Arouca vs Pacos de Ferreira Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Liga Portugal on Saturday, 18 March 2023.
Pacos Ferreira are not pulling up any trees since the beginning of this season. They have been the second worst team in the competition and are sitting at second bottom of the league standings.
Meanwhile, Arouca have been also delivering decent displays since the beginning of this season. They were having a winless form lately but managed to end it by sealing three victories in the past five league fixtures.
Arouca vs Pacos de Ferreira Head-to-head Stats
Pacos de Ferreira is on a seven-match unbeaten streak against Arouca. The reverse fixture ended in a 1-1 draw.
At this venue, Pacos de Ferreira won the past three clashes in a row. However, they have met only once in a Liga Portugal fixture since 2016.
Who will win the match between Arouca vs Pacos de Ferreira?
Ferreira is having an inconsistent form on the road. The team lost five of the past seven road trips. In fact, they have won just twice on the road so far in the campaign.
Meanwhile, Arouca have been maintaining their positive consistency at home. The team won four of the last five home matches. Their only defeat in those five fixtures came against Benfica.
In that case, we expect a win for Arouca on Saturday despite of the h2h superiority of Pacos de Ferreira.
How many goals will be scored in the match?
Neither of these two teams owns an impressive attacking side. Ferreira have been recording over 2.5 goals ft but those matches had good contribution from their opposite teams. Since 63% of the matches played by Arouca were low-scoring, we don’t expect this match to be a high-scoring affair.
Will Both teams score in the match?
We are quite not sure about the possibility of a both teams scoring scenario here. Since we expect a low-scoring match with a win for Arouca, it is unlikely to land here.
Arouca vs Pacos de Ferreira Prediction
The winning run of Arouce at home seems much better than the losing run of Ferreira on the road. With the aid of home advantage, we expect Arouca to win at 2.05 odds.
While placing it as the main betting tip, we like to bet on the under 2.5 goals option at 1.67 odds considering the goal trend of both.
