casa Pia AC 7 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 7 2

Head-to-Head

9
1
1
FC Porto 11 games · Avg 3.2 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 Paços de Ferreira H 4–0 W
01 Nov Club Atlético 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 Marítimo A 1–1 D
10 Oct FC Famalicão H 4–1 W

Season Stats

FC Porto FC Arouca
#1 Position #5
21 Points 11
7 Played 7
7 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 2
18 Scored 10
3 Conceded 7
+15 GD +3
3.00 PPG 1.57
100% Win % 43%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
57% Clean Sheets
FC Porto this season
43% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

FC Porto are 1st (21 pts). FC Arouca are 5th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Porto
0-15
3/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
5/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
2/–
76+
3/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Arouca
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
–/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Porto
Gabriel Veiga 4 G 3 A
Andre Silva 3 G 2 A
Borja Sainz 3 G
William da Silva 2 G 2 A
Nehuen Perez 1 G
FC Arouca
Barbero 4 G
Jose Fontan 2 G
Dylan Nandin 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Porto to score. At the same time, FC Arouca does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 1' A goal from the Portugal international Otavio! He fires home on 1 to make it 1-0!
  • 6' FC Porto are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against FC Arouca's shape.
  • 11' 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.
  • 16' FC Porto looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Borja Sainz scoring 1 goals.
  • 18' Mehdi Taremi does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Porto surge ahead!
  • 23' FC Arouca have won 187 goals from 175 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 28' 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.
  • 33' Marko Grujic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Porto so far.
  • 34' The deadlock is broken! Mehdi Taremi gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
  • 36' Alan Ruiz is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
  • 37' Controversy at the stadium! Alan Ruiz argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 42' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Sergio Conceicao will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 47' FC Arouca started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 47.
  • 49' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Morlaye Sylla.
  • 50' It’s a booking for FC Arouca player. Morlaye Sylla gets a Yellow card.
  • 50' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Mehdi Taremi makes it 4-0.
  • 55' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Porto side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 60' The referee shows FC Porto player a Yellow card on 60.
  • 62' Bruninho has so much to prove this time. He replaces Oday Dabbagh on 62 minute.
  • 67' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 68' Fresh legs for FC Porto! Pepe comes on to replace Gabriel Veron.
  • 69' The FC Porto bench stirs into life. Wenderson Galeno is withdrawn and Toni Martinez gets his opportunity.
  • 70' GOAL! Mehdi Taremi scores on 70.
  • 75' FC Arouca ring the changes. David Simao has done his job and it is now time for Moses Yaw to step up.
  • 75' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Bruninho makes no mistake. 5-1!
  • 76' A change in the FC Arouca ranks — David Simao exits the field as Moses Yaw enters on 76.
  • 77' FC Arouca ring the changes. Alan Ruiz has done his job and it is now time for Nino Galovic to step up.
  • 82' The 36-year-old David Simao has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 83' FC Porto manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Rodrigo Conceicao is hanging Mehdi Taremi on the field on 83 minute.
  • 84' Time for substitution for FC Porto. Joao Mario Lopes is replaced by Danny Loader.
  • 85' FC Arouca receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 85.
  • 90' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Porto and FC Arouca are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • Game over. The scoreline of 5-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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 Paços de Ferreira W 2022-11-01 FC Porto 2–1 Club Atlético 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 Marítimo 1–1 FC Arouca D 2022-10-10 FC Arouca 4–1 FC Famalicão W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.76 FC Porto xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.55 FC Arouca xG
I would bet for: FC Porto to win 77% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto77% Draw15% FC Arouca8%
Actual: FC Porto win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes40% 0% No60%
Avg goals/match: 3.31
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 41%
59%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

FC Porto or Draw
92%
Draw or FC Arouca
23%
FC Porto or FC Arouca
85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto61% Draw34% FC Arouca5%
Actual: FC Porto win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
14%
3 – 0
12.4%
1 – 0
10.2%
4 – 0
8.5%
2 – 1
7.4%
3 – 1
6.8%
1 – 1
6.1%
0 – 0
4.9%
4 – 1
4.8%
5 – 0
4.7%
5 – 1
Actual
6 – 0
2.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Porto

Handicap FC Porto covers Push FC Arouca covers
-2.5 40% — 60%
-2 40% 22% 38%
-1.5 62% — 38%
-1 62% 20% 18%
-0.5 82% — 18%
+0.5 95% — 5%
+1 95% 4% 1%
+1.5 99% — 1%
+2 99% 1% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

FC Porto keeps clean sheet
58% ✗
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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