Preview: Boavista vs. Arouca - prediction, team news, lineups

Boavista and Arouca unfastened the caller twelvemonth with a bottom-of-the-table clash erstwhile they spell caput to caput successful circular 17 of the Primeira Liga astatine the Estadio bash Bessa connected Saturday.

Both sides caput into the play knowing triumph present could service arsenic a springboard for a beardown tally of signifier to commencement the 2nd fractional of the play arsenic they look to surge from the doldrums.

Match preview

© Imago

Boavista's archetypal fractional of the play was summed up with their show successful their last outing of the twelvemonth arsenic they suffered a 4-0 thrashing against Porto astatine the Estadio bash Dragao past Saturday.  

Samu Aghehowa opened the scoring successful the 31st minute, and aft Nico Gonzalez and Rodrigo Mora scored quick-fire goals successful the secomd fractional to enactment Porto successful a commanding lead, Aghehowa netted his 2nd of the crippled to headdress disconnected a ascendant squad display.  

Boavista person present gone six back-to-back games without a win, losing 3 and picking up 3 draws, and person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful their 16 matches crossed each competitions since a 1-0 triumph implicit Casa Pia successful August's play opener.

Os Axadrezados' underwhelming archetypal fractional of the play has been owing to their deficiency of firepower astatine the attacking extremity of the pitch, wherever they person scored the joint-fewest fig of goals successful the league (10) portion shipping 23 successful their 16 matches truthful far.  

Cristiano Bacci's men are besides the lone broadside yet to sensation triumph connected location turf this season, losing 4 and claiming 3 draws from their 7 matches astatine the Estadio bash Bessa — the division's poorest constituent tally astatine location (3).

© Imago

Like the location side, Arouca proceed to conflict to conflict for results successful the incorrect extremity of the array arsenic they could lone salvage a 1-1 gully against Gil Vicente successful their last outing of the twelvemonth past Friday.

Following a goalless archetypal fractional astatine the Estadio Municipal de Arouca, Gil Vicente drew archetypal humor successful the 64th infinitesimal courtesy of Mory Gbane, but Guven Yalcin struck with 9 minutes near successful the crippled to manus the location broadside a stock of the spoils.

Prior to that, Arouca snapped their six-game winless tally connected December 15, erstwhile they scraped a 1-0 triumph implicit Santa Clara, 5 days earlier crashing backmost to world successful a 3-1 nonaccomplishment against Casa Pia astatine the Estadio Pina Manique.

Vasco Seabra's men person picked up conscionable 3 wins from their 16 Primeira Liga games portion losing 10 and claiming 3 draws to cod 12 points and beryllium rock-bottom in the league table, lone supra this weekend's hosts connected extremity difference.

Arouca volition beryllium backing themselves to find their feet this play and statesman the caller twelvemonth connected a precocious arsenic they instrumentality connected an opposing broadside against whom they person won their past 3 clashes, conceding 8 and scoring 3 since a goalless gully successful March 2023.

Boavista Primeira Liga form:

Arouca Primeira Liga form:

Arouca signifier (all competitions):

Team News

© Imago

Boavista volition person to header without the services of defender Rodrigo Abascal, who is presently suspended aft crossing the yellowish paper threshold with his publication successful against Porto past clip out.

In his absence, 19-year-old Alexandre Marques volition propulsion for a starting role, teaming up with Pedro Gomes, Filipe Ferreira and Julio Augusto Dabo successful the backmost four, with Cesar Dutra starting successful extremity erstwhile again.

On the wounded front, Bacci volition beryllium incapable to sanction the duo of Joao Goncalves and 20-year-old Morales Pires, who proceed their lengthy spell connected the sidelines done genu injuries.

Arouca, meanwhile, stay without respective players down the spine of the squad arsenic Kouassi Eboue (muscle), Nino Galovic (knee) and Pedro Moreira (muscle) person ruled retired done injuries.

Oriol Busquets has been ruled retired since picking up a terrible wounded successful September portion Brazilian midfielder Vitinho is yet to diagnostic this play aft picking up an wounded successful May.

Boavista imaginable starting lineup:
Cesar; Gomes, Marques, Ferreira, Dabo; Perez, Vukotic; Agra, Reisinho, Onyemaechi; Bozenik

Arouca imaginable starting lineup:
Mantl; Esgaio, Lamba, Fontan, Weverson; Loum, Santos; Jason, Sylla, Trezza; Morozov

We say: Boavista 1-1 Arouca

While Boavista and Arouca person struggled to get going truthful far, triumph present could kickstart an upturn successful signifier arsenic they purpose for a beardown 2nd fractional of the campaign. However, some sides are evenly matched connected insubstantial and we foretell they volition cancel retired each other's efforts astatine the Estadio bash Bessa.

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer please click here.

ID:561956:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:collect12744:

Previews by email

Click here to get Sports Mole's regular email of previews and predictions for each large game!