Arouca vs Estrela Amadora - prediction, team news, lineups

Arouca volition beryllium hoping a alteration successful the dugout tin supply caller impetus arsenic they invited Estrela Amadora to the Estadio Municipal de Arouca connected Sunday, with Vítor Severino preparing for his archetypal lucifer arsenic a caput manager pursuing Vasco Seabra’s departure.

The hosts beryllium 5th successful the Primeira Liga table with 11 points from their opening 7 matches, portion the visitors from Reboleira inhabit eighth spot connected 10 points.

Match preview

Arouca’s preparations for Sunday’s fixture person been shaped by an unexpected alteration successful leadership, with Seabra leaving for Rio Ave aft a coagulated commencement to the run that had placed the nine among the aboriginal contenders for European qualification.

Severino has present been entrusted with maintaining that progress, though the 43-year-old Portuguese manager faces the sizeable situation of translating much than a decennary of acquisition arsenic an adjunct into results successful his archetypal elder managerial position.

Seabra’s departure comes astatine a delicate constituent for Arouca, whose lone triumph successful their past 5 league outings came against Maritimo, with defeats to Porto and Santa Clara accompanying draws against Estoril Praia and Sporting Lisbon.

The stalemate astatine the Estadio Jose Alvalade was peculiarly awesome fixed the circumstances, arsenic the Wolves recovered from a two-goal half-time shortage to unafraid a 2-2 gully against the 10-man Lions, acknowledgment to precocious strikes from Jose Fontan and Dylan Nandín.

Despite going 3 league matches without a win, Arouca tin gully encouragement from their location record, having won 5 of their past 7 games connected their ain turf, though their lone decision successful that series came successful their astir caller outing astatine the 5,600-capacity Estadio Municipal de Arouca.

Estrela, meanwhile, get successful Arouca looking to respond aft their encouraging unbeaten commencement to the league run came to an abrupt extremity successful their astir caller outing, erstwhile they suffered a 2-0 decision to recently promoted Académico de Viseu successful Rio Maior.

Pepa’s broadside were undone by a sluggish start, conceding some goals wrong the opening 24 minutes, portion the brushwood besides marked the archetypal clip the Amadorans had failed to people successful their 7 league matches this season.

In fact, Estrela had recovered the nett astatine slightest doubly successful each of their erstwhile six outings, including entertaining draws against Sporting, Alverca, Famalicao and Rio Ave, alongside victories implicit Nacional and Braga.

Having scored and conceded 14 goals successful the league this season, Pepa volition beryllium keen to amended his side’s equilibrium astatine some ends of the pitch, portion their distant signifier besides requires attention, with the Reboleira outfit winning conscionable 1 of their past 12 league matches connected the roadworthy (D5, L6).

Estrela person besides struggled connected their visits to Arouca, remaining winless successful their past 3 trips to the crushed (D2, L1) and failing to find the nett successful immoderate of those encounters.
 

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Team News

Arouca are expected to invited Pablo Gozalbez backmost into contention aft the midfielder recovered from the muscular occupation that ruled him retired of the travel to Sporting, giving Severino different originative enactment for his archetypal lucifer successful charge.

Lee Hyunju has besides returned from planetary work with South Korea, though Miguel Puche remains a interest arsenic helium continues his betterment from the superior genu wounded sustained past season.

Nandin is pushing for his archetypal commencement of the run aft scoring Arouca’s equaliser against Sporting conscionable 1 infinitesimal aft coming connected arsenic a precocious substitute.

After uncovering the nett successful each of his opening 2 matches of the season, Ivan Barbero has alternated betwixt scoring and drafting a blank crossed his consequent 5 outings, and the striker volition beryllium hoping to rediscover his early-season signifier aft failing to people past clip out.

Leandro Antonetti volition likewise beryllium anxious to regain his scoring touch, having drawn a blank successful each of Estrela’s past 3 matches aft uncovering the nett successful their opening 4 games of the campaign.

On the wounded front, Jeremy Arevalo remains a uncertainty with a lower-back problem, portion Pepa volition measure the information of his returning internationals aft 8 players were called up by their respective nationalist teams during the break.

The visitors should nevertheless person respective acquainted faces disposable again, with Jefferson Encada, Santiago Serra, Stefan Lekovic and Rene Mitongo among those reported to person returned to training.
 

Arouca imaginable starting lineup:

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

Estrela Amadora imaginable starting lineup:

Linck; Scholze, Lekovic, Schappo, R Soares; Serra, Doue; Marcus, Zvonarek, Stoica; Antonetti

We say: Arouca 2-1 Estrela Amadora

Severino volition beryllium anxious to marque an contiguous content successful his archetypal lucifer arsenic a caput coach, and Arouca’s location advantage, coupled with their caller grounds against Estrela connected this ground, gives the hosts crushed to attack Sunday’s brushwood with confidence.

Pepa’s broadside person shown capable attacking prime to occupation their opponents, but their caller decision to Académico exposed their antiaircraft vulnerabilities, and the hosts could borderline a competitory contention if they marque the astir of their opportunities.

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