Boavista vs Arouca betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 04th, 2025

Boavista and Arouca will on Saturday, January 04th, 2025 at 20:30h (UTC), play in a Liga Portugal football game in Portugal, check the Boavista vs Arouca betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Boavista vs Arouca will occur

The game will be played in the small Estádio do Bessa Século XXI stadium, in the city of Porto, with a capacity for 28263 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Boavista vs Arouca 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 2.53 goals per match played.

Boavista last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Boavista team. On that occasion they met Porto for the Liga Portugal, and the match ended 4-0. Coach C. Bacci's lined up a 4-4-2 formation.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 15.00 were the best proof of this.

The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Filipe Ferreira had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.

Arouca last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Arouca, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Gil Vicente team with a final score of 1-1.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.00.

Boavista vs Arouca h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Liga Portugal, where Arouca was at 7th place while Boavista occupied 12th place. Arouca went in with a 4-2-3-1 formation while Boavista opened their game with a 4-3-3 tactic.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 14-04-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the Liga Portugal, which ended with a 2-1 win for Arouca.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Arouca team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Boavista its counterpart.

Boavista

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

With 12 points won, Boavista is in 17th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 8 losses, plus 6 draws.

Which means that Arouca team, at position 18, is in close pursuit with the same score, in the 17th round.

Boavista analysis

At the end of round 16 in Liga Portugal, Boavista scored 10 goals and conceded 23 goals.

Recent performances have highlighted that Boavista is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Boavista average number of shots on net is 3.13 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

Boavista, with a ball possession of 39.56% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Arouca of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Best goalscorer from Boavista

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Miguel Reisinho. The Midfielder has scored 4 times in the current season and has helped Boavista come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 4 of the 4 goals scored have this characteristic.

Arouca

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

With 12 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 3 wins against 10 losses, plus 3 draws.

In the 17th round, the team has the same score that the Boavista who occupies position 17.

Arouca analysis

Arouca counted 10 goals scored and 27 conceded at the end of Liga Portugal day number 16.

The team has a relatively low scoring streak, the average goals scored does not exceed 0.63 per game, and this may mean that the result of the next away match may not be positive.

Best goalscorer from Arouca

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Jason. The Attacker has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Arouca come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Boavista is Miguel Reisinho, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Arouca is Jason, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Arouca scores an average of 0.63 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.62.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.94 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

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 6.25 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 5.31 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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