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Arouca v Rio Ave : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estadio Municipal de Arouca, Arouca

Sotiris Silaidopoulos pays counterpart Vasco Seabra a visit on Saturday night in the Liga NOS, as their Rio Ave and Arouca teams go head to head at the Estadio Municipal de Arouca. Our predictions for each betting market are calculated using the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) statistics for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.

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Arouca's next match is v Casa Pia at 19:00 on Saturday 13th September
Rio Ave's next match is v Braga at 20:30 on Sunday 31st August
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Arouca and Rio Ave was on Saturday 23rd August 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
August 23rd 2025
Arouca 3
3 Rio Ave
 
J. Fontán Mondragón 24'48' Clayton
A. Trezza Hernández 75'64' D. Špikić
N. Djouahra 90'76' Clayton
 
ARO
RIO
Shots On
6
7
Shots Off
6
5
Corners
4
2
Possession
56%
44%
Fouls
13
17
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/0
 
AroucaRio Ave
 
J. Figueiredo Valido
B. Popović
N. Djouahrafootball icon
H. Lee
J. Fontán Mondragónfootball icon
A. Dante (D. Martins Simão 80')
T. Fukui (A. Solà Mateu 80')
A. Trezza Hernándezfootball icon
C. Reis Pinto (B. Mansilla 72')
P. Carvalho Santos (M. Flores Lozano 60')
I. Martínez Gonzálvez (T. Sousa Esgaio 60')
C. Miszta
(M. Gual Huguet 85') N. Athanasiou
J. Panzo
A. Ntoi
N. Abby
(D. Špikić 61') T. Bakoulas
B. Aguilera Zamora
(F. Petrasso 85') football iconfootball iconClayton
(A. Papakanellos 73') A. Inácio da Silva
M. Vrousai
(G. Liavas 61') O. Pohlmann

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Arouca or Rio Ave are in a rich vein of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 79% chance of 2 goals or more.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Arouca are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Arouca
42%
13/1060/1
Draw
26%
11/515/2
Rio Ave
32%
11/51/14
Draw 1-1
12%
5/129/20
Arouca 1-0
10%
7/15/2
Arouca 2-1
9%
17/218/5
Rio Ave 1-0
9%
9/111/2
Rio Ave 2-1
7%
11/11/1
Arouca 2-0
7%
10/119/5
Draw 0-0
7%
17/219/4
Draw 2-2
5%
12/17/10
Rio Ave 2-0
5%
14/111/1
Arouca 3-1
4%
18/112/1
Arouca 3-0
4%
20/110/1
Rio Ave 3-1
3%
25/14/1
Arouca 3-2
3%
28/118/5
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
33/11/6
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
1/11/2
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
4/529/20
Home 1st Goal
50%
5/619/20
Away 1st Goal
46%
6/511/8
No 1st Goal
5%
17/219/4
BTTS - Yes
54%
3/45/6
BTTS - No
46%
1/110/11
BTTS - Home Win
20%
15/450/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/37/1
BTTS - Away Win
15%
11/21/16
Home/draw
68%
4/117/1
Away/draw
58%
4/71/1000
Home/away
74%
4/111/18
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/102/7
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
12/55/2
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
5/28/11
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
2/71/1
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
6/121/20
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/107/10
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
14/118/5
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/401/6
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/9
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/119/4
Home DNB
60%
8/1345/1
Away DNB
50%
6/51/1000
Arouca win to nil
23%
3/1-
Rio Ave win to nil
17%
9/2-
Arouca / Arouca
22%
11/44/9
Arouca / Rio Ave
3%
28/117/2
Arouca / Draw
6%
12/110/3
Draw / Arouca
15%
9/220/1
Draw / Rio Ave
12%
6/120/1
Draw / Draw
17%
4/118/1
Rio Ave / Arouca
3%
25/1125/1
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
16%
4/166/1
Rio Ave / Draw
6%
14/190/1
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table
Won
Draw
Lost
Arouca
Rio Ave
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Porto44001012 
Sep 27
Mar 1
Sep 20
Feb 22
2
Famalicao4310510 
Oct 4
Mar 8
Mar 1
Sep 27
3
S. Lisbon4301109 
Jan 25
l
 
6-0A
May 9
Dec 28
4
Moreirense430129 
Nov 2
Mar 22
Feb 15
Sep 13
5
Braga321067 
Nov 30
Apr 11
Aug 31
Feb 8
6
Gil Vicente421127 
Dec 28
May 9
May 2
Dec 21
7
Benfica220046 
Mar 15
Oct 25
Jan 18
Sep 23
8
Arouca4121-45 
-
-
Feb 1
d
 
3-3A
9
Nacional4112-34 
Feb 22
Sep 20
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
10
V. Guimaraes4112-44 
Feb 8
d
 
1-1A
Dec 14
Apr 25
11
Casa Pia4103-63 
Sep 13
Feb 15
Jan 4
May 16
12
Rio Ave202002 
d
 
3-3F
Feb 1
-
-
13
Estrela Amadora3021-12 
Apr 18
Dec 7
Mar 15
Oct 25
14
Estoril2011-11 
Apr 3
Nov 9
Nov 2
Mar 22
15
Alverca3012-41 
Dec 14
Apr 25
Apr 3
Nov 9
16
AVS4013-51 
w
 
3-1F
Jan 18
Apr 18
Dec 7
17
Santa Clara2002-40 
May 2
Dec 21
Nov 30
Apr 11
18
Tondela3003-70 
May 16
Jan 4
Oct 4
Mar 8
Win / draw / win form
Arouca 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Arouca3 - 1AVS
Arouca4 - 1Boavista
Arouca0 - 0Casa Pia
Arouca1 - 0Estrela Amadora
Arouca1 - 2Famalicao
Arouca1 - 1Estoril
Arouca0 - 2Porto
Arouca2 - 2Sporting Farense
Arouca1 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca1 - 0Moreirense
Arouca1 - 1Gil Vicente
Arouca1 - 0Santa Clara
Arouca0 - 2Benfica
Arouca1 - 2Braga
Arouca1 - 1AVS
Arouca0 - 3S. Lisbon
Arouca1 - 0Nacional
Arouca0 - 1V. Guimaraes
Arouca1 - 3V. Guimaraes
Arouca0 - 0Estrela Amadora
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AArouca0 - 6S. Lisbon
HArouca3 - 1AVS
HArouca4 - 1Boavista
AArouca1 - 1Gil Vicente
HArouca0 - 0Casa Pia
AArouca0 - 2Santa Clara
HArouca1 - 0Estrela Amadora
AArouca2 - 2Benfica
HArouca1 - 2Famalicao
AArouca1 - 2Braga
HArouca1 - 1Estoril
AArouca1 - 0AVS
HArouca0 - 2Porto
HArouca2 - 2Sporting Farense
AArouca2 - 2S. Lisbon
HArouca1 - 1Rio Ave
AArouca2 - 1Nacional
HArouca1 - 0Moreirense
AArouca2 - 2V. Guimaraes
AArouca3 - 1Boavista
Rio Ave 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nacional3 - 3Rio Ave
V. Guimaraes3 - 0Rio Ave
Moreirense0 - 2Rio Ave
Casa Pia2 - 1Rio Ave
Famalicao1 - 0Rio Ave
Estoril2 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca1 - 1Rio Ave
Sporting Farense1 - 2Rio Ave
Gil Vicente1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora1 - 0Rio Ave
Santa Clara1 - 0Rio Ave
Boavista0 - 2Rio Ave
Benfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Braga4 - 0Rio Ave
AVS1 - 0Rio Ave
Porto2 - 0Rio Ave
S. Lisbon3 - 1Rio Ave
Portimonense2 - 2Rio Ave
Vizela1 - 1Rio Ave
Estrela Amadora2 - 2Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave1 - 1Nacional
HRio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
ARio Ave3 - 3Nacional
HRio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
ARio Ave0 - 3V. Guimaraes
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
ARio Ave2 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave0 - 2Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 2Casa Pia
HRio Ave2 - 3Benfica
ARio Ave0 - 1Famalicao
HRio Ave2 - 1Braga
ARio Ave1 - 2Estoril
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Rio Ave have not lost to Arouca in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Arouca since 2016
Arouca
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
3 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
3 / 6
ARO
1
D
3
RIO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Arouca
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca3 - 0
0 - 2Rio Ave
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Rio Ave since 2015
Rio Ave
Arouca
Goals: Scored
9
4
Games: Scored
5 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
1 / 6
ARO
1
D
1
RIO
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Rio Ave1 - 0
0 - 2Arouca
Rio Ave3 - 0
Rio Ave3 - 1
Goal Statistics
Arouca 8th Rio Ave 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Arouca will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-22
Arouca have scored 22% fewer goals at home than predicted
=0
Rio Ave’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Arouca
PG (predicted goals)
Rio Ave
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
57%
better
ARO
RIO
view stats
Games scored1
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
0
Goals scored3
0
Avg. goals scored1.5
0
Avg. shots per game4
0
Avg. shots per goal2
0
Conversion rate for43
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+57%
Defence rating
ARO
RIO
43%
better
view stats
Games conceded1
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded1
0
Avg. goals conceded0.5
0
Avg. shots/game conceded5
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
0
Conversion rate against10%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+43%

Arouca v Rio Ave Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Arouca Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4322
J ValidoA TrezzaA TrezzaJ Fontán
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Valido GLK4
-
A Pinto DEF3
1
-
B Popovic DEF3
-
J Fontán DEF41
2
-
A Dante DEF4
-
P Santos MID4
-
T Fukui MID41
-
A Trezza MID432
-
H. Lee MID42
1
-
N Djouahra  MID43
-
Barbero FWD3
1
-
Subs
N Mantl GLK
-
M Rocha DEF1
1
-
A Solà DEF3
1
-
T Esgaio DEF3
1
-
B Pinto MID3
-
M. Flores Lozano MID3
-
V Morozov FWD
-
M Puche FWD3
1
-
B Mansilla FWD31
-
Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2321
C MisztaClaytonA LuizA Ndoj
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miszta GLK2
-
A Ndoj DEF2
1
-
J Panzo DEF2
-
N Abby DEF2
1
-
M Vrousai  MID2
-
T. Bakoulas MID2
-
B Aguilera MID2
-
N Athanasiou MID21
-
A Luiz FWD22
1
-
Clayton FWD231
-
O Pohlmann FWD2
-
Subs
K Chamorro GLK
-
J Tomé DEF
-
F. Petrasso DEF2
-
J DEF
-
J Novais MID1
1
-
A. Papakanellos MID2
-
G Liavas MID2
-
D Spikic FWD11
-
M Gual FWD2
-