Sporting Clube de Braga vs FC Arouca, Primeira Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2022-23

Sporting Clube de Braga

2 – 0

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FC Arouca

Sun 19 Feb 2023 · 18:00 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga HT 45' · FT 45'

Uros Racic 37' Y

Y 44' Joao Basso

Y 45' Joao Basso

Y 66' Pedro Moreira

Y 74' Nino Galovic

Y 74' David Simao

Overview

Match Preview

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
FC Arouca 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 10 games · Avg 3.0 goals FC Arouca

Last 5 meetings

2023-02-19 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FC Arouca 2022-08-28 FC Arouca 0–6 Sporting Clube de Braga 2022-05-08 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 FC Arouca 2021-12-30 FC Arouca 0–6 Sporting Clube de Braga

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Feb	FC Arouca	H	2–0	W
12 Feb	CS Marítimo	A	2–1	W
05 Feb	FC Famalicão	H	4–1	W
01 Feb	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–5	L
21 Jan	FC Paços de Ferreira	A	2–1	W
14 Jan	Boavista FC	H	1–0	W

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Feb	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	0–2	L
11 Feb	CD Santa Clara	H	1–0	W
05 Feb	Gil Vicente FC	A	1–1	D
31 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–3	L
20 Jan	Portimonense SC	H	4–0	W
15 Jan	GD Chaves	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Braga		FC Arouca
#6	Position	#5
11	Points	11
6	Played	7
3 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 2
7	Scored	10
5	Conceded	7
+2	GD	+3
1.83	PPG	1.57
50%	Win %	43%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

43% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts). FC Arouca are 5th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/1

■ 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)

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

FC Arouca

Barbero	4 G
Jose Fontan	2 G
Dylan Nandin	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. FC Arouca get us underway at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
1' Goal! Abel Ruiz scores his 33 goal in 516 matches.
6' Sporting Clube de Braga is showing some good football. However, Sporting Clube de Braga are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
11' Sporting Clube de Braga are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
16' Paulo Oliveira has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 44 cards already picked up this season.
21' Ismaila Soro is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Arouca so far.
26' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Clube de Braga side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
31' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
32' Pedro Moreira gets the nod from FC Arouca. He replaces Alan Ruiz and will look to change the dynamic.
33' Time for substitution for FC Arouca. Alan Ruiz is replaced by Pedro Moreira.
37' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Uros Racic gets a Yellow card.
42' With 0 assists to his name this season, Antony is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Arouca.
44' FC Arouca receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 44.
45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Joao Basso.
46' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Uros Racic departs to be replaced by Andre Horta.
51' FC Arouca seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
56' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
57' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Iuri Medeiros on, Bruma off on 57 minutes.
58' Bruma makes way for Iuri Medeiros at the 58 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
63' The 37-year-old Arsenio has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
66' FC Arouca player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
70' The FC Arouca bench stirs into life. Oday Dabbagh is withdrawn and Rafa Mujica gets his opportunity.
71' Andre Castro is replacing Ricardo Horta for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
74' The referee calls foul for Nino Galovic. He receives a Yellow card.
79' The travelling FC Arouca supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
81' The deadlock is broken! Simon Banza gets on the scoresheet on 81 minutes.
84' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Simon Banza is replaced by Alvaro Djalo on 84 minute.
89' Bruninho gets the nod from FC Arouca. He replaces Morlaye Sylla and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Oriol Busquets gets the nod from FC Arouca. He replaces David Simao and will look to change the dynamic.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FC Arouca.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Sikou Niakate
45
Iuri Medeiros ↑ 58'
10
Andre Horta ↑ 46'
22
Pizzi ↑ 57'
26
Cristian Borja
12
Tiago Sa
88
Andre Castro ↑ 71'
14
Alvaro Djalo ↑ 84'
17
Josafat Mendes

Coach Artur Jorge

FC Arouca Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Oriol Busquets ↑ 90'
8
Arsenio ↑ 71'
20
Pedro Moreira ↑ 33'
17
Moses Yaw
19
Rafa Mujica ↑ 70'
18
Benji Michel
3
Jerome Opoku
9
Bruninho ↑ 89'
16
Thiago Silva

Coach Armando Evangelista

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Vitor Oliveira	5
Ricardo Horta	4
Roger Fernandes	2
Simon Banza	2
Abel Ruiz	2
Rafa Mujica	2
Iuri Medeiros	2
Amine El Ouazzani	1

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2023-02-19 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FC Arouca W 2023-02-12 CS Marítimo 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2023-02-05 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–1 FC Famalicão W 2023-02-01 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5–0 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2023-01-21 FC Paços de Ferreira 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2023-01-14 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 Boavista FC W

FC Arouca Form

2023-02-19 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FC Arouca L 2023-02-11 FC Arouca 1–0 CD Santa Clara W 2023-02-05 Gil Vicente FC 1–1 FC Arouca D 2023-01-31 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2023-01-20 FC Arouca 4–0 Portimonense SC W 2023-01-15 GD Chaves 1–1 FC Arouca D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.87 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

0.56 FC Arouca xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 67% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga67% Draw22% FC Arouca11%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes37% 0% No63%

Avg goals/match: 2.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

89%

Draw or FC Arouca

33%

Sporting Clube de Braga or FC Arouca

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga46% Draw46% FC Arouca8%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

15.9%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

10.8%

1 – 1

9.8%

3 – 0

9.1%

2 – 1

8.3%

3 – 1

5.3%

4 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

4.1%

4 – 1

2.6%

1 – 2

2.4%

2 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	FC Arouca covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	21%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	26%	32%
-0.5	68%	—	32%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	7%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	2%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

58% ✓

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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