In a weekend match on Sunday Sep 4th, in week 5, Arouca and Casa Pia will play a match in Lisboa in a meeting of these two closely matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Casa Pia recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Vitória SC. Takahiro Kunimoto struck first for Casa Pia in the 7th minute on a feed from Rafael Martins, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Vitória SC couldn’t muster any offence and Casa Pia ran away with the shutout win. Casa Pia is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while arouca is fresh off their 0-6 blowout loss against Sporting Braga. Simon Banza struck first for Sporting Braga in the 1st minute, then Ricardo Horta added another in the 4th minute In the end, Arouca couldn’t muster any offence and Sporting Braga ran away with the shutout win. Arouca is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Arouca’s top weapon lately has been Mujica Garcia, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Casa Pia hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Saviour Godwin and Rafael Martins, and they each have 1 goal.