Arouca vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on November 03th, 2024

Arouca and Sporting Braga will face each other in a Liga Portugal game in Portugal on Sunday, November 03th, 2024, at 18:00h (UTC), check the Arouca vs Sporting Braga betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Arouca vs Sporting Braga 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

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Introduction to the Arouca vs Sporting Braga 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 2.48 goals per match played.

Arouca last match

Arouca comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Estoril, in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 4-1. On the field, G. García García's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 3.00, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The defense appeared lacking in energy throughout the match. Particularly below expectations, Tiago Esgaio, who did not appear in his best form. His team's results in the future will also depend on his performance.

Sporting Braga 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, Sporting Braga, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Farense team with a final score of 2-0.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.33, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Arouca vs Sporting Braga h2h

When these teams last met at Liga Portugal, Sporting Braga was 4th place while Arouca was in 7th place. Sporting Braga deployed in a 4-4-2 formation while Arouca set up a 4-2-3-1 alignment.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Liga Portugal. The meeting took place on 06-04-2024 and ended with a 0-3 win for Arouca.

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

Arouca

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

With 7 points, 2 wins, 6 losses 1 draw, and a negative balance, Arouca enters this game in 14th place in the Liga Portugal.

In the 10th round the team ranks over the Boavista team with an advantage of 1 point which is just below the scoreboard in position 15, and with 1 point less than Rio Ave team that is in the 13th place.

Arouca analysis

Arouca after 9 matchdays have scored 5 goals and conceded 17 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

The Arouca team comes from a defeat in the Liga Portugal, and its coach Vasco César Freire De Seabra wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

It appears that Arouca is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

Nico Mantl, goalkeeper hired by the team in the current season, still presents some difficulties in adapting to the new club. In the last duel, for example, this became very clear. He couldn't perform well and hurt Arouca in the search for victory against Estoril.

Best goalscorer from Arouca

Henrique Araújo has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 2 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Arouca to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Sporting Braga

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Sporting Braga arrives in this game with 17 points, and in 5th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 5 games in total and lost 2 times, making a total of 2 draws.

The team has a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Santa Clara who occupies the position 4 in the 10th round.

Sporting Braga analysis

Sporting Braga shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 9 games has only conceded goals on 6 occasions, and has scored in 15.

Sporting Braga has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 4.22 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

This is a top 5 team in the Liga Portugal that wants to keep up with the good performances!

An average ball possession of 59.11% is what the Sporting Braga team usually tries in their attempt to control the game. This is because teams with ball possession above 50% can typically exert some control over their opponents.

With Sporting Braga having a balance of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw when playing away in the Liga Portugal, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Sporting Braga is a more offensive team than Arouca, having 1084 attacks vs. 640 from Arouca, having scored 15 times, in comparison, Arouca converted into goal 5 times.

Best goalscorer from Sporting Braga

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Amine El Ouazzani is the player to highlight. Helping Sporting Braga with 3 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Sporting Braga has conceded 2 away goals in 4 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Sporting Braga will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 0-3, something to take into consideration.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Arouca 0.5 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Sporting Braga 1.25 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.08.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 6.39 corners per game.

Sporting Braga 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 7 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Sporting Braga in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Arouca has an average of 2.9 yellow cards per game over the 9 rounds, while Sporting Braga has an average of 1.4. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.78 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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