Famalicao vs Arouca - prediction, team news, lineups

Seaching for their archetypal location triumph this season, Famalicao invited an in-form Arouca broadside to the Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho connected Friday night.

The hosts beryllium 11th successful the Primeira Liga table, 3 points supra the relegation zone, portion the visitors inhabit 5th place, up of sixth-placed Academico de Viseu connected extremity difference.

Match preview

Famalicao person struggled to reproduce the signifier that earned them a club-best fifth-place decorativeness past season, with the departures of erstwhile brag Hugo Oliveira, Ibrahima Ba and Gustavo Sa contributing to a hard commencement to the caller campaign.

Carlos Carvalhal, who took implicit successful the summer, was dismissed successful October pursuing a daze Taca de Portugal decision to third-tier Paredes, leaving 46-year-old adjunct manager Ricardo Silva successful complaint connected an interim basis.

Although Silva made an awesome start, securing a 4-0 distant triumph implicit Rio Ave earlier edging Braga connected penalties successful the Taca da Liga quarter-finals, the Vila Nova outfit were brought backmost down to world by the aforesaid Minho rivals astatine the weekend, suffering a 3-0 league defeat.

That effect leaves Famalicao with conscionable 2 wins from their opening 10 Primeira Liga fixtures this play (D4, L4), portion they person scored 14 goals and conceded the aforesaid number, highlighting the request for greater ratio astatine some ends of the pitch.

The Vila Nova outfit person besides struggled astatine the Estadio Municipal 22 de Junho this term, with Fama among 3 sides successful the part yet to grounds a location victory, having collected conscionable 2 points from 4 outings connected their ain turf, the astir caller of which was a 4-1 decision to Alverca.

Arouca, connected the different hand, get successful considerably amended signifier compared to the hosts, having enjoyed an awesome commencement nether Vitor Severino, who took complaint successful October pursuing Vasco Seabra's departure for Rio Ave.

Although the Wolves had enjoyed an encouraging run nether Seabra, Severino inherited a broadside that had gone 3 matches without a triumph but has since guided them to 4 consecutive victories crossed the league and Taca de Portugal.

An extra-time cupful triumph implicit Belenenses came betwixt 3 successive 1-0 league wins against Estrela Amadora, Alverca and Nacional, leaving Arouca with 13 goals scored and 7 conceded successful their opening 10 Primeira Liga matches, arsenic good arsenic a joint-league-high six cleanable sheets.

The Wolves person besides been resilient connected their travels, with their lone decision successful 5 league trips this play coming against defending champions Porto, portion 2 victories and 2 draws person fixed them 8 points and made them the division's eighth-best distant side.

However, Arouca person struggled successful caller meetings with Famalicao, going winless successful their past 4 competitory encounters and losing 2 of their erstwhile 3 league visits to Vila Nova, portion failing to people during that period.
 

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Team News

Famalicao volition beryllium without Rodrigo Pinheiro, who is suspended aft being sent disconnected during past weekend's league decision to Braga.

Georgios Koutsias is expected to pb the onslaught aft scoring 5 league goals this season, portion Sorriso and Romeo Beney could supply enactment from the flanks, with Oscar Aranda different enactment successful the wide areas.

Arouca person a considerably cleaner measure of health, with Miguel Puche their lone notable absentee arsenic helium continues his betterment from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Gabriel Rukavina is disposable again aft serving a one-match suspension pursuing his dismissal against Alverca, though the midfielder is yet to commencement a league crippled since joining from Rijeka successful the summer.

Ivan Barbero should pb the enactment arsenic helium looks to adhd to his 5 league goals this season, portion Nais Djouahra is expected to diagnostic prominently aft registering 5 assists successful the competition.
 

Famalicao imaginable starting lineup:

Carevic; Garcia, Rofino, Realpe, Bondo; Van de Looi, De Amorim; Beney, Santos, Sorriso; Koutsias.

Arouca imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Famalicao 0-1 Arouca

Famalicao's location struggles and the uncertainty surrounding their interim absorption marque it hard to backmost them against an Arouca broadside that has recovered its bushed and been peculiarly coagulated defensively, truthful a constrictive distant triumph looks likely.

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