Arouca and Maritimo will be back in action early this weekend when they take on each other at Estadio Municipal de Arouca in the 22nd round of the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Match day will be 14th February 2022 at 23:15 EAT.
With 18 points from 21 games so far, Arouca are currently 16th in the Primeira Liga standings, six points above rock-bottom Belenenses and one adrift of Moreirense just outside the relegation zone. Coming into this game, Arouca has picked up a win, a draw and three loses from their last five games both home and away. In those five games Auroca scored three goals and both teams scored in three of them.
Arouca will be looking for better results here following 0-2 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Porto. In that match, Arouca managed 45% possession and 6 six shots with only one of them on target. FC Porto got 15 shots with four of them on target and Vitinha (54′) and Chancel Mbemba (57′).
Maritimo is places in the ninth spot in the league table with 25 points after 22 matches. The Greatest of the Islands can boasts a record of five wins, three draws and only two defeats in their last ten and those losses came to a couple of the big boys – Porto and Benfica. Marítimo picked up eight points from the last five games both home and away.
In their previous fixture Marítimo shared spoils 0-0 versus Estoril in the Primeira Liga. In that match, Marítimo had 64% possession and 28 shots with four on target. Estoril on the other hand go seven shots with none of them on target.
Arouca vs Maritimo head to head
Both sides have five wins in the 12 head to head records between these two teams since 2008. In that period they have drawn twice.
- Maritimo Madeira 2-2 Arouca 13/09/21
- Maritimo Madeira 1-0 Arouca 18/07/17
- Maritimo Madeira 3-1 Arouca 19/03/17
- Arouca 1-0 Maritimo Madeira 30/10/16
- Maritimo Madeira 1-2 Arouca 24/04/16
Home
- Arouca 0-2 Porto
- Famalicao 0-0 Arouca
- Estoril 1-2 Arouca
- Arouca 0-2 Benfica Lisbon
- Belenenses Lisbon 2-1 Arouca
Away
- Maritimo 0-0 Estoril
- Porto 2-1 Maritimo
- Maritimo 1-1 Belenenses Lisbon
- Braga 0-1 Maritimo
- Portimonense 1-2 Maritimo
Arouca team news
Fernando Augusto, Moses Yaw and Jose Manuel Velazquez have been sidelined for this fixture through injuries.
Maritimo team news
The visitors have a fully fit squad in their ranks.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are not in their best forms at the moment but we are tipping for Maritimo to take an early lead in this game being unbeaten in four of the last five games while Arouca is winless in four of their last five games.
- Maritimo Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
