In this 2nd week match, on Monday Aug 15th, Arouca hosts Gil Vicente at Estádio Municipal De Arouca in a Primeira Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 17th placed Arouca is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Benfica. Moraes Junior scored the first goal for Benfica in the 8th minute, then Rafa Silva added another in the 42nd minute In the end, Arouca couldn’t muster any offence and Benfica ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Gil Vicente recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Paços de Ferreira. Ali Alipour scored the first goal for Gil Vicente in the 85th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Paços de Ferreira was frustrated by Gil Vicente’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gil Vicente ended the match with the shutout victory. Gil Vicente is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Arouca won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Samuel Lino has been the most prolific scorer on Gil Vicente in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.