Estoril Praia vs Arouca Match Analysis and Prediction

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Estoril Praia will be hosting Arouca at the Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota in round 18 of the Primeira Liga on Saturday, when they will be looking to pick up their first home victory in eight matches.

Arouca, who are second-last in the league table, enter the contest without a win in five successive games and will look to end the dry spell and pull away from the relegation zone.

Estoril Praia failed to pick up a victory once again in the Primeira Liga as they went down to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Porto last Saturday.

The Canarinhos headed into the halftime break with a two-goal lead courtesy of goals from Arthur Gomes and Andre Franco, but they failed to hold on in the second half when Luis Diaz, Mehdi Taremi and Francisco Conciecao scored to turn around the game and secure the Dragons the three points.

Prior to that defeat, Estoril Praia had seen their Taca de Portugal campaign come to an end with a 3-1 defeat against Tondela on December 21, before falling to a narrow 1-0 defeat at Moreirense a week later.

On the other hand, Arouca lost their feet last time out as they went down to a 2-1 defeat against Belenenses at the Estadio Nacional do Jamor.

Armando Evangelista’s side finished nine men, where Nilton Varela and Abel Camara scored in the second half to cancel out Oday Dabbagh’s 37th-minute opener and turn around the game to O Belem’s favour.

Arouca had, prior to that, suffered a disappointing 6-0 home defeat by Braga on December 30, where Vitor Oliveira scored a hat-trick in the first half to cap off a sensational individual performance.

This poor run has seen the Arouquenses drop to 17th, one spot above bottom-of-the-table Belenenses and two behind Famalicao in safety.

Estoril Praia vs Arouca head to head

The pair have previously met on 17 occasions in all competitions, where Estoril have taken 7 victories while Arouca have won 4, and they have drawn in 6. Estoril have scored 27 goals and conceded 18. In their last five meetings, both have won in two and they have drawn once.

Estoril 1-1 Arouca 09/01/19

Arouca 2-1 Estoril 11/05/19

Estoril 1-0 Arouca 10/09/20

Arouca 1-0 Estoril 02/02/21

Arouca 0-2 Estoril 07/08/21

Estoril Praia latest home form

Estoril lost their last match at home 3-2 to Porto in the league. However, they have recently been on a relatively good form at home, as they had not lost in four matches prior to that. In their last five home matches, they have drawn in four and lost one.

Estoril 2-2 Gil Vicente 03/10/21

Estoril 1-1 Benfica 30/10/21

Estoril 2-2 Santa Clara 29/11/21

Estoril 2-2 Famalicao 18/12/21

Estoril 2-3 Porto 08/01/22

Estoril Praia latest away form

Estoril have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, as they have won just one of their five most recent matches, losing the other four. They recently lost 3-1 to Tondela in the Taca de Portugal. In their last five matches, they have scored 3 goals and conceded 9.

Sporting Braga 2-0 Estoril 05/12/21

Belenenses 0-1 Estoril 12/12/21

Tondela 3-1 Estoril 21/12/21

Moreirense 1-0 Estoril 29/12/21

Vitoria Guimaraes 3-1 Estoril 23/01/22

Arouca latest home form

Arouca have most recently been on a poor form at home, having lost their last three matches. Their last home victory came on November 27 when they defeated Boavista 2-1. They have won two and lost three of their last five, scoring 5 goals and conceding 13 in the process.

Arouca 2-0 Tondela 29/10/21

Arouca 2-1 Boavista 27/11/21

Arouca 1-4 Vizela 13/12/21

Arouca 0-6 Sporting Braga 30/12/21

Arouca 0-2 Benfica 21/01/22

Arouca latest away form

Arouca have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, as they have failed to win in any of their last ten away matches. They lost their last 2-1 to Belenenses in the league. In their last five, they have drawn three and lost two, scoring 4 goals and conceding 6.

Pacos Ferreira 0-0 Arouca 24/10/21

Gil Vicnte 1-1 Arouca 05/11/21

Santa Clara 2-1 Arouca 05/12/21

Portimonense 1-1 Arouca 18/12/21

Belenenses 2-1 Arouca 09/01/22

Estoril Praia news

Estoril will miss the services of defender Lucas Africo after he had picked up a season-long injury agains Vizela back in November.

Andre Franco scored against Porto, which made his tally 11 goals in 17 appearances this season, and the 23-year-old will most likely be the goal threat for Estoril on Saturday.

Arouca news

Arouca will have to do with a number of absentees as the likes of Moses Yaw, Sema Velazquez and goalkeeper Fernando Augustine have all been sidelines through injuries.

Midfielder Marco Soares is currently with Cape Verde at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Oday Dabbagh and Andre Silva will miss out through suspension.