Nacional vs Arouca betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on February 01th, 2025

Nacional and Arouca will play on February 01th, 2025, Saturday at 15:30h (UTC), in a match counting for the Liga Portugal in Portugal, check the Nacional vs Arouca betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Nacional vs Arouca will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio da Madeira stadium, in the city of Funchal, with a capacity for 5132 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Nacional 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 2.57 goals per match played.

Nacional last match

Nacional comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Sporting CP, in a match valid for Liga Portugal, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-0. On the field, T. Carvalho Margarido's team lined up with a 5-4-1.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 11.00 were a sign of it.

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

Arouca 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, Arouca, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Moreirense team with a final score of 1-0.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.30, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Nacional vs Arouca h2h

Arouca was in 15th place when they last went head-to-head in Liga Portugal against Nacional, who was in 14th place. Arouca formed a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Nacional took to the pitch with a 4-3-3 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2024/2025 Liga Portugal season. The match, played on 25-08-2024, recorded the 1-0 win for Arouca.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

Nacional

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Nacional team has 19 points being in the 13th place in the Liga Portugal competition in Portugal. The overall balance is not favorable, with 10 losses, 5 wins wins and 4 draws.

This means that, in the 20th round, the team has the same score, and the Arouca team is just behind in 14th place.

Nacional analysis

At the end of round 19 of Liga Portugal, Nacional collected 16 goals scored and 26 goals conceded.

The Nacional team comes from a defeat in the Liga Portugal, and its coach Tiago Miguel Carvalho Margarido wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The performances of Nacional in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

Nacional has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 3.68 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

Nacional has a ball possession percentage of 44.63% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Arouca and especially that the team will score more goals.

Best goalscorer from Nacional

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Isaac Aguiar Tomich. With 3 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Nacional team achieving several victories this season.

Arouca

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Arouca arrives in this game with 19 points, and in 14th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 5 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 4 draws.

With the same score that the Nacional who occupies position 13, the team will fight for a best position in this 20th round.

Arouca analysis

Arouca, after 19 rounds, has conceded more goals than it has scored. The goals scored are in fact 16 while 30 are those conceded to opponents.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 0.84 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Arouca

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Jason. Arouca owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 5 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

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 Nacional is Isaac Aguiar Tomich, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Arouca is Jason, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.18 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 6.21 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

Nacional has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 19 rounds, while Arouca has an average of 2.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.21 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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