Vitória SC vs Arouca betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on January 18th, 2025

Vitória SC and Arouca will play on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, at 20:30h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the Vitória SC vs Arouca betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Vitória SC vs Arouca will occur

The game will be played in the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques stadium, in the city of Guimarães, with a capacity for 30008 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Vitória SC 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.

Vitória SC last match

Vitória SC comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was O Elvas, in a match valid for Taça De Portugal, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-1. On the field, D. Sousa's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 8.50.

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 Boavista team with a final score of 1-3.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.05, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Vitória SC vs Arouca h2h

Arouca was in 12th place in the Liga Portugal while Vitória SC was in 11th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Arouca team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Vitória SC used in the match.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 12-08-2024, in a match of the 2024/2025 season of the Liga Portugal, and the match ended with a 0-1 win for Vitória SC.

The last time these teams met, there were no easy wins!

The Arouca team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Vitória SC team, which has no wins recently.

Vitória SC

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

Considering the home team Vitória SC, standing in 6th place with 25 points in the Liga Portugal competition in Portugal. Their performance statistics have been such as 6 wins, 4 losses and, 7 draws.

This means that Casa Pia team, in 7th place, is close behind in the 18th round with a disadvantage of 1 point.

Vitória SC analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Vitória SC is positive: after 17 rounds the team has scored 26 goals, conceding only 22.

Teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents. With this in mind, the Vitória SC team tries to achieve an average ball possession of 55.59% to control the game.

Having a record of 4 wins versus 1 loss, and 3 draws in comparison to the 2 games they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.

Vitória SC is a more offensive team than Arouca, having 1777 attacks vs. 1396 from Arouca, having scored 26 times. In comparison, Arouca converted into goal 13 times.

Best goalscorer from Vitória SC

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Gustavo da Silva Cunha. The Attacker scored 4 goals in the current season, helping Vitória SC to achieve victory in several disputes.

Arouca

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Arouca team with 15 points currently occupies the 16th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Relegation Play-off, with a campaign of 4 wins, 3 draws, and 10 losses.

In the 18th round, the team holds the same amount of points that the AVS which is just above, in the 15th place.

Arouca analysis

Arouca, with 13 goals scored and 28 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 17 rounds.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.76 goals scored on average per match.

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 4 goals in this season.

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

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Vitória SC is Gustavo da Silva Cunha, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Arouca is Jason, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 6.2 corners per game.

Vitória SC 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 6.35 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Vitória SC in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Vitória SC has an average of 2.3 yellow cards per game over the 17 rounds, while Arouca has an average of 2.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.41 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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