Alverca vs Arouca - prediction, team news, lineups

Alverca volition look to widen their winning tally successful the Primeira Liga to 4 matches erstwhile they invited Arouca to the Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca connected Saturday.

The hosts beryllium ninth successful the Primeira Liga table aft collecting 11 points from 8 games, 3 less than the fifth-placed visitors, who person enjoyed a large commencement to beingness nether caller caput manager Vitor Severino.

Match preview

Having marked their long-awaited instrumentality to the Portuguese apical formation with an 11th-place decorativeness past season, Alverca parted ways with Custodio Castro implicit the summer, but they look to beryllium connected people for an improved run nether Sergio Ferreira, whose broadside person climbed into the apical fractional pursuing an awesome tally of results.

The Ribatejanos person collected each 9 points disposable from their past 3 league outings, beating Nacional 3-1 distant and Rio Ave 1-0 astatine location earlier delivering their astir convincing show of the run successful a 4-1 triumph implicit Famalicao connected matchday eight.

Although Chiquinho’s aboriginal opener was cancelled retired earlier fractional time, Alverca raised their crippled aft the interval, with second-half strikes from Figueiredo, Vivaldo Semedo and Andre Vidigal securing an emphatic victory.

The Ribatejanos’ caller resurgence represents a sizeable betterment connected the opening weeks of the campaign, erstwhile Ferreira’s men failed to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 5 Primeira Liga fixtures, suffering 3 defeats and picking up conscionable 2 points.

However, Alverca were brought backmost down to world astatine the play erstwhile they suffered a 2-0 extra-time decision distant to Tondela, bringing their Taca de Portugal run to an end.

Eager to enactment that disappointment down them, the hosts tin instrumentality encouragement from their location record, having mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their past 7 Primeira Liga matches connected their ain turf, alongside 3 victories and 3 draws.

The hosts’ caller advancement volition look a stern introspection against an Arouca broadside enjoying a promising commencement nether Severino, who has won some of his opening 2 matches since replacing Vasco Seabra.

Severino began his tenure with a 1-0 league triumph implicit Estrela Amadora earlier guiding the Wolves into the 4th circular of the Taca de Portugal courtesy of a thrilling 4-3 extra-time triumph against second-tier Belenenses.

The visitors present instrumentality to league enactment seeking consecutive victories for the archetypal clip since opening the run with back-to-back successes against Vitoria de Guimaraes and Moreirense.

The Wolves’ triumph implicit Estrela besides ended a three-match winless spell successful the Primeira Liga, during which a 2-1 location decision to Santa Clara was sandwiched betwixt draws against Estoril Praia and Sporting Lisbon.

Arouca person scored 11 goals and conceded 7 successful the league this season, underlining their attacking threat, though their distant signifier remains a interest aft 3 consecutive top-flight matches connected the roadworthy without a triumph (D2, L1).
 

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Team News

Alverca are expected to beryllium without Bastien Meupiyou, Julian Martinez and Sabit Abdulai, who are each continuing their respective recoveries from injury.

Chiquinho volition beryllium 1 to ticker aft registering a extremity oregon an assistance successful each of his past 4 league appearances since returning from suspension.

Meanwhile, Arouca stay without near winger Miguel Puche, who is recovering from a superior genu wounded sustained past season.

Ivan Barbero is expected to pb the enactment for the visitors aft scoring successful consecutive matches crossed each competitions, with the guardant looking to adhd to his tally of 5 league goals this term.
 

Alverca imaginable starting lineup:

Mendes; Baseya, Gomez, James; Spencer, R. Lucas, Gul, Chissumba; Chiquinho, Camara, Figueiredo

Arouca imaginable starting lineup:

De Arruabarrena; Esgaio, Sanchez, Fontan, Lebedneko; Van Ee, Fukui; Trezza, Gozalbez, Djouahra; Barbero

We say: Alverca 2-1 Arouca

Alverca person recovered their feet aft a hard commencement to the campaign, and 3 successive league victories should springiness Ferreira’s men the content to flooded an Arouca broadside inactive adapting to a alteration successful management.

The location squad connected the time has won each of the erstwhile 2 meetings betwixt these sides, and we expect that inclination to proceed here.
 

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