Benfica - Arouca Prediction, Picks and Tips
The fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, the Taca de Portugal, opens on Thursday evening with the match between first division side Benfica Lisbon and second division Arouca. Normally Arouca play in the Segunda League against the second team of Benfica Lisbon. But this time you have to go against the first team and that even out. Of course, the Portuguese record champions as a big favorite in this game. So far there have been ten matches between Benfica and FC Arouca. With eight wins, a draw and a defeat, the direct comparison speaks clearly for the first division. During the time of the yellow-blue in the first division Arouca could reach in December 2013 a 2-2 in Lisbon and in August 2015 a 1-0 at home against the Eagles.
Benfica Lisbon is the reigning runner-up in Portugal. After four championships in a row, the Eagles in the last season for the first time again let FC Porto the lead in the league NOS. Benfica is still the record champion in Portugal with 36 titles. In the current season are completed in the top division of Portugal ten games. Benfica are currently in fourth place with 20 points from six wins, two draws and two defeats. The gap to champions and league leaders Porto is four points. While the Eagles with ten points from five games are the best away team in the league, the team could get from the five home games only ten counters. In the Estadio da Luz, with a goal difference of 8: 6, there were three wins, one draw and one bankruptcy. Thus, the team of coach Rui Vitoria is in fifth place in the home table. Benfica entered the national cup in the third round. To kick off this year's competition, they won 3: 0 away at third division Sertanense. On the final league day before the break, Benfica won 3-1 at Tondela. This ended a series of four competitive games without a win for the Adler. In the league Benfica lost in this period away at the city rivals Belenenses and at home against Moreirense.
The FCA is a football club from the northern Portuguese town of Arouca. In the 2012/13 season, the club was able to rise for the first time in its history in the first Port-guages League. There Arouca held until the season 2016/17. The greatest success reached the FC Arouca in the 2015/16 season, when they finished the league NOS in fifth place and thus qualified for the first time for the Europa League. After two draws against Heracles Almelo they came due to the away goals rule in the fourth qualifying round, in the Arouca but eliminated against Olympiacos Piraeus. Since relegation from the first division, the club plays in the Segunda Liga. There it is not going so well this season. After nine games are the yellow-blue with ten points only on the 13th place in the table. The lead over the first relegation place is only one meter. In this season, there were with a goal difference of 10:13 so far three wins, a draw and already five defeats. Arouca was able to get away with two points more than away from his own audience. In the last six competitive games, the FCA had suffered only a bankruptcy. Before that, however, there had been a series with four league defeats in series. The northern Portuguese giants had to play in this year's Cup from the second round. First, they won away to 1-0 at third division Cacadores Taipas. In the third round, the FC prevailed in second division games away with 3: 1 at SC Farense. Only since the end of September this year, the club is trained by Quim Machado. He succeeded Miguel Leal, who was released after the weak start of the season. The coach has to do without players like Benny, Heliardo and Joao Amorim in Lisbon.
Our recommendation tip for Benfica - Arouca : BTS / NO @ 1.49