Arouca VS FC Porto BETTING TIPS (10-03-2017)
PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Arouca VS FC Porto
Arouca and Porto play at the Municipal Stadium of Arouca in a match of the 25th round of the Liga Sagres. In the last confrontation between these teams in this competition, on October 22, 2016, Porto won at home (3-0). The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches has won 3. Actually, in the last confrontation at this stage, in a match for the Sagres Liga on 12-09-2015, Porto only managed to win, 1-3). The goals of the match were scored by Maurides (83 ‘) for Arouca and Jesús Corona (15’ and 61 ‘) and V. Aboubakar (71’) for Porto. It is necessary to analyze with special attention the home / outside condition, since Arouca presents different results at home and abroad.
The home team is currently in 12th place with 27 points earned after 8 wins, 3 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, lost at home to the Belenenses by (1-2). In the last match, lost out to Braga by (3-1). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; Against 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Arouca has 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, having won 13 points out of 30. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (5 out of 12 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 24 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and never managed to turn the score.
The Arouca team arrives at this game, with a defeat in the field of Braga, by 3-1, adding in this way the fourth consecutive defeat in the Portuguese championship: the only goal was marked by Mateus. In this round the coach Manuel Machado should keep the team in 4-3-3 being Tomané the most offensive reference of the team. However, offensive Walter Gonzalez is Arouca’s best finisher with 5 goals scored. Despite having a quality defensive sector, the Arouquenses have some faults in the finals: they scored on average 0.96 goals per game at home. Nuno Coelho is the only embezzlement of this game because of injury.
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 59 points, after 18 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he won away to Boavista by (0-1). In the last match, won at home to the Nacional of Funchal by (7-0). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games has recorded 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses as a visitor, with a total of 18 goals scored and 4 conceded. Already inside the home, it won 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, with a total of 36 goals scored and 9 conceded. In the last 10 out of the championship, Porto have won 5, 4 draws and 1 loss, having won 19 points out of 30.
For this competition, do not lose as a visitor makes 9 games. In his games as a visitor there are some frequent results: at 0-0 intervals (5 in 11 matches) and at the end of the game 0-0 (4 in 11 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition.
FC Porto come to this game, with a categorical victory over Nacional, 7-0, registering the eighth victory in the league: the goals were scored by Óliver Torres, Brahimi, André Silva (2 goals), Francisco Soares (2 goals ) And Layun. In the home team, the manager of Nuno Espírito Santo should confront the 4-4-2 formation, especially in the wings. The Brazilian Francisco Soares is the great highlight of the blue and white team with 7 goals in 5 games played. Observing the performance outside the home it is possible to notice that the ” Dragons ” have a very competent sector, having suffered on average 0.36 goals per game. It seems that the visiting coach can not count on the injured Mexicans Herrera and Corona.