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

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Primeira Liga · 2024-25

Sporting Clube de Braga

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FC Arouca

Sat 29 Mar 2025 · 20:30 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga 12,122 HT 45' · FT 45'

Ricardo Horta 39' 1–0

Uros Racic 44' 2–0

2–1 68' Alfonso Trezza

Uros Racic 61' Y

Rodrigo Zalazar 64' Y

Y 77' Taichi Fukui

Y 87' Jose Fontan

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Braga 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
FC Arouca 34 games · 42 pts (2025/26)

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 FC Arouca 2024-11-03 FC Arouca 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2024-04-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–3 FC Arouca 2023-11-12 FC Arouca 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2023-02-19 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 FC Arouca

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Mar	FC Arouca	H	2–1	W
15 Mar	SC Farense	A	1–0	W
08 Mar	FC Porto	H	1–0	W
02 Mar	Rio Ave FC	A	1–2	L
21 Feb	CD Nacional	H	1–0	W
16 Feb	Vitória SC	A	0–0	D

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Mar	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	1–2	L
16 Mar	GD Estoril Praia	H	1–1	D
08 Mar	AVS	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	FC Porto	H	0–2	L
23 Feb	SC Farense	H	2–2	D
15 Feb	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Braga		FC Arouca
#4	Position	#8
59	Points	42
34	Played	34
16 / 11 / 7	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 16
64	Scored	47
36	Conceded	64
+28	GD	-17
1.74	PPG	1.24
47%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

21% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 4th (59 pts). FC Arouca are 8th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/2

76+

3/4

■ 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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sporting Clube de Braga is hosting FC Arouca for another epic battle.
5' Sporting Clube de Braga are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
10' Sporting Clube de Braga looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Pau Victor Delgado scoring 1 goals.
15' Jason has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
25' It looks surprising FC Arouca does not make any changes. Boris Popovic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
30' 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.
35' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
39' The deadlock is broken! Ricardo Horta gets on the scoresheet on 39 minutes.
41' FC Arouca make a change. Tiago Esgaio trudges off to be replaced by Alex Pinto on 41 minutes.
44' Uros Racic adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Clube de Braga lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
49' Alfonso Trezza has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
54' With 0 assists to his name this season, Francisco Chissumba is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Arouca.
59' Victor Gomez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 428 appearances.
61' Uros Racic catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 61.
64' The referee calls foul for Rodrigo Zalazar. He receives a card.
65' Brian Mansilla is replacing Jason for the FC Arouca side.
68' Goal! Alfonso Trezza scores his 7 goal in 16 matches.
71' Sporting Clube de Braga ring the changes. Uros Racic has done his job and it is now time for Jean-Baptiste Gorby to step up.
76' It’s high time Vasco Seabra made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
77' It’s a booking for FC Arouca player. Taichi Fukui gets a card.
82' Sporting Clube de Braga ring the changes. Rodrigo Zalazar has done his job and it is now time for Ruben Furtado to step up.
87' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Jose Fontan on 87 minutes.
88' Boris Popovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alfonso Trezza on 88 minute.
90' The supporters are chanting for Vitor Carvalho. He replaces Gabriel Martinez on 90 minute.
The points are shared — Sporting Clube de Braga 2-1 FC Arouca. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

8
Joao Moutinho
15
Paulo Oliveira
21
Ricardo Horta
10
Uros Racic ↓ Jean-Baptiste Gorby 71'
16
Rodrigo Zalazar ↓ Ruben Furtado 82'
91
Lukas Hornicek
3
Robson Bambu
9
Amine El Ouazzani ↓ Afonso Patrao 71'
2
Victor Gomez
55
Francisco Chissumba
77
Gabriel Martinez ↓ Vitor Carvalho 90'

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

FC Arouca Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vasco Seabra

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2025-03-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 FC Arouca W 2025-03-15 SC Farense 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2025-03-08 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 FC Porto W 2025-03-02 Rio Ave FC 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2025-02-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 CD Nacional W 2025-02-16 Vitória SC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Braga D

FC Arouca Form

2025-03-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 FC Arouca L 2025-03-16 FC Arouca 1–1 GD Estoril Praia D 2025-03-08 AVS 0–1 FC Arouca W 2025-03-01 FC Arouca 0–2 FC Porto L 2025-02-23 FC Arouca 2–2 SC Farense D 2025-02-15 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 FC Arouca D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.24 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

0.99 FC Arouca xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga64% Draw21% FC Arouca15%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.23

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

85%

Draw or FC Arouca

36%

Sporting Clube de Braga or FC Arouca

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Braga47% Draw40% FC Arouca13%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.9%

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.4%

3 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

7.1%

0 – 0

5.4%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 2

4.2%

4 – 0

4 – 1

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	FC Arouca covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	19%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	22%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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