Feb 19th features a match where Arouca will travel to Braga to battle Sporting Braga in a meeting of these two Primeira Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. 3rd placed Sporting Braga is fresh off their 2-1 win against Marítimo. Brayan Riascos scored the first goal for Marítimo in the 38th minute, then in the 40th minute, Cristian Borja sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Simon Banza Finally they completed the comback victory in the 48th minute on a penalty goal by Uroš Račić to cap off a wild match. Sporting Braga looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Arouca recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Santa Clara. Alan Ruiz struck first for Arouca in the 49th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Santa Clara couldn’t muster any offence and Arouca ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Arouca should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Estádio Municipal De Arouca, Sporting Braga took the match by a score of 6 to 0. Simon Banza scored the first goal for Sporting Braga in the 1st minute, then Ricardo Horta added another in the 4th minute In the end, Arouca was frustrated by Sporting Braga’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting Braga ended the match with the shutout victory.
Oday Dabagh has been the most prolific scorer on Arouca in the last five matches with three goals. Sporting Braga’s most prolific scorer has been Simon Banza. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.