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

Estadio Dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Saturday evening sees Sotiris Silaidopoulos’s Rio Ave and Vasco César Freire De Seabra’s Arouca go head to head in a Liga NOS battle at the Estadio Dos Arcos. We have custom-designed statistics for the biggest betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.

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Rio Ave's next match is v Moreirense at 20:15 on Monday 16th February
Arouca's next match is v Casa Pia at 15:30 on Saturday 14th February
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Rio Ave and Arouca was on Saturday 31st January 2026
Portuguese Liga NOS
January 31st 2026
Rio Ave 0
3 Arouca
 
44' T. Sousa Esgaio
53' I. Martínez Gonzálvez
66' H. Lee
 
RIO
ARO
Shots On
7
Shots Off
2
8
Corners
5
5
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
11
15
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
Rio AveArouca
 
K. Chamorro Rodríguez
A. Ntoi (D. Špikić 73')
N. Abby
M. Vrousai
B. Aguilera Zamora (K. Zoabi 80')
A. Papakanellos (T. Nikitscher 73')
Clayton
F. Petrasso
J. Lomboto Lompombi (J. Panzo 73')
O. Richards (D. Bezerra de Oliveira 60')
O. Pohlmann
I. De Arruabarrena Fernández
J. Fontán Mondragón
(B. Popović 68') J. Sánchez de Felipe
(B. Mansilla 76') football iconH. Lee
N. Djouahra
(P. Gozalbez Gilabert 76') football iconI. Martínez Gonzálvez
B. Kuipers
(J. Santiago 90') football iconT. Sousa Esgaio
T. Fukui
(D. Pinheiro Monteiro 90') E. van Ee
A. Trezza Hernández

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our tip on this one, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Rio Ave and Arouca's recent form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.33.

In-Play
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 Rio Ave are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.45.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Rio Ave
46%
7/51/50
Draw
24%
11/5200/1
Arouca
30%
9/51/1000
Draw 1-1
11%
5/119/5
Rio Ave 2-1
9%
9/112/1
Rio Ave 1-0
9%
7/15/1
Arouca 2-1
7%
10/118/5
Rio Ave 2-0
7%
11/112/1
Arouca 1-0
7%
8/111/4
Draw 2-2
6%
12/112/1
Rio Ave 3-1
5%
20/133/1
Draw 0-0
5%
17/23/1
Arouca 2-0
4%
14/16/4
Rio Ave 3-0
4%
22/133/1
Rio Ave 3-2
3%
28/145/1
Arouca 3-1
3%
22/16/1
Arouca 3-2
3%
33/140/1
Rio Ave 4-1
2%
40/180/1
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
21/2010/21
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
3/48/5
Home 1st Goal
51%
10/116/4
Away 1st Goal
46%
21/2011/10
No 1st Goal
3%
17/23/1
BTTS - Yes
59%
4/55/1
BTTS - No
41%
19/201/9
BTTS - Home Win
24%
4/11/50
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3150/1
BTTS - Away Win
16%
5/15/1
Home/draw
70%
2/5150/1
Away/draw
54%
8/151/50
Home/away
76%
4/111/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
3/101/4
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
12/514/5
Over 3.5 Goals
35%
5/212/5
Under 3.5 Goals
65%
2/72/7
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
6/116/1
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/101/150
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
16/155/1
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/401/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/161/5
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
9/116/5
Home DNB
63%
8/111/50
Away DNB
47%
1/11/50
Rio Ave win to nil
22%
3/1-
Arouca win to nil
14%
4/1-
Rio Ave / Rio Ave
19%
3/112/1
Rio Ave / Arouca
3%
28/133/1
Rio Ave / Draw
6%
12/122/1
Draw / Rio Ave
13%
5/13/1
Draw / Arouca
13%
11/221/10
Draw / Draw
17%
4/117/10
Arouca / Rio Ave
3%
25/140/1
Arouca / Arouca
19%
15/49/1
Arouca / Draw
6%
14/122/1
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Rio Ave have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Liga NOS league table. Rio Ave are unbeaten in 6 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 6 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 2 and lost no matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have scored in every game. Rio Ave have outscored their opponents by 22 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Rio Ave have played 9 games at home winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 10 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 15 goals at home.

Arouca are in 15th position in the Liga NOS on 17 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Arouca have conceded 38 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
Arouca
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Porto2118213556 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 22
l
 
0-4A
Feb 27
2
S. Lisbon2116414352 
May 10
l
 
4-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
6-0A
3
Benfica2114703249 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
4
Braga2111642639 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-4A
Apr 12
5
Gil Vicente2110741437 
May 3
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
May 10
6
Famalicao21957732 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
Mar 8
7
Estoril21867830 
l
 
0-4A
Mar 22
Apr 4
l
 
4-3F
8
Moreirense21939-230 
Feb 16
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 22
9
V. Guimaraes21849-728 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 26
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
10
Alverca217311-1524 
Apr 4
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
11
Estrela Amadora21588-1223 
Mar 15
w
 
1-2A
Apr 19
l
 
3-1A
12
Arouca216510-2023 
l
 
0-3A
d
 
3-3A
-
-
13
Nacional215610-321 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-0A
Feb 21
w
 
1-2A
14
Rio Ave21489-1920 
-
-
d
 
3-3F
w
 
0-3F
15
Casa Pia214710-1719 
w
 
3-1F
May 17
l
 
0-2A
Feb 14
16
Santa Clara214512-1017 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
17
Tondela213513-2114 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 8
May 17
l
 
3-1F
18
AVS210516-395 
Apr 19
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
Rio Ave 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave0 - 2Benfica
Rio Ave3 - 1Casa Pia
Rio Ave0 - 1V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
Rio Ave0 - 4Estoril
Rio Ave3 - 0Tondela
Rio Ave0 - 3Porto
Rio Ave2 - 2Braga
Rio Ave1 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
Rio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
Rio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
Rio Ave0 - 2Boavista
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1Braga
Rio Ave1 - 1AVS
Rio Ave2 - 2Porto
Rio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
Rio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARio Ave0 - 4Nacional
HRio Ave0 - 2Benfica
HRio Ave3 - 1Casa Pia
ARio Ave0 - 4S. Lisbon
ARio Ave2 - 2Gil Vicente
HRio Ave0 - 1V. Guimaraes
ARio Ave2 - 1AVS
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
ARio Ave1 - 1Alverca
HRio Ave0 - 4Estoril
ARio Ave2 - 1Estrela Amadora
HRio Ave3 - 0Tondela
ARio Ave0 - 0Famalicao
ARio Ave1 - 1Benfica
HRio Ave0 - 3Porto
ARio Ave1 - 3Moreirense
HRio Ave2 - 2Braga
ARio Ave3 - 3Arouca
HRio Ave1 - 1Nacional
HRio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
Arouca 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVS0 - 1Arouca
Tondela3 - 1Arouca
Santa Clara0 - 0Arouca
Estrela Amadora3 - 1Arouca
Estoril4 - 3Arouca
Benfica5 - 0Arouca
Nacional1 - 2Arouca
V. Guimaraes1 - 1Arouca
S. Lisbon6 - 0Arouca
Gil Vicente1 - 1Arouca
Santa Clara2 - 0Arouca
Benfica2 - 2Arouca
Braga2 - 1Arouca
AVS0 - 1Arouca
S. Lisbon2 - 2Arouca
Nacional1 - 2Arouca
V. Guimaraes2 - 2Arouca
Boavista1 - 3Arouca
Casa Pia3 - 1Arouca
Estrela Amadora2 - 1Arouca
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HArouca1 - 2S. Lisbon
AArouca1 - 0AVS
AArouca1 - 3Tondela
HArouca2 - 2Gil Vicente
AArouca0 - 0Santa Clara
HArouca1 - 0Alverca
AArouca1 - 3Estrela Amadora
HArouca0 - 4Braga
AArouca3 - 4Estoril
HArouca0 - 2Moreirense
AArouca0 - 5Benfica
HArouca1 - 1Famalicao
HArouca0 - 4Porto
AArouca2 - 1Nacional
HArouca0 - 2Casa Pia
AArouca1 - 1V. Guimaraes
HArouca3 - 3Rio Ave
AArouca0 - 6S. Lisbon
HArouca3 - 1AVS
HArouca4 - 1Boavista
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Rio Ave have not lost to Arouca in 7 consecutive league meetings
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
RIO
4
D
1
ARO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Rio Ave1 - 0
0 - 2Arouca
Rio Ave3 - 0
Rio Ave3 - 1
League games at Arouca since 2016
Arouca
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
9
9
Games: Scored
4 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
3 / 7
RIO
2
D
4
ARO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Arouca
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Rio Ave
Arouca3 - 0
0 - 2Rio Ave
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Rio Ave 14th Arouca 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Rio Ave will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Arouca will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-2
Rio Ave’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+17
Arouca have scored 17% more goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
Arouca
1.7
1.3
Attack rating
2%
better
RIO
ARO
view stats
Games scored12
12
Failed to score7
7
Scored first7
8
Goals scored22
20
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.1
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for1
0.8
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
3%
better
RIO
ARO
view stats
Games conceded17
16
Clean sheets2
3
Conceded first11
10
Goals conceded35
44
Avg. goals conceded1.8
2.3
Avg. shots/game conceded13
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
4
Conversion rate against15%
22%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.8
KickOff rating
+3%

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

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
181048
ClaytonClaytonClaytonClayton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Chamorro GLK3
-
F. Petrasso DEF18
5
-
A Ndoj DEF171
6
-
N Abby DEF15
2
-
M Vrousai  MID1811
1
1
J MID5
1
-
B Aguilera MID191
4
-
O Richards MID5
-
A. Papakanellos FWD12
-
Clayton FWD19104
7
1
O Pohlmann FWD181
-
Subs
A Pastor GLK
-
J Tomé DEF8
1
-
J Brabec DEF12
2
-
J Panzo DEF14
3
1
T. Nikitscher MID131
2
1
G Liavas MID191
2
-
D. Bezerra de Oliveira FWD3
-
K. Zoabi FWD4
1
-
D Spikic FWD162
1
-
Arouca Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20738
N Djouahra A TrezzaJ FontánT Esgaio
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Arruabarrena GLK4
2
-
T Esgaio DEF1911
8
-
B Kuipers DEF41
1
-
J Sánchez DEF4
2
-
J Fontán DEF1813
5
3
E. van Ee MID1411
4
-
T Fukui MID2022
2
1
A Trezza MID2173
1
-
H. Lee MID1942
3
-
N Djouahra  MID2152
2
-
Barbero FWD1941
2
-
Subs
J Valido GLK9
-
B Popovic DEF141
2
-
D Monteiro DEF1
-
A Dante DEF13
-
P Gozálbez MID15
1
-
J Santiago MID2
-
M Puche FWD191
3
-
B Mansilla FWD141
1
-
R Jansonas FWD2
-