Arouca vs Santa Clara betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on December 15th, 2024

Arouca will be playing against Santa Clara in a Liga Portugal football match scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 15th, 2024, at 15:30h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Arouca vs Santa Clara betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Arouca vs Santa Clara will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio Municipal de Arouca stadium, in the city of Arouca, with a capacity for 5600 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Arouca vs Santa Clara betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.52 goals per match played.

Arouca last match

Arouca come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Estrela Amadora, valid for the Liga Portugal, ended with a 2-1. The team coached by V. Freire De Seabra lined up in the last match with a 4-3-3 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.70, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly Tiago Esgaio. The player made a lot of mistakes throughout the match, and he will have to work hard over the course of the season if he wants to help his team win and climb the standings.

Santa Clara last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Santa Clara, who used a 3-4-3 formation, faced the Rio Ave team with a final score of 1-0.

The odds of 1.67 before the match made clear the favoritism of the team before the match, a condition that was ratified with the final positive result.

Arouca vs Santa Clara h2h

Santa Clara occupied 16th place when they went against Arouca, who was in 7th place, in their last match at Liga Portugal. Santa Clara first went in with a 4-1-4-1 formation, which was engaged by Arouca with a 4-2-3-1 deployment.

The two teams have not faced each other since 11-02-2023. On that occasion they were playing for the 2022/2023 season of the Liga Portugal, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Arouca.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Santa Clara team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Arouca team, which has no wins recently.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

Arouca

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

With 8 points won, Arouca is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 9 losses, plus 2 draws.

With a small disadvantage of 1 point against Farense who occupies position 17, the team starts the 14th round.

Arouca analysis

Arouca at the end of round 13 in Liga Portugal had 7 goals scored and 23 conceded.

Arouca team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the Liga Portugal that has been affecting the team's morale.

Recent results have shown that Arouca is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

Best goalscorer from Arouca

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Jason. The Attacker has already scored 2 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Arouca, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Santa Clara

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Santa Clara team with 27 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 9 wins, 0 draws, and 4 losses.

This means that in the 14th round the team has an advantage of 3 points in relation to the Sporting Braga team that is in the 5th place.

Santa Clara analysis

Santa Clara goal quotient is definitely positive, with 16 down scored and 12 conceded after 13 rounds played.

Santa Clara is in that enviable position as the favorite after they had 3 wins in the Liga Portugal.

As we approach the Regular Season, Santa Clara is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.08 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga Portugal.

Santa Clara is a more offensive team than Arouca, having 1040 attacks vs. 1012 from Arouca, having scored 16 times, in comparison, Arouca converted into goal 7 times.

Best goalscorer from Santa Clara

In this season, the individual highlight is Vinicius that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 7 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Santa Clara achieved in several matches.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

The bet on under 2.5 goals can be a good alternative, since generally Santa Clara does not concede goals as a visitor. Santa Clara also averages 1.33 goals per match when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.57.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 5.23 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Arouca is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.46 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Arouca in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 6.69 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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