On Sat Feb 19th, in week 23, Vitória SC will host Arouca at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in a Primeira Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 6th placed Vitória SC is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Belenenses. Safira scored the first goal for Belenenses in the 50th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitória SC couldn’t manage to score, and Belenenses took the shutout win. Vitória SC is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while arouca sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Marítimo. Ali Alipour struck first for Marítimo in the 7th minute on a feed from Stefano Beltrame, then Joel Tagueu added another in the 27th minute In the end, Arouca couldn’t muster any offence and Marítimo ran away with the shutout win. Arouca looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Sep 18th, Arouca hosted Vitória SC in their last match together. Arouca and Vitória SC battled to a 2-2 draw. Ricardo Quaresma struck first for Vitória SC in the 7th minute on a feed from Oscar Estupiñan, then Tiago Silva added another in the 72nd minute on a feed from Rafa Soares .
Kouassi Eboue and Oliveira Silva are the top scorers for Arouca in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Vitória SC’s top weapon lately has been Oscar Estupiñan, who has three goals in the last five matches.