Arouca vs Sporting Lisbon prediction and betting tips on September 13, 2024
Primeira Liga Portugal
Arouca and Sporting Lisbon will compete in the 5th round of the Portuguese Primeira on September 13, 2024. The grandee from the capital of Portugal will come to visit an opponent, which has started weakly, only for a victory.
Aruca vs Sporting Lisbon: key statistics and trends
- Arouca has lost 5 out of 7 previous matches.
- Sporting Lisbon has won 4 times in a row.
- The most common score between the clubs is a 2-1 result in favour of Sporting Lisbon (5 times).
- Sporting Lisbon has scored 31% of goals between the 61st and the 75th minutes of the meetings.
- Sporting Lisbon has scored at least once in 32 previous games.
- Arouca wins the first half in 35% of matches, Sporting Lisbon – in 67% of confrontations.
Our prediction for the match Arouca vs Sporting Lisbon
“The Wolves” played in both the championship and the European competition in the previous cycle. However, everything ended with the very first opponent in the Conference League – the team was eliminated by Brann in the qualification. At the same time, it rolled back, but not much, in the Primeira: from 5th place to 7th position. As for “the Lions”, they were able to show themselves excellently: the club won the race against the neighbour, Benfica, and took the championship (after finishing next to Arouca, in 4th place, a year earlier)!
Speaking about the summer, “the Wolves” lost their main players, goalkeeper de Arruabarrena and the goalscorer (20 goals!) Rafa Mujica – both footballers went to the Middle East (although there are enough newcomers, even if many came on loan). Experienced Coates left Lisbon for his homeland, Mateus Fernandes was sold to Southampton for a hefty sum of 15 million. There are also famous newcomers, Debast and Maximiliano Araujo, but the most money, almost 20 million, was given for young Harder to Nordsjaelland.
The grand started with a misfire: confidently leading the score, the club eventually lost to Porto in the Super Cup. Still, then it won all 4 Primeira matches, including taking revenge on “the Dragons”, which were beaten with a 2-0 score. It is remarkable that Gyokeres opened the score in the 72nd minute of the game from a penalty there. Their modest opponent took only 1 victory (that was a 1-0 success in the home struggle with Nacional) and 3 defeats.
Arouca vs Sporting Lisbon: possible starting line-ups
Arouca (possible line-up): Mantl – Weverson, Lamba, Rocha, Esgaio – David Simao, Fukui, Sylla, Jason, Gonzalbez – Henrique Araújo.
Sporting Lisbon (possible line-up): Kovacevic - Inacio, Diomande, Quaresma – Catamo, Pedro Gonçalves, Trincao, Morita, Hjulmand, Quenda – Gyokeres.
Previous head-to-head matches: Arouca vs Sporting Lisbon
“The Lions” have got 15 wins in 17 matches and only 1 game brought a defeat. For instance, they won both meetings in the previous season.
Free prediction for the match Arouca vs Sporting Lisbon
The guests are clearly stronger and should convert this into a confident victory even on the away field. We bet that the team from the capital will win with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.68).
