Estoril Praia vs Arouca - prediction, team news, lineups

Still chasing their archetypal triumph of the 2026-27 Primeira Liga campaign, Estoril Praia invited early-season high-flyers Arouca to Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota for matchday five's closing fixture connected Monday.

While the Canaries beryllium successful the relegation portion aft managing conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 4 outings of the season, the Wolves are 3rd successful the Portuguese apical flight, having picked up 9 points from a imaginable 12.

Match preview

After finishing 10th past word nether Ian Cathro, who departed astatine the extremity of the run pursuing a two-year spell, Estoril were ever apt to request clip to set nether a caller manager, though the assignment of Vasco Matos offered immoderate reassurance fixed his acquisition successful the Portuguese apical flight.

However, the erstwhile Santa Clara brag has endured a hard commencement to beingness successful Praia, with his broadside losing each of their past 3 matches aft a spirited opening-weekend gully against Famalicao, portion antiaircraft frailties person been evident successful each of those defeats.

Estoril conceded precisely 2 goals successful losses to Nacional, Rio Ave and Benfica, with past weekend's 2-1 decision astatine Estadio da Luz seeing Yanis Begraoui's 82nd-minute curling effort beryllium thing much than a consolation aft the Canaries had fallen 2 goals behind.

A instrumentality to Antonio Coimbra da Mota does not animate overmuch confidence, arsenic the Praia nine person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 7 league matches astatine the ground, losing 5 of those encounters successful a tally stretching backmost to past season.

Estoril can, however, instrumentality encouragement from their caller grounds against Arouca astatine home, having won 3 of their past 4 league meetings with the Wolves connected their ain turf, scoring 8 goals crossed the past two, including a 4-3 triumph past term.

With lone 2 goals to their sanction this season, the hosts whitethorn request their onslaught to find its spark again if they are to assertion maximum points connected Monday.

Arouca, meanwhile, look to beryllium connected an upward trajectory nether Vasco Seabra, who is present successful his 2nd afloat play astatine the helm aft taking complaint successful October 2024 pursuing his departure from Estoril 4 months earlier.

After guiding the Wolves to a 12th-placed decorativeness successful 2024-25, Seabra saw his broadside decorativeness eighth past term, portion their awesome commencement this clip astir has raised hopes of a archetypal continental qualification since 2022-23.

Arouca began the existent run with an distant triumph implicit Vitoria de Guimaraes earlier dismantling Moreirense connected matchday two, and though they suffered decision to defending champions Porto successful their adjacent outing, the Lobos bounced backmost with a 2-1 occurrence implicit recently promoted Maritimo past weekend.

The Wolves person present collected arsenic galore points from their opening 4 matches arsenic they managed by matchday 13 of the erstwhile run and volition beryllium looking to adhd to their tally connected Monday, though lone 3 victories person been recorded successful their past 8 distant league matches (L5), stretching backmost to 2025-26.

Estoril Praia Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Estoril volition beryllium without caller signing Xavi Sintes, with the Spanish cardinal defender, who joined from Cordoba this summer, inactive recovering from a genu problem.

Xeka started against Benfica earlier being replaced by Jordan Holsgrove astatine fractional time, and the midfielder could clasp his spot successful the starting lineup connected Monday.

Begraoui, who was the team's starring scorer past word with 20 league goals, has scored some of Estoril's goals this play and volition again beryllium the main menace successful the hosts' attack.

As for Arouca, Miguel Puche volition play nary part, with the Spanish guardant inactive recovering from a ruptured ACL suffered successful April.

Ivan Barbero has recovered the nett successful 3 of Lobos' 4 matches this season, including 2 match-winning goals, and volition beryllium looking to marque the quality for the visitors erstwhile again connected Monday.

Estoril Praia imaginable starting lineup:

Robles; Andreou, Ferro, Amal; R Sanchez, Xeka, Tsoungui, Medrano; Lacximicant, Begraoui; Carvalho

Arouca imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Estoril Praia 2-2 Arouca

Both sides caput into this brushwood with contrasting momentum, with the hosts inactive searching for their bushed nether Matos portion the visitors person made an awesome commencement to the campaign.

However, Estoril's location vantage and caller occurrence successful this fixture astatine Antonio Coimbra da Mota could marque this a intimately fought contest, though Arouca's stronger commencement gives the visitors the borderline successful what should beryllium an entertaining encounter.

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