In this week 27 match on the 19th of March, Tondela will host Arouca at Estádio João Cardoso in a meeting of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Tondela recorded a 0-4 loss against Porto. Mehdi Taremi scored the first goal for Porto in the 45th minute on a penalty, then Wenderson Galeno added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Otavinho At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tondela couldn’t manage to score, and Porto took the shutout win. Tondela looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Arouca recorded a 0-1 loss against Paços de Ferreira. Nicolás Gaitán scored the first goal for Paços de Ferreira in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Arouca was frustrated by Paços de Ferreira’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Paços de Ferreira ended the match with the shutout victory. Arouca looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Fri Oct 29th, Arouca hosted Tondela in their last match together. Arouca won by a score of 2 to 0. Othavio Basso scored the first goal for Arouca in the 31st minute from the penalty spot, then Watshini Bukia added another in the 68th minute In the end, Tondela couldn’t muster any offence and Arouca ran away with the shutout win.
Arouca is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Andre Watshini Bukia and Antony each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Daniel and Hernando Riol are the top scorers for Tondela in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.