On Feb 14th, Arouca hosts Marítimo at Estádio Municipal De Arouca in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Arouca recorded a 0-2 loss against Porto. Vitor Ferreira scored the first goal for Porto in the 54th minute, then Chancel Mbemba added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arouca couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. Arouca looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while marítimo is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Estoril. Neither Marítimo nor Estoril could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 30 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Marítimo should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Mon Sep 13th, Marítimo and Arouca battled to a 2-2 draw. Watshini Bukia struck first for Arouca in the 8th minute on a feed from Andre Oliveira Silva, then Ricardo Viana Filho tied it up for Marítimo in the 35th minute .
Marítimo hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Joel Tagueu and Rafik Guitane, and they each have 1 goal. Oday Dabagh and Kouassi Eboue are the top scorers for Arouca in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.