FC Arouca vs CD Santa Clara, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
FC Arouca vs CD Santa Clara — Primeira Liga at Municipal de Arouca.
- FC Arouca 32 games · 36 pts (2025/26)
- CD Santa Clara 32 games · 33 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ricardo Baixinho
- Assistant 1 Andreia Sousa (Portugal)
- Assistant 2 Vasco Marques (Portugal)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Porto 32 85 2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 32 76 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 32 76 4 Sporting Clube de Braga 32 57 5 FC Famalicao 32 52 6 Gil Vicente FC 32 50 7 Moreirense FC 32 42 8 Vitoria SC 32 42 9 GD Estoril Praia 32 38 10 FC Alverca 32 38 11 FC Arouca 32 36 12 Rio Ave FC 32 35 13 CD Santa Clara 32 33 14 CD Nacional 32 31 15 CF Estrela da Amadora 32 28 16 Casa Pia AC 32 26 17 CD Tondela 32 25 18 AVS 32 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May CD Santa Clara H 2–2 D 24 Apr FC Alverca A 1–2 L 19 Apr CF Estrela da Amadora H 1–0 W 12 Apr Sporting Clube de Braga A 0–1 L 06 Apr GD Estoril Praia H 3–2 W 21 Mar Moreirense FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May FC Arouca A 2–2 D 26 Apr Sporting Clube de Braga H 2–1 W 18 Apr Casa Pia AC A 0–0 D 11 Apr Rio Ave FC H 0–2 L 03 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 2–4 L 21 Mar Gil Vicente FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
FC Arouca CD Santa Clara #11 Position #13 36 Points 33 32 Played 32 10 / 6 / 16 W / D / L 8 / 9 / 15 41 Scored 30 62 Conceded 40 -21 GD -10 1.13 PPG 1.03 31% Win % 25% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season28% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this seasonFC Arouca are 11th (36 pts). CD Santa Clara are 13th (33 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Arouca to score. At the same time, CD Santa Clara does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' A meaty challenge results in booking for Javi Sanchez on 5.
- 8' What a strike from Hyun-Ju Lee! The score is 1-0.
- 10' GOAL! Gabriel Silva scores on 10.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' CD Santa Clara started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' It’s high time Petit made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' Serginho was booked on 30.
- 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering CD Santa Clara that had 302 games and scored 219 goals.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CD Santa Clara needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 44' The referee calls foul for Jose Tavares. He receives a card.
- 45' The referee shows FC Arouca player a card on 45.
- 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with CD Santa Clara winning 0% of all matches.
- 65' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 66' The referee shows FC Arouca player a card on 66.
- 71' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 76' CD Santa Clara looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Gabriel Silva scoring 1 goals.
- 81' It looks surprising FC Arouca does not make any changes. Klismahn has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 83' FC Arouca is taking the lead after the goal scored by Tiago Esgaio on 83.
- 88' The referee calls foul for Frederico Venancio. He receives a card.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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FC Arouca
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 25
- 7
- 15
- 17
- 28
- 3
- 21
- 12
- 19
- 14
- 22
Bench- 10
- 44
- 6
- 89
- 9
- 4
- 24
- 46
- 30
Coach Vasco SeabraCD Santa Clara
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 1
- 39
- 35
- 21
- 10
- 2
- 77
- 11
- 5
- 23
- 65
Bench- 37
- 70
- 42
- 49
- 7
- 64
- 78
- 50
- 4
Coach Petit -
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